The Liberty Patriots will be taking part in a tournament against the El Paso Tigers at 12:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Liberty picked up another tournament win on Thursday. They walked away with a 10-7 victory over Chapin. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Patriots.
Liberty got a great performance from Jackson Payne as he tossed five innings while giving up just two earned (and three unearned) runs off six hits. What's more, Payne gave up only three walks, the fewest he's had since back in April of 2024.
Cassler Wicks
| 03/06/25 vs Chapin | 3 |
| 03/06/25 @ Monterey | 2 |
| 03/28/24 @ Abernathy | 2 |
| 03/05/24 vs Abernathy | 2 |
| 02/29/24 vs Midland Christian | 2 |
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Cassler Wicks, who scored three runs while going 3-for-3. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in RBI (three). Jaxon Thomas also deserves some recognition as he got his first hit of the season.
Liberty always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .556. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their OBP total in five consecutive games.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask El Paso). Everything went their way against Estacado on Thursday as El Paso made off with a 15-5 win. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
Liberty's record is now 5-6. As for El Paso, their record is now 5-7.
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