An Emotional Night for Evans as the Bee Jays Roll

It was an emotional night at Brent Gould Field Saturday night.  It was Liberal native Cole Evans’ last game of the summer, and maybe his last game in a Liberal uniform.  Evans pitched 2 and 2/3 innings before head coach Eric Olmstead came and embraced his 6’5″ mountain of a young man he has coached since he was 13.  Evans left to hugs and handshakes from his team and a standing ovation from the home fans.  The game was an after thought as the Bee Jays scored 11 in the first on their way to an 18-0 win.

Two key Curve errors opened the door to 11 unearned first inning runs.  Aidan Shepardson singled home a run to make it 3-0.  Justin Harris doubled home two runs.  Quintt Landis singled home two runs.  AJ Folds lined a triple which short hopped the wall in right center.  Wyatt Grant singled home a run.  Cayde Ward launched a home run to left for his third of the season.  Two have come against the Curve.  Liberal scored five in the third.  Cayde Ward singled home a run.  Scott Anderson singled home a run.  Aidan Shepardson flicked a two RBI double to right.  Liberal scored to in the fifth as Justin Harris singled home two.

Cole Evans worked 2 and 2/3 innings with six strikeouts and two walks.  Cade Citelli pitched 2 and 1/3 innings with four strikeouts and Matt Floyd worked two shutout innings with five strikeouts.

Liberal is 10-1 and 5-0 in the Jayhawk Division of the Kansas Collegiate League.  The Curve is 7-6 and 0-5 in the Jayhawk.  Liberal plays at the Wichita Dirtbags Tuesday at 5 with the Dugout Show at 4:45 on 1270 and kscbnews.net.