Baseball Preview: Durant Lions vs. Rattan Rams
Durant has been on the road for seven straight, but on Friday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Rattan Rams at 4:45 p.m. on Friday. Rattan took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on Durant, who comes in off a win.
Durant proved they can win big in Tuesday's second game (they won by ten) but on Thursday they proved they can win the close ones too. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Antlers 6-4.
Reid Thompson made a big impact no matter where he played. He struck out six batters over seven innings while giving up three earned (and one unearned) runs off six hits. Thompson was also big at the plate, scoring a run while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Maddox Arnold, who went 1-for-1 with three RBI and a double.
Meanwhile, after a string of seven wins, Rattan's good fortune finally ran out on Saturday. They fell just short of Oktaha by a score of 16-14. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (ten), Rattan still had to take the loss.
Durant pushed their record up to 9-14 with that win, which was their sixth straight on the road. Those good results were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.5 runs per game. As for Rattan, their loss dropped their record down to 15-5.
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