Baseball Recap: Fruita Monument Finds Home Field Redemption Against Durango

There's no place like home for Fruita Monument, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Wednesday. They walked away with a 7-4 win over the Durango Demons on Friday. The Wildcats have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Demons, too.

Jhett Wells

Runs Batted In (Career)

04/25/25 vs Durango	4
04/04/25 @ Montrose	1
03/15/25 vs Vista PEAK Prep	1
03/22/24 @ West Point	1
03/22/24 @ Page	1

Jhett Wells was a major factor no matter where he played. He tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. He also tossed no earned runs, which is notable because Fruita Monument is 2-1 when he allows at most two earned runs, but 6-7 otherwise. Wells was also stellar in the batter's box, going 2-for-4 with one home run, four RBI, and one double. Those four RBI gave him a new career-high.

In other batting news, Jimmy Hawkins and Gavin Cardoza did most of the damage at the plate: Hawkins went 2-for-4 with two runs and one stolen base, while Cardoza went 2-for-3 with one run and one RBI. Hawkins is becoming a predictor of Fruita Monument's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is undefeated (and 4-8 when he doesn't). The team also got some help courtesy of Josh Weaver, who went 2-for-4 with two runs.

Fruita Monument was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .379. They are 3-1 when they post a batting average of .375 or better.

The victory got Fruita Monument back to even at 8-8. As for Durango, their loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 11-5.

Fruita Monument will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Demons: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday.