The Monache Marauders will head out on the road to square off against the Liberty Hawks at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Monache is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Dinuba 7-6. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Monache.
Jayson Castillo was excellent, going 1-for-3 with a home run.
Meanwhile, Liberty had already won nine in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 10.2 runs), and they went ahead and made it ten on Thursday. They blew past the Pirates 7-1. The result was nothing new for Liberty, who have now won 21 games by six runs or more so far this season.
The team relied heavily on McGuire Smith, who scored two runs while going 4-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Owen Lindstrom, who scored two runs while going 2-for-2.
Monache's victory ended a five-game drought at home and bumped them up to 14-15-1. As for Liberty, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 15 of their last 16 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 28-2 record this season.
Monache came up short against Liberty in their previous meeting back in February of 2019, falling 7-3. Can Monache avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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