Baseball Preview: Durant Cougars vs. Strawberry Crest Chargers
Durant is 8-2 against Strawberry Crest since April of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Durant Cougars have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Strawberry Crest Chargers at 7:00 p.m. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Durant: 2.4, Strawberry Crest: 2.7) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Durant stacked a tenth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Tuesday. They never let Spoto onto the board and left with a 15-0 victory. That's two games straight that Durant has won by exactly 15 runs.
Durant let Noah Morales and Devin Suero loose on the outfield. Morales scored a run while going 2-for-4, while Suero scored two runs while going 2-for-2. Nick April-Gath was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, after a string of five wins, Strawberry Crest's good fortune finally ran out on Monday. They took a 4-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of Wharton. The matchup marked the first time this season in which Strawberry Crest was not able to get on the board.
Durant has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 17-3 record this season. As for Strawberry Crest, their defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 12-7.
Thursday's game will be a test for both team's pitchers. Durant hasn't had any issues making contact this season, having earned a batting average of .332. However, it's not like Strawberry Crest struggles in that department as they've averaged .330. With both teams so capable at the plate, fans should be ready for an impressive hitting performance.
Durant came out on top in a nail-biter against Strawberry Crest when the teams last played back in May of 2023, sneaking past 1-0. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Strawberry Crest's Luke Richardson, who pitched 5.1 innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits. Now that he won't be playing on Thursday, will it be that much easier for Durant to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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