Baseball Recap: Muncie Burris Drops Season-High Score on Liberty Christian

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Muncie Burris). Everything went their way against the Liberty Christian Lions on Tuesday as they made off with a 12-2 victory. The win continues a trend for the Owls in their matchups with the Lions: they've now won seven in a row.

Nicolas Bontzek made a splash no matter where he played. He struck out ten batters over five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off two hits. Bontzek was also big at the plate, going 1-for-3 with three RBI and two runs.

Reese Zaucha

Runs (Career)

04/22/25 vs Liberty Christian	3
04/20/24 vs Union	2
04/06/24 @ Providence Cristo Rey	2
05/16/24 @ Eastern Hancock	1
05/01/24 vs Purdue Broad Ripple	1

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Reese Zaucha, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with three runs, one stolen base, and one double. Those three runs gave him a new career-high. Beau Edmonds was another key player, going 2-for-3 with two runs, one stolen base, and one RBI.

Muncie Burris always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .552. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.

Muncie Burris picked up their first home victory, bumping their record up to 3-6. As for Liberty Christian, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-4.

Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Muncie Burris will welcome Fort Wayne Canterbury at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. As for Liberty Christian, they will look to take advantage of their home field for the first time this season as they take on University at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday.