Baseball Recap: Liberty Patriots vs. Centennial Golden Hawks
Liberty had already won seven in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.7 runs), and they went ahead and made it eight on Thursday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Centennial Golden Hawks a 5-0 shutout. That's more bragging rights for Liberty, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Chance Gerecke made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run over seven innings pitched. Gerecke was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 1-for-2.
In other batting news, Brock Thompson and Tryce Spainhoward did most of the damage at the plate: Thompson scored a run and stole a base while going 3-for-3, while Spainhoward scored two runs while going 2-for-3. Thompson is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now stolen at least one in the last three games he's played.
Liberty is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 20-4 record this season. As for Centennial, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 13-11.
Liberty will head out on the road to take on Frontier at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Frontier: 3, Liberty: 2.5) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for Centennial, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Garces Memorial at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Centennial is facing Garces Memorial at the right time seeing as Garces Memorial is stuck on an eight-game losing streak.
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