The Liberty Hawks will take on the Kingsburg Vikings in a tournament on Friday. Liberty's pitching crew has only allowed 3.8 runs per game this season, so Kingsburg's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
On Wednesday, Liberty didn't have quite enough to beat Dinuba and fell 5-4.
Leilah Uriarte made the most of her time at bat despite the final result and went 2-for-4 with three RBI, one triple, and one stolen base. That triple marked the first that she hit this season.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Kingsburg). They skirted past Bullard 12-11. With that victory, the Vikings brought their scoring average up to 6.3 runs per game.
The team relied heavily on Sarah Urbieta, who went 2-for-3 with four RBI, one run, and one double. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in RBI. Another player making a difference was Reygan Jones, who went a perfect 4-for-4 with two RBI.
Kingsburg pushed their record up to 4-3 with the win, which was their 12th straight at home dating back to last season. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to strikeouts: they averaged an imposing 10.17 strikeouts in those games compared to only 3.4 in the others. As for Liberty, their defeat ended a six-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 4-2.
Liberty's speedy runners might be the difference in Friday's matchup. Liberty has been swiping bases left and right this season, having averaged 3.7 stolen bases per game. It's a different story for Kingsburg, though, as they've been averaging only 1.3 stolen bases. Will they be able to secure the bases, or will Liberty continue to outrun the ball?
Liberty couldn't quite get it done against Kingsburg in their previous meeting back in March of 2017 as they fell 4-0. Can Liberty avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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