Baseball Preview: Mountain Ridge Mountain Lions vs. Liberty Lions
The Mountain Ridge Mountain Lions are on the road again on Monday to play the Liberty Lions at 3:45 p.m. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Friday, Mountain Ridge earned a 5-1 win over Perry.
Kaleb Williams spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered one run (which was unearned) on two hits and racked up eight Ks. Those seven innings set a new season-high mark for him.
On the hitting side, Ryland Sands was excellent, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Carter Neville, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Liberty waltzed into their matchup on Friday with five straight wins... but they left with six. They won by a run and slipped past the Mustangs 4-3. That's two games straight that Liberty has won by just one run.
Mountain Ridge pushed their record up to 9-9 with that victory, which was their third straight on the road. Those good results were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 7.3 runs per game. As for Liberty, their win bumped their record up to 12-6.
Mountain Ridge came up short against Liberty in their previous matchup back in March, falling 8-3. Can Mountain Ridge avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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