The Liberty Charter Lions will head out on the road to take on the Mountain Empire Redhawks at 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Last Wednesday, everything went Liberty Charter's way against Ocean View Christian as Liberty Charter made off with a 14-2 win.
Jaxon Adrain made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he struck out nine batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits (and only one walk). Adrain has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in seven consecutive pitching appearances. Adrain was also big at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in two of his three plate appearances.
In other batting news, Liberty Charter let Drake Keehl and Isaac Anderson loose on the outfield. Keehl went 1-for-2 with a home run, six RBI, and two runs, while Anderson went 1-for-2 with a home run, three RBI, and two runs. Another player making a difference was Christian Slayton, who scored two runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Mountain Empire had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8 runs), and they went ahead and made it seven on Thursday. They blew past the Crusaders 14-3. Mountain Empire might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won seven games by seven runs or more this season.
Liberty Charter's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 6-12. As for Mountain Empire, their win bumped their record up to 10-2.
Liberty Charter suffered a grim 10-1 defeat to Mountain Empire in their previous meeting on April 11th. Can Liberty Charter avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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