Liberty is 0-8 against Shadow Ridge since March of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Liberty Patriots will head out on the road to square off against the Shadow Ridge Mustangs at 3:30 p.m. The last three games Liberty has played have been within two runs, so don't be surprised if it's a close one.
Liberty is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Nevada's top teams: Coronado, who was ranked second in their home state at the time (Liberty was ranked eighth). Liberty fell just short of Coronado by a score of 4-3 on Monday.
Charlotte Crittenden was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: she pitched six innings while giving up just one earned (and three unearned) runs off five hits. She has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in six consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Morgyn Vesco made the most of her time at bat despite the final result and went 2-for-3 with two runs, a triple, and a double.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 11 runs the game before, Shadow Ridge was a bit more limited in their match on Monday. They fell 6-1 to Centennial.
Shadow Ridge saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Carmella Garganese, who went 2-for-3 with a double.
Liberty's defeat dropped their record down to 9-7. As for Shadow Ridge, their loss ended a seven-game streak of away wins and brought them to 13-6.
Liberty came up short against Shadow Ridge in their previous meeting two weeks ago, falling 7-2. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Shadow Ridge's Josslin Law, who pitched seven innings while giving up just two earned runs off four hits. Now that Liberty knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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