Baseball Preview: West Branch Bears vs. Durant Wildcats
After five games on the road, West Branch is heading back home. They will take on the Durant Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. The last three games West Branch has played have been within two runs, so don't be surprised if it's a close one.
West Branch will bounce into Thursday's contest after beating Durant, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. West Branch won by a run and slipped past Durant 8-7. That's two games straight that West Branch has won by just one run.
For Durant's part, Caden Meyer made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Colby Gast, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
West Branch's win was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 7-4. As for Durant, their loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 11-8.
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