The Center Cougars will look to take advantage of their home field for the first time this season as they take on the Liberty Ranch Hawks at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Center will be strutting in after a win while Liberty Ranch will be coming in after a defeat.
Center proved they can win big on Tuesday (they won by 18) and on Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Grant 10-8.
The team relied heavily on Connor Goldfarb, who scored a run while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Emare Viera, who scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances.
Center always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .561. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Grant only posted an OBP of .378.
Meanwhile, Liberty Ranch didn't have quite enough to beat Bear Creek on Monday and fell 6-4. The Hawks have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Liberty Ranch saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kade Lecompte, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI and one double. That double marked the first that Lecompte's hit this season. Another was Garrett Owen, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in two of his three plate appearances.
Center's win bumped their record up to 2-0. As for Liberty Ranch, they now have a losing record of 2-3-1.
Center took their victory against Liberty Ranch in their previous meeting back in March of 2024 by a conclusive 8-2. Will Center repeat their success, or does Liberty Ranch have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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