The Pine Creek Eagles's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Liberty Lancers at 3:30 p.m. on Monday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Pine Creek is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Widefield just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Saturday. They came up short against the Gladiators, falling 18-12.
Meanwhile, Liberty beat Rampart 16-11 on Thursday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Lancers.
Liberty got a massive performance out of Terika Rubiero, who scored two runs while going 2-for-4. Another player making a difference was Alex Graham, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Liberty kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 18 hits. That's the most hits they've posted since back in September of 2023.
Pine Creek's defeat dropped their record down to 8-8. As for Liberty, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a massive bump to their 7-5 record this season.
Pine Creek beat Liberty 9-5 in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. The rematch might be a little tougher for Pine Creek since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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