Softball Preview: Durango Demons vs. Basalt Longhorns
After four games on the road, Durango is heading back home. They will welcome the Basalt Longhorns at 3:00 p.m. on Friday. Durango is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 9.1 runs per game this season.
On Tuesday, Durango had just enough and edged Montezuma-Cortez out 5-4.
Jenna Glueck spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered three earned (and one unearned) runs on nine hits and racked up nine Ks. The dominant performance gave her a new career- in strikeouts.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Avery Clair, who scored two runs while going 3-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Megan Downey, who went 2-for-4 with a stolen base, two RBI, and a double.
Durango didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with nine strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Basalt came up short against Meeker on Saturday and fell 10-5. The Longhorns have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Basalt saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jenna Ostberg, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
Durango's victory bumped their record up to 5-6. As for Basalt, their defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 3-7.
Basalt's pitching crew has a crucial task ahead of them: Durango has been making plenty of contact this season, having averaged 11.5 hits per game. It's a different story for Basalt, though, as they've been averaging 8.9. Given Durango's sizable advantage in that area, Basalt will need to find a way to close that gap.
Durango took their win against Basalt in their previous matchup back in August by a conclusive 21-1. Will Durango repeat their success, or does Basalt have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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