The Liberal softball team is getting closer. They have never beaten Garden City in softball, but they are getting closer. Garden City held off an upstart group of Liberal girls 7-4 in game one and 12-10 in game two Thursday afternoon and evening at the National Beef Sports Complex. LHS led 10-9 going to the 7th in game two.
In game one, the Buffaloes scored three in the third, three in the fourth, and one in the sixth to lead 7-0. Liberal’s offense came to life in the sixth with four runs. Garden City out-hit LHS 9-4. Zoey Torres was 2-2 with a double. Haiden Lyon hit a triple. Allie Champion pitched three scoreless innings.
In game two, Liberal led most of the game in front of a spirited home crowd. Garden City scored three in the first. The Redskins answered with two in the first and four in the second to lead 6-3. GCHS plated three in the fourth to tie it. Liberal answered with four in the bottom of the fourth to lead 10-6. But LHS did not score in the last three innings and it cost them the game. Garden City scored three in the fifth to make it 10-9. That was the score until the top of the seventh when Garden City stunned the Redskins with three runs to lead 12-10. Liberal out-hit Garden City 10-8 but their defense let them down with five errors. Taylor Harding was 4-4 with seven RBI’s and three triples. Lexi Miller and Viviana Favila had two hits a piece.
Garden City sweeps the three game series and improves to 11-2 overall and 4-1 in the WAC. Liberal falls to 5-9 and 0-6 in the WAC. Liberal hosts Cimarron Thursday at 4pm.
