Liberty has enjoyed the comforts of home their last three games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will take on the Clovis West Golden Eagles at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Liberty: 2.5, Clovis West: 3) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Liberty is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They blew past Clovis North 9-1. Liberty might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won 14 games by six runs or more this season.
Evan Churchman spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned run on five hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in seven consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Brock Thompson was incredible, going 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Grant Voss, who went 2-for-4 with a home run.
Meanwhile, Clovis West waltzed into their matchup on Tuesday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They had just enough and edged the Knights out 5-4.
Tyler Patrick made a splash while hitting and pitching. He tossed 5.2 innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits. Patrick was also big at the plate, getting on base in three of his five plate appearances with two RBI and a double.
In other pitching news, Jake Turley looked comfortable as he tossed 3.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off three hits.
Patrick wasn't the only one making solid contact as six players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Marc Anthony Carroll, who scored a run while going 2-for-5.
Liberty has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 18 of their last 19 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 28-4 record this season. As for Clovis West, they pushed their record up to 26-6 with that victory, which was their tenth straight at home.
Liberty came out on top in a nail-biter against Clovis West in their previous matchup back in February of 2022, sneaking past 2-1. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Clovis West's Nathan Baeza, who didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out six over five innings pitched. Now that he won't be playing on Saturday, will it be that much easier for Liberty to walk away with another win? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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