Baseball Preview: Durant Cougars vs. Spoto Spartans
The Durant Cougars will be playing at home against the Spoto Spartans at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The timing is sure in Durant's favor as the team sits on four straight wins at home while Spoto has been banged up by five consecutive losses on the road.
Durant stacked a ninth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Saturday. They blew past Tampa Bay Tech 17-2. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Durant considering their one-run performance the matchup before.
Gehrig Graham looked comfortable as he pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits (he also didn't allow any walks). He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up a single walk in five consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Durant got a massive performance out of Nick April-Gath, who scored two runs and stole two bases while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Tyler Macpherson, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Friday just wasn't the day for Spoto's offense. Their rough 12-0 defeat to Plant on Friday might stick with them for a while.
Durant has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-3 record this season. As for Spoto, their loss dropped their record down to 5-15.
Durant took their victory against Spoto in their previous matchup back in February of 2023 by a conclusive 6-0. Will Durant repeat their success, or does Spoto have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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