Wednesday, July 10, 2019

Wildcats clinch winning regular season record

LONE TREE — The Durant baseball team clinched a winning record for the 2019 regular season last week with two wins over Highland and Lone Tree. The victories were the third straight for Durant and fourth in their last ve games. The Wildcats improved to 12- 10 overall with the wins and finish the 2019 season with a perfect none-conference record of 4-0. Durant is four wins better at this point of the season than all of last year when they won eight games total. Durant owns wins over Highland, Lone Tree, Springville, and Keokuk. The Wildcats travel to Cascade to nish out the regular season before entering district play Saturday in Tipton. The Wildcats will play West Liberty at 5:00 p.m.

Wildcats Take 9-3 Win at Highland
HIGHLAND — The Durant baseball team won a big 9-3 game at Highland on Monday, July 1. There, the Wildcats used a 14-hit attack to score nine runs and get their 11th victory in 21 games.

Brendan Paper improved to 2-2 and lowered his ERA to 2.03 with the win. Paper surrendered all three Highland runs over 5 2/3 innings of work. He needed 110 pitches. He gave up eight hits, struck out seven and walked three batters. Ethan Gast pitched 1 2/3 innings in scoreless relief. He struck out one, walked no one and gave up one hit.

Drew DeLong was 4-for-4 with a double, three RBI’s, two runs, a stolen base, and a walk. Jake Willkomm was 3-for-4 with three stolen bases and three runs scored. Bren- dan Paper and Nate Dierickx each had two hits and an RBI. Keagan Head, Ethan Gast, and Tevin Miller had the other Durant hits. Durant had seven stolen bases and drew two walks in the game.

Durant took the lead for good in the top of the rst inning, scoring four runs. Durant led 5-0 before Highland scored their rst run in the bottom of the third. Durant answered the Huskies run with a pair of runs in the top of the fourth for a 6-1 lead. Durant led 9-2 before the Huskies scored their last run in the bottom of the sixth.

Wildcats Score Double-Digit Wins For the Second Time In Three Games
LONE TREE — For the second time in three games, the Durant Wildcat baseball team scored double-digit runs in a baseball game. Both led to victories. The win was the 12th of the season for Durant. Durant is a tough ball club when they score seven or more runs. Nine of the twelve wins for Durant have seen the Wildcats score seven or more runs.

Durant opened the games scoring with two runs in the top of the rst inning for a 2-0 lead. Durant led 3-0 before Lone Tree plated three runs in the bottom of the third to tie the game at 3-3. Durant broke open the game with a 9-run top of the fourth to take a 13-4 lead. Lone Tree trimmed the Wildcat lead to 13-6. Three Wildcat pitchers led the way for the Wildcats, each pitching 2 1/3 innings in the game. Ben Orr started and gave up three runs on four hits. He struck out ve and walked three. Ethan Gast pitched next in scoreless relief. He gave up no hits, struck out ve and walked three. Jake Willkomm pitched the nal 2 1/3 innings in relief to get the win. He struck out six, walked three and gave up three runs on three hits.

Durant collected 14 hits in hte game and had six players with multi-hit games. Lucas Callison was a 4-for-4 night with an RBI and two runs scored. Willkomm, Drew DeLong, Ben Orr, Nate Dierickx, and Ethan Gast all had two hits. DeLong had two of the three extra-base hits in the game with a double and triple. Dierickx added a double. DeLong had four RBI’s and Gast two RBI’s. Keagan Head, Callison, Brendan Paper and Orr each had an RBI’s.

The Wildcats were able to get on base 14 times via walks. Willkomm had three walks while DeLong, Orr, and Callison each had two walks. Lone Tree used four pitchers in the game. Keegan Edwards started and pitched 2 2/3 innings. He gave up three runs on seven hits and struck out four. Avery Knock pitched two innings in relief and took the loss. He gave up six runs on two hits. He walked ve and struck out three.

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