Garden City hit Liberal with a four-run third inning on Tuesday, which goes a long way in explaining the final result. The Redskins fell just short of the Buffaloes by a score of 5-4. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Buffaloes this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 3-1 on Tuesday.
Blayden Betts was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-3 with two RBI, one run, and one double. Kye Morris also deserves some recognition as he scored his first run of the season.
This is the second loss in a row for Liberal and nudges their season record down to 4-4. Those defeats can't be blamed on the team's pitching effort, having only surrendered a grand total of 8 runs in those games. As for Garden City, they now have a winning record of 4-3.
Coming up, Liberal is taking a road trip to square off against Eisenhower at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Garden City, they will welcome Goodland at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. The Cowboys have struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 16.25 runs per game on average), something the Buffaloes will no doubt try to take advantage of.
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