The Liberty Patriots are taking a road trip to take on the El Diamante Miners at 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
Liberty is headed into the contest having just suffered their closest loss since April 2, 2024 on Friday. They fell just short of Bullard by a score of 6-4.
Liberty saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jonah Pineda, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI and one double.
Meanwhile, El Diamante narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Bakersfield 6-5.
D'Angelo Dalle Mese was excellent, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-3. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in runs. Eli Contreras also deserves some recognition as he got his first hits of the season.
El Diamante now has a winning record of 2-1-1. As for Liberty, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-2.
Liberty was able to grind out a solid victory over El Diamante in their previous matchup back in February of 2019, winning 6-2. Will Liberty repeat their success, or does El Diamante have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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