Baseball Preview: Liberty Lancers vs. Pine Creek Eagles
Liberty is 1-9 against Pine Creek since April of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Liberty Lancers are on the road again to play the Pine Creek Eagles at 4:00 p.m. The last three games Liberty has played have been within two runs, so don't be surprised if it's a close one.
On Monday, Liberty and Vista Ridge finished up their match with a 9-9 tie.
Meanwhile, Pine Creek entered their tilt with Doherty with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past the Spartans 3-2.
Lukas Genin tossed a big game, striking out seven batters over six innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off three hits.
On the hitting side, Pine Creek saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Cannon Budge, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Liberty's tie makes their record 6-9-1 this season. As for Pine Creek, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-5 record this season.
Liberty suffered a grim 14-1 defeat to Pine Creek in their previous meeting on April 15th. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Pine Creek's Aiden Wilson, who struck out six batters over two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits (and only one walk). Now that Liberty knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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