Baseball Recap: Durant Finds Home Field Redemption Against Preston

There's no place like home for Durant, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Monday. They walked away with a 5-2 victory over the Preston Pirates on Thursday.

Durant is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight contests. That's provided a massive bump to their 9-8 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.1 runs over those games. As for Preston, their defeat was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 11-4.

Durant has already played their next matchup (against Antlers), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. As for Preston, they will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Mounds at 4:30 p.m. on the 22nd.