Baseball Game Preview: Liberty Hawks vs. Dos Palos Broncos

By Team Reports Mar 26, 2025, 1:12am

Baseball Preview: Liberty Hawks vs. Dos Palos Broncos

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Liberty is a perfect 6-0 against Dos Palos since March of 2016 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Wednesday. Liberty will head out on the road to square off against Dos Palos at 4:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Liberty has four straight wins, Dos Palos has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.

Liberty is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Everything went their way against Parlier on Tuesday as Liberty made off with a 23-1 victory. With that win, the Hawks brought their scoring average up to 7.6 runs per game.

Anthony Gaitan looked comfortable as he struck out six batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits (and only one walk). He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one walk in four consecutive appearances.

Xaviar Gordon

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03/25/25 @ Parlier4
03/21/25 @ Fresno Christian3
03/18/25 vs Firebaugh2
03/11/25 vs Clovis East1
03/07/25 vs Kerman1
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On the hitting side, Liberty got a massive performance out of Xaviar Gordon, who scored three runs while going 4-for-5. That's the most hits Gordon has posted since back in February of 2024. Tyce Perez was another key player, scoring four runs while going 2-for-4.

Liberty kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 17 hits. That's the most hits they've managed all season.

Meanwhile, Dos Palos came up short against Kerman on Friday and fell 5-1.

Liberty pushed their record up to 6-3 with the victory, which was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season. Those wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 12.1 runs over those games. As for Dos Palos, their loss dropped their record down to 3-5.

Dos Palos' pitching crew has a crucial task ahead of them: Liberty hasn't had any issues making contact this season, having earned a batting average of .317. It's a different story for Dos Palos, though, as they've only averaged .160. Will they be able to contain Liberty's hitters?

Liberty was able to grind out a solid victory over Dos Palos when the teams last played on Thursday, winning 5-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Liberty since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.

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