The Pueblo West Cyclones have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Liberty Lancers at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Pueblo West is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.7 runs per game this season.
Last Thursday, Pueblo West had just enough and edged Pine Creek out 8-7.
Pueblo West got a massive performance out of Bradie Poteet-Herrera, who went 2-for-3 with a home run and two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Acelyn Duran, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Pueblo West didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with eight strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've posted since back in September of 2023.
Meanwhile, Liberty waltzed into their contest on Saturday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They put the hurt on the Commanders with a sharp 13-3 victory. Considering the Lancers have won five matches by more than eight runs this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.
Liberty also got a great performance from Isabella Schrobilgen as she tossed five innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off two hits.
On the hitting side, Alex Graham was incredible, firing off two home runs, two triples, and five RBI while going 4-for-4. Those home runs were her first of the season. Another player making a difference was Felicity Thompson, who went 2-for-3 with two runs, a triple, and two RBI.
Pueblo West is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 4-3 record this season. As for Liberty, they now have a winning record of 5-4.
Everything went Pueblo West's way against Liberty in their previous meeting back in September of 2021 as Pueblo West made off with a 9-1 win. Does Pueblo West have another victory up their sleeve, or will Liberty turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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