The Liberty Hurricanes will head out to face off against the South Williamsport Mountaineers at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Liberty sitting on four straight wins and South Williamsport on six.
Liberty came out on top against Bethlehem Catholic on Wednesday thanks in part to the team's impressive seven-run sixth inning. The Hurricanes' pitchers stepped up to hand the Hawks an 11-0 shutout. The Hurricanes might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five matchups by seven runs or more this season.
Meanwhile, South Williamsport made easy work of Jersey Shore on Friday and carried off an 11-5 victory. The Mountaineers are also no stranger to big wins: their blowout was the ninth game they've won by 6+ runs this season.
South Williamsport pushed their record up to 11-2 with the win, which was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season. The road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.9 runs on average over those games. As for Liberty, their win bumped their record up to 7-2.
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