Baseball Recap: Durant Continues Home Dominance on Tuesday

Lions

Margin (Wins)

04/15/25 vs Will Rogers College	16
04/14/25 @ Will Rogers College	15
03/04/25 @ McAlester	13
04/02/25 vs Hugo	9
04/02/25 vs Caney	8

Durant won against Will Rogers College last Monday with 16 runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Tuesday. The Lions never let the Ropers get on the board and left with a 16-0 victory. The Lions might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven games by six runs or more this season.

Aiden Diviney was a major factor no matter where he played. He struck out six batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. That's the most strikeouts he has posted since back in March. He was even better at the plate, scoring four runs and stealing two bases while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. He is becoming a predictor of Durant's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is 9-1 (and 3-8 when he doesn't).

In other batting news, Durant got a massive performance out of Lucas McClure, who scored two runs and stole two bases while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances. McClure has become a key player for the Lions: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two runs, but 7-9 otherwise. Another player making a difference was Axel Thurman, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4.

Durant was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .462. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their batting average total in three consecutive contests.

Durant's win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 12-9. Those home victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.4 runs over those games. As for Will Rogers College, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 4-20.

Looking ahead, Durant will welcome Booker T. Washington at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. As for Will Rogers College, they will take on Edison at 4:30 p.m. on Friday.