Liberty is 10-0 against Louis E. Dieruff since May of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The Liberty Hurricanes will head out on the road to take on the Louis E. Dieruff Huskies at 4:00 p.m. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Liberty's hitters might be in the hot seat on Wednesday considering what happened against Bethlehem Catholic on Monday. They fell just short of the Hawks by a score of 1-0. Liberty's loss signaled the end of their five-game winning streak.
JJ Cruz was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he pitched 4.1 innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit.
At the plate, Liberty saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Noah Gyauch-Quirk, who went 2-for-3 with a stolen base. Gyauch-Quirk has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in six consecutive pitching appearances.
Even though they lost, Liberty didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 11 strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Bethlehem Catholic only tossed four.
Meanwhile, Louis E. Dieruff was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They took a 6-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Easton Area.
Liberty's loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 9-4. As for Louis E. Dieruff, their record now sits at 2-10.
Everything went Liberty's way against Louis E. Dieruff in their previous matchup on April 5th as Liberty made off with an 11-1 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Liberty since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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