The Liberty Chargers will head out to square off against the Tohopekaliga Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Liberty has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the match with ten straight defeats, while Tohopekaliga will come in with three straight wins.
Last Monday, Liberty came up short against Haines City and fell 8-4.
Meanwhile, Tohopekaliga owes their pitching crew a big pat on the back after their performance on Tuesday. They skirted past Innovation 2-0.
Not much got past Anthony Capuana, who gave up just five hits and racked up six Ks to keep Innovation off the board. Capuana also tossed no earned runs, which is notable because Tohopekaliga is 2-1 when he allows at most two earned runs, but 7-8 otherwise.
On the hitting side, Tohopekaliga saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Alex Oquendo, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Tohopekaliga hit smart and finished the game with only two strikeouts. The team has now struck out at least four batters in three consecutive contests.
Tohopekaliga pushed their record up to 9-9 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home. The home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.8 runs on average over those games. As for Liberty, their loss dropped their record down to 0-9.
Liberty might still be hurting after the 16-0 defeat they got from Tohopekaliga in their previous meeting back in March of 2024. Can the Chargers avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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