Liberty is 8-2 against Shepherd since April of 2016 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Friday. The Liberty Panthers will look to defend their home field against the Shepherd Pirates at 7:00 p.m.
Liberty is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They never let Shepherd get on the board and left with a 10-0 win on Tuesday. The victory continues a trend for the Panthers in their matchups with the Pirates: they've now won eight in a row.
Liberty got a great performance from Logan Ross as he kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out seven over five innings pitched. Furthermore, Ross didn't allow a single hit, the first time he has blanked an opponent since back in February.
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At the plate, Grahm Pavliska and Ryan Hessler did most of the damage at the plate: Pavliska scored two runs while going 3-for-3, while Hessler scored two runs and stole Two bases. while going 3-for-3. The dominant performance also gave Pavliska a new career-high in RBI (three). Another player making a difference was Jonathan Wilkerson, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI and one double.
Liberty always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .562. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
Liberty now has a winning record of 9-8-1. As for Shepherd, they dropped their record down to 7-8 with the defeat, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season.
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