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Cordell Ridings leaps to catch a fly ball deep in center field Friday against Durango.<\/span>Sam Green\/The Journal<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

After losing to the Durango Demons, 11-0, on Tuesday in Durango, the Montezuma-Cortez Panthers hosted Durango on Friday for a rematch.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately for the home team, the second matchup yielded the same result, as Durango again won, 11-0.<\/p>\n

Sophomore Jasen Engel started on the mound for M-CHS, and he was consistent and efficient out of the gate.<\/p>\n

Through four innings, Engel allowed just five hits, walked none and only two of the Demons\u2019 runs were earned.<\/p>\n

The other two runs came with two outs on plays that should have been inning ending, but instead, errors allowed Durango to score and continue to bat.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith two outs, there\u2019s almost a little bit of a let down,\u201d M-CHS head coach Travis Greenlee said of his team\u2019s late-inning errors. \u201cBut with two outs, you\u2019ve got to get dirty and get that third out and get out of the inning.\u201d<\/p>\n

Leading 4-0 to start the fifth inning, Durango senior Kyle Duran led off with a home run over the left-center field fence to start the rally. Tyler Ruetschle later drove in two runs with a triple and Dakota Padoven and Max Hyson also batted in runs during the seven-run inning to pull away for good.<\/p>\n

After four solid innings, Engel got knocked around a bit in the fifth and Cutter Mathews came in to record the final out.<\/p>\n

Engel finished with 4 2\/3 innings, allowed nine hits and six earned runs, walked two and struck out two.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe did a great job, and even there late in the game, he was still doing a great job,\u201d said Greenlee. \u201cHe was throwing to contact, the wind was just carrying it a little more than usual and we missed some plays behind him. But he had a great outing today and kept us in the game through the majority of it, we just let it get away from us late.\u201d<\/p>\n

Engel was good, but Dylan Carlson was even better.<\/p>\n

The Durango senior faced 19 batters, struck out 11 and allowed just four hits in the five-inning shutout.<\/p>\n

Not only did Carlson go without allowing a walk, but no M-CHS hitter ever had a three-ball count.<\/p>\n

Greenlee said that he felt the Panthers chased too many pitches, but that they also watched too many third strikes.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis week, we\u2019ve been a little bit reserved and a little bit nervous up there,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd we\u2019re not going up there with that confidence that we should be, because we\u2019ve got some great hitters.\u201d<\/p>\n

Senior Andrew Laymon led the Panthers with two hits on the day \u2013 including the ground-rule double he smoked over the center field fence on one hop \u2013 and Jasen Engel and Cordell Baer each singled to account for M-CHS\u2019 four total hits.<\/p>\n

The loss drops the Panthers to 3-7 on the season and 0-2 in the Southwestern League, but they will look to bounce back on Monday in a home game against Bayfield (6-3) at 3 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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