The Liberal Bee Jays were on the wrong end of the scoreboard for the first time in 2026.  The Dodge City A’s rallied past the Liberal Bee Jays 11-7 Monday night at Cavalier Field in Dodge City.  Liberal built a 6-2 lead in this non league game.

Liberal scored one in the second and three in the third to lead 4-0.  DC plated two in the third.  Liberal scored five in the fifth to lead 6-2.  The A’s rallied late with four in the sixth, one in the seventh, and four in the eighth.  Dodge out-hit Liberal 12-11.  Liberal had three errors and Dodge had one.   Adam Swanson, Cooper Kardokus, and Drew Gartman had two hits a piece.  On the mound, Preston Roberge started and went 3 and 1/3 innings allowing two earned runs with three strikeouts and one walk.  Braxton Trenkle worked 2 and 1/3 innings and did not allow an earned run.  Josiah Rojas went 2/3 scoreless.

Dodge City is 3-3 overall and 2-2 in the Rocky Mountain.  The Bee Jays are 2-1 but still 2-0 in the Rocky Mountain League.  The Bee Jays host the Boulder 64’s Wednesday night at 7pm with pre-game at 6:45 on 1270 and 92.3 FM.