The Frontier Titans will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against the Liberty Patriots at 4:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Frontier has 14 straight victories, Liberty has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Frontier will bounce into Tuesday's game after beating Stockdale, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Frontier's pitcher stepped up to hand Stockdale a 3-0 shutout on Thursday.
The result came thanks to Taylor Sloss's shutout, as she gave up just two hits and racked up six Ks. She has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in 13 consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Kelsy Rodriguez, who went 3-for-4 with a home run and two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Adalynn Garcia, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Liberty fell victim to Centennial and their airtight pitching crew on Thursday. They fell just short of the Golden Hawks by a score of 2-0.
Frontier pushed their record up to 18-3 with that win, which was their sixth straight at home. As for Liberty, their loss dropped their record down to 16-8.
Frontier skirted past Liberty 1-0 in their previous meeting on April 2nd. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Liberty's Rebecca Calvin, who pitched seven innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Frontier still be able to contain Calvin? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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