The Liberty Lions will head out on the road to face off against the Freedom Falcons at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
After a string of three wins, Liberty's good fortune finally ran out on Saturday. They fell just short of Oak Ridge by a score of 7-5.
Jake Ulrich was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Cruz Van Slyke, who scored a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 15 runs the game before, Freedom were a bit more limited in their contest on Thursday. They fell just short of Foothill by a score of 2-0. The game marked that first time this season in which Freedom was not able to get on the board.
Freedom saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Caleb Emmons, who went 1-for-2 with a double.
Liberty's loss dropped their record down to 4-6. As for Freedom, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-5.
Liberty came up short against Freedom in their previous meeting back in April of 2023, falling 5-1. Thankfully for Liberty, Shawn McBroom (who didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits over seven innings pitched) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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