The Liberty Lancers will head out on the road to square off against the Pine Creek Eagles at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Liberty is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 10.4 runs per game this season.
Liberty is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering Air Academy just ended the team's six-game winning streak on Friday. They took an 8-5 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Kadets. The Lancers haven't had much luck with the Kadets recently, as the team's come up short the last five times they've met.
Alex Graham made the most of her time at bat despite the final result and scored three runs and stole a base while going 3-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Grace Joiner, who went 4-for-4 with two RBI.
Meanwhile, everything went Pine Creek's way against Fountain-Fort Carson on Thursday as Pine Creek made off with a 17-5 win.
Liberty's defeat dropped their record down to 11-6. As for Pine Creek, the victory got them back to even at 10-10.
Liberty was able to grind out a solid win over Pine Creek when the teams last played two weeks ago, winning 10-6. 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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