It was a good run, but Liberty unfortunately witnessed the end of their five-game winning streak on Monday. They fell just short of the Nazareth Area Blue Eagles by a score of 4-2. Having soared to a lofty 14 runs in the game before, Liberty couldn't push the score so high this time.
Liberty saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Noah Gyauch-Quirk, who scored a run while going 2-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Braylen Gonzalez, who went 1-for-3 with a stolen base and an RBI.
On Nazareth Area's side, Paul Serra looked comfortable as he tossed 1.1 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit.
Liberty's defeat dropped their record down to 14-5. As for Nazareth Area, their win was their seventh straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 15-4.
Liberty will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against Freedom at 6:00 p.m. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Freedom: 3.9, Liberty: 2.4) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for Nazareth Area, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Bethlehem Catholic at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Nazareth Area is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.5 runs per game this season.
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