Liberty and Fountain-Fort Carson are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2018, but likely not for long. The Liberty Lancers will be playing at home against the Fountain-Fort Carson Trojans at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
Last Tuesday, it was a hard-fought matchup, but Liberty had to settle for a 13-11 defeat against Rampart. The loss continues a trend for Liberty in their matchups with Rampart: they've now lost three in a row.
David Jensen was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring three runs while going 4-for-4. Another player making a difference was Michael Naftanal, who scored three runs while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances.
Fountain-Fort Carson lost 16-2 to Falcon on Wednesday. Fountain-Fort Carson has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Trystan Freeman made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and went 2-for-2 with three stolen bases and an RBI.
Liberty's defeat dropped their record down to 8-12. As for Fountain-Fort Carson, their loss dropped their record down to 7-13-1.
Liberty came up short against Fountain-Fort Carson in their previous meeting on Friday, falling 7-3. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Fountain-Fort Carson's Joe Baumbach, who pitched seven innings while giving up three earned runs off seven hits. Now that Liberty knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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