Liberty won against Hazen last Tuesday with four runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Wednesday. The Liberty Patriots sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 4-3 win over the Mercer Island Islanders. That's two games straight that Liberty has won by just one run.
The team relied heavily on Elliot Oster, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with a stolen base, a double, and an RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Rohne Klein, who scored two runs while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.
On Mercer Island's side, Quincy Tintle was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit over five innings pitched.
On the hitting side, Mercer Island saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was James Mangold, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
The victory made it two in a row for Liberty and bumps their season record up to 10-7. As for Mercer Island, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 6-9.
Liberty will face off against Cedar Park Christian at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Liberty is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.6 runs per game this season. As for Mercer Island, they will head out on the road to square off against Bellevue at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. The last six games Mercer Island has played have been within two runs, so don't be surprised if it's a close one.
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