The Liberty Eagles had just enough and edged out the West Prairie Cyclones 4-3 on Friday.
Jack Wietholder tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run and allowing only two hits while striking out seven over five innings pitched. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in five consecutive appearances.
Reed Sparrow
| 05/14/26 vs Hamilton/Warsaw | 3 |
| 04/09/26 @ Barry Western | 3 |
| 05/22/26 vs West Prairie | 2 |
| 05/13/26 vs Barry Western | 2 |
| 05/04/26 vs Palmyra | 2 |
| + 13 more games |
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Reed Sparrow, who went 2-for-4 with two runs, one stolen base, and one double. He has become a key player for Liberty: the team is 9-1 when he posts at least two runs, but 4-10-1 otherwise. Another player making a difference was Layne Bent, who went 3-for-4 with one stolen base and one RBI.
Liberty has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games. That's provided a massive bump to their 13-11-1 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.8 runs on average over those games. As for West Prairie, their loss dropped their record down to 11-11-1.
As of now, neither Liberty nor the Cyclones have any future games scheduled.
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