The Liberty Bison will square off against the Elsinore Tigers at 3:15 p.m. on Friday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Liberty is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They skirted past La Serna 6-4. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Bison have posted since April 17th.
Meanwhile, Elsinore entered their tilt with Bishop Montgomery on Tuesday with four consecutive wins, and they'll enter their next game with five. They had just enough and edged out the Knights 5-3.
Elsinore got a great performance from Brayden Stankus as he tossed 4.2 innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off five hits.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Ivan Huerta, who got on base in all three of his plate appearances with one run and one double.
Elsinore pushed their record up to 20-7 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home. Those home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.8 runs on average over those games. As for Liberty, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 13-11.
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