Baseball Preview: Freedom Patriots vs. Northampton Konkrete Kids
The Freedom Patriots will head out on the road to challenge the Northampton Konkrete Kids at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Freedom will head into Friday's match hoping to keep the good times rolling: they only won by two when they last took the field, which might have inspired the ten-run they dealt Parkland on Friday. Freedom never let Parkland onto the board and left with a 10-0 win.
Michael Cobb and John Phillips did most of the damage at the plate: Cobb scored two runs while going 3-for-4, while Phillips went 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBI. Another player making a difference was Patrick Kiefner, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Northampton waltzed into their matchup on Friday with two straight wins... but they left with three. Everything went their way against the Cavaliers as they made off with a 9-2 victory.
Northampton let Austin Sommers and Jed Colyer loose on the outfield. Sommers scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3, while Colyer scored three runs and stole three bases while going 1-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Gavin Pychinka, who went 1-for-4 with a home run and two RBI.
Freedom has been performing well recently as they've won seven of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 10-6 record this season. As for Northampton, their win bumped their record up to 11-5.
Monday's contest will be a test for both team's pitchers. Freedom hasn't had any issues making contact this season, having earned a batting average of .342. However, it's not like Northampton struggles in that department as they've averaged .333. With both teams so capable at the plate, fans should be ready for an impressive hitting performance.
Freedom might still be hurting after the 10-1 defeat they got from Northampton when the teams last played last Saturday. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Northampton's Logan Higgins, who pitched six innings while giving up just one earned run off six hits. Now that Freedom knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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