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ROUNDUP: Blown squeeze leads to win for Durango’s baseball team

Mike Sukeyasu led off the bottom of the eighth inning Saturday with a double and eventually stole home on a missed squeeze bunt to lift Durango’s baseball team to a 5-4 win over visiting Chaparral.

Sukeyasu, who entered the game as a defensive replacement in the seventh inning, hit the double in his only at-bat. He advanced to third after a hit batsman and a walk and scored the winning run by swiping home on the missed bunt attempt.

Bobby Wright hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the sixth inning to give the Trailblazers a 4-2 lead, but the Cowboys rallied to tie the game with two runs in the top of the seventh.

Anthony Martinez was 3-for-4 with a first-inning solo home run and a double for Durango.

Jordan January went 4-for-4 for the Cowboys.

Silverado 7, Shadow Ridge 4 — At Silverado, Morgan Stotts’ solo home run in the bottom of the third inning broke a 4-4 tie and sent the Skyhawks past the Mustangs.

Stotts scored two runs for the Skyhawks, who trailed 3-0 before scoring four runs in the bottom of the first inning.

Drew Robinson was 2-for-4 with an RBI for Silverado.

Colt Stout went 3-for-4 with a double, two runs and an RBI for the Mustangs. Sean Hobbs was 2-for-3 with three RBIs, and Bruce Butler went 2-for-3 for Shadow Ridge.

Foothill 10, Boulder City 4 — At CSN, Kyle Moyes went 2-for-3 with two triples and five RBIs to lead the Falcons over the Eagles.

Garret Dobrolecki was 2-for-4 with a triple, a home run and two RBIs for Foothill.

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Lincoln County 6-5, Henderson International 4-8 — At Panaca, Hailey Schulz’s three-run home run in the top of the seventh inning of the second game sparked a four-run rally as Henderson International salvaged a split of the teams’ doubleheader.

Mary Culverwell went 3-for-4 in the second game for the Lynx.

In the first game, Lincoln County’s K.C. Jensen picked up the victory and hit a two-run double. Tera Tibbitts was 2-for-3 for the Lynx.

Alex Battest homered in Game 1 for Henderson International.

Mountain View 0-4, West Wendover 9-2 — At West Wendover, the Saints rallied for two runs in the fourth inning in the second game to break a 2-2 tie and earn a split with the Wolverines.

West Wendover’s Danika Sharp pitched a shutout and hit a home run in the first game.

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