The Levelland Lobos will head out to take on the Liberty Patriots at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Levelland is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Estacado just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Tuesday. They took a 10-6 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Matadors. Surprisingly, this marked the third straight game that the away team has come away the victor.
Meanwhile, Liberty came tearing into Tuesday's match with eight straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6.9 runs), and they left with even more momentum. Everything went their way against the Chiefs/Maidens as they made off with a 20-5 victory. The result was nothing new for the Patriots, who have now won eight contests by six runs or more so far this season.
Jackson Gonzalez was a standout: he went 2-for-3 with six RBI. Those six RBI gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Levi Walker, who scored two runs while going 3-for-4.
Liberty was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .448. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .385 or higher in three consecutive games.
Liberty pushed their record up to 17-8 with the win, which was their fifth straight on the road. Those road victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 12.2 runs over those games. As for Levelland, their loss dropped their record down to 16-11.
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