Granger Grounds Eagles in Opener

Liberal and Hugoton finally opened their seasons Monday at the Liberal Baseball Complex. The Redskins rode the right arm of Brandon Granger to a 7-4 win. The senior right hander struck out 11 in five innings and allowed three hits. Liberal got off to a strong start offensively scoring two in the first, two in the third, two in the fourth and one in the fifth building a 7-2 lead. Liberal out-hit Hugoton 7-3. Tyson Deaton and Fredrick Gomez had two hits a piece in the win. Liberal plays at Guymon Saturday at 2 PM.

Liberal 7, Hugoton 4

Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Hugoton 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 3 3

Liberal 2 0 2 2 1 0 X 7 7 2

Hugoton AB R H BI Liberal AB R H BI

#5 Beltz, CF 3 1 1 1 #8 Pando, J., RF 3 1 1 0

#1 Concannon, 2B 4 0 0 0 #6 Gomez, F., LF 3 1 2 0

#10 Belfance, SS 1 2 1 0 #3 Granger, B., P-C-1B 3 1 0 0

#20 Campos, P-3B 2 0 1 2 #7 Pitts, A., CF 2 2 1 0

#2 Schnitker, RF 2 0 0 0 #21 Deaton, T., 1B-P 4 1 2 3

#12 Persinger, 1B 1 1 0 0 #11 Potts, K., SS 3 0 1 1

#6 Reed, LF 3 0 0 0 #10 Morris, B., 3B 3 0 0 0

#7 Camacho, 3B-P 3 0 0 0 #17 Holder, D., DH-1B 2 1 0 0

#3 Frederick, C 3 0 0 0 #1 Hall, J., C-2B 2 0 0 0

Totals 22 4 3 3 #18 Cathey, J., LF 1 0 0 0

#12 Carrasco, D., 0 0 0 0

#14 Garcia, M., 0 0 0 0

#18 Cathey, J., 0 0 0 0

#25 Rosales, F., 0 0 0 0

#2 Rutledge, D., 2B 0 0 0 0

Totals 26 7 7 4

E: #1 Concannon, #7 Camacho, #10 Morris, B., #12 Persinger, #21 Deaton, T. 2B: #8 Pando, J., #6 Gomez, F., #10 Belfance, #5 Beltz SB-ATT: #3 Granger, B. (2-2), #7 Pitts, A. (2-2), #10 Belfance (1-1), #5 Beltz (1-1)

Hugoton IP H R ER BB SO BF Liberal IP H R ER BB SO BF

#20 Campos 5.2 6 7 5 4 4 34 #3 Granger, B. 5.0 3 2 2 3 11 21

#7 Camacho 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 2 #21 Deaton, T. 2.0 0 2 2 3 2 10

Totals 6.0 7 7 5 4 4 36 Totals 7.0 3 4 4 6 13 31

HBP: #17 Holder, D. (by #20 Campos), #6 Gomez, F. (by #20 Campos), #12 Persinger (by #3 Granger, B.), #17 Holder, D. (by #20 Campos) WP: #20 Campos 3, #3 Granger, B., #21 Deaton, T. Pitches-strikes: #3 Granger, B. 21-18, #20 Campos 34-27, #21 Deaton, T. 10-6, #7 Camacho 2-2

Start: 4:00 PM; Game time: 18:34