The Liberty Eagles will venture away from home to challenge the Camp Point Central Panthers at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Liberty's pitching crew has only allowed 2.4 runs per game this season, so Camp Point Central's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Liberty is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 13 runs on Tuesday, they were much more limited against Quincy Notre Dame on Thursday. They fell 4-1 to the Raiders. The Eagles have struggled against the Raiders recently, as the game was their seventh consecutive lost meeting.
Liberty saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jack Sparrow, who went 1-for-3 with two stolen bases.
For some reason, the away team has come away with the win the last four times Camp Point Central and Monmouth United have met, but the home crowd finally got their W on Thursday. The Panthers fell just short of the Red Storm by a score of 5-4.
Briggs Wiskirchen made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored two runs and stole two bases while going 3-for-4. He is becoming a predictor of Camp Point Central's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is 3-1 (and 0-4 when he doesn't). Caleb Petersen also deserves some recognition as he snagged his first stolen base of the season.
Liberty's loss was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 3-1 and their overall record down to 5-2. As for Camp Point Central, they dropped their record down to 3-5 with the defeat, which was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season.
The pitchers for both teams better look sharp on Friday as neither team is afraid to steal. Liberty has been swiping bases left and right this season, having averaged 6.7 stolen bases per game. However, it's not like Camp Point Central struggles in that department as they've been averaging 2.8 stolen bases. The only question left is which team can snag more.
Liberty might still be hurting after the 12-2 loss they got from Camp Point Central in their previous matchup back in April of 2024. Can the Eagles avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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