Liberty came tearing into Tuesday's game with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7.5 runs) and they left with even more momentum. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Northampton Konkrete Kids and snuck past 8-6. That's more bragging rights for Liberty, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Noah Gyauch-Quirk made a splash while hitting and pitching. He tossed four innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off four hits. Gyauch-Quirk was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-4 with two RBI.
In other batting news, Jacob Rivera was excellent, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-3. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times he's played. Another player making a difference was Jack Evans, who scored two runs while going 1-for-3.
On Northampton's side, they saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Logan Higgins, who scored two runs while going 2-for-4. Billy Stuhldreher was another key contributor, going 2-for-3 with a triple and an RBI.
Even though they lost, Northampton was hitting in the alleys and finished the game with three doubles. This was only their first loss (out of three games) when they post three or more doubles.
Liberty has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 19-5 record this season. As for Northampton, their loss dropped their record down to 15-8.
As of now, neither Liberty nor Northampton have any future games scheduled.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps