In what's become a running theme this season, Liberty gave their fans yet another huge win on Friday. They blew past the Bethlehem Catholic Hawks 12-2. The victory was familiar territory for Liberty who now have four in a row.
Luke Piripavel was a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he pitched 4.1 innings while giving up just two earned runs off five hits. Piripavel was also solid in the batter's box, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with two RBI and a double.
In other pitching news, Michael Mariano Jr. looked comfortable as he tossed 1.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one walk in four consecutive pitching appearances.
Back at the plate, Liberty got a big performance out of Dayton Aguiar, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Jacob Rivera, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-4.
On Bethlehem Catholic's side, they saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Caden Deegan, who got on base in all three of his plate appearances with a stolen base. Another player making a difference was Brayden Rader, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Liberty has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 18-5 record this season. As for Bethlehem Catholic, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 16-8.
As of now, neither Liberty nor Bethlehem Catholic have any future games scheduled.
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