Bee Jays Out-Slug Colorado Springs
Brock Kappelmann - July 12, 2022 9:10 pm
The Liberal Bee Jays had 17 hits and three home runs on the way to a 15-3 run rule win over the Colorado Springs Outlaws Tuesday night at UCCS Mountain Lion Park. Colorado Springs had 15 hits and one home run. It marks Liberal’s 12th win in a row. They sweep all five games against the Outlaws this season.
Colorado Springs scored first with a run in the first. The BJ’s scored two in the second. With two outs, Cooper Hext doubled, Ethan Frey walked and Ryan Leary singled home a run. Frey scored on a wild pitch. Liberal opened the game up with a five run third. Two HBP’s and a walk loaded the bases. Daylan Pena singled home two. Ethan Frey hit a three run home run to center for the 7-1 lead. The Outlaws plated two in the third to make it 7-3. The Bee Jays scored eight runs on 10 hits in the fifth. Hudson Polk led off the inning with a line drive home run over the left field fence. Caden Hensley singled and Daylan Pena launched a mammoth home run to center. Cooper Hext and Ethan Frey singled. Ryan Leary lined a two RBI double down the left field line. Hudson Polk, Caden Hensley, and Daylan Pena added singles.
Daylan Pena was 3-4 with four RBI’s. Gavin Brzozowski was 3-5 with a triple. Hudson Polk, Ethan Frey, Caden Hensley, Cooper Hext, and Ryan Leary added tow hits a piece. Brady Le Jeune De Actis went four innings with seven strikeouts. Dylan Kerbow pitched three shutout innings with five strikeouts.
Liberal is 21-4 overall and 16-1 in the Rocky Mountain. Colorado Springs is 11-18 and 8-16 in the RMBL. Liberal plays at the Denver Cougars in Wheat Ridge Wednesday at 5:30pm CST with 5:15 pre-game on 1270, 92.3, and The KSCB and The Legend App.