Freedom made up a huge gap compared to their last game against Liberty, but they still couldn't quite topple them. The Falcons fell just short of the Lions by a score of 5-3 on Thursday. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Lions this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 12-3 on Tuesday.
JP Abenoja was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-3 with two doubles and one run. Those hits were his first of the season.
Freedom is on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 10-12. As for Liberty, the win (which was their sixth in a row) raised their record to 15-6.
Coming up, Freedom will square off against Deer Valley at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The Wolverines have struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 15.5 runs per game on average), something the Falcons will no doubt try to take advantage of. As for Liberty, they will challenge Soledad at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday.
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