Baseball Recap: Lyons Lions vs. Liberty Common Eagles
In what's become a running theme this season, Lyons gave their fans yet another huge victory on Saturday. They were the clear victor by a 10-4 margin over the Liberty Common Eagles. The win was nothing new for Lyons as they're now sitting on three straight.
Wyatt Waters made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He didn't allow a single earned run while striking out 14 over five innings pitched. Waters has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances. Waters was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-4 with a triple and two RBI.
In other batting news, Finn Oetting was incredible, going 2-for-3 with a home run, three RBI, and a triple. Another player making a difference was Henry Johnson, who went 3-for-4 with three RBI.
On Liberty Common's side, Patrick Kearney was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run while going 1-for-2.
Lyons has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 14-3 record this season. As for Liberty Common, their loss was their seventh straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 5-14.
Lyons will take on Valley at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Valley has struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 6.71 runs per game on average), something Lyons will no doubt try to take advantage of. As for Liberty Common, they will be playing at home against Estes Park at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Liberty Common has given up an average of 10 runs per game this season, so hopefully the team got some pitching drills in this week.
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