Baseball Recap: Liberty Triumphs

After having lost a blowout in their previous game against Emmaus, Liberty was happy to have turned things around on Saturday. They won by a run and slipped past the Stroudsburg Mountaineers 7-6. That result was just more of the same for these two, as the Hurricanes also won the last time the pair played back in April of 2025.

Jacob Strong

Hits

04/04/26 vs Stroudsburg	3
03/27/26 vs Northampton	3
03/24/26 @ Bethlehem Catholic	3
03/19/26 vs Whitehall	2
03/25/26 @ Pleasant Valley	1

Jacob Strong was excellent, going a perfect 3-for-3 with two stolen bases and one run. Liberty is undefeated when Strong posts three or more hits, but 1-3 otherwise. Another player making a difference was Brady Heffernan, who got on base in four of his five plate appearances with one run.

Liberty has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 4-3 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.0 runs over those games. As for Stroudsburg, their loss was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 1-5.

Liberty didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next matchup, a 9-0 victory against Pocono Mountain West on the 6th. As for Stroudsburg, they have also already played their next game, a 10-2 defeat against Northampton on the 6th.