Baseball Game Preview: Harding Hits the Road

By Team Reports May 7, 2024, 6:32am

Baseball Preview: Harding Raiders vs. Liberty Leopards

The Harding Raiders will head out on the road to challenge the Liberty Leopards at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday.

Harding's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Saturday. They walked away with a 5-0 victory over Liberty. The win made it back-to-back victories for Harding.

Corey Kuhn was a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out eight over six innings pitched. Kuhn has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive pitching appearances. Kuhn was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 2-for-2.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Austin Beyer, who went 2-for-2 with three RBI. Another player making a difference was Airiz Coleman Bey, who went 1-for-1 with two stolen bases.

The win got Harding back to even at 10-10. As for Liberty, their loss was their 14th straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 2-14.

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