Bee Jays Take Game One of KCLB Series

The Liberal Bee Jays plated their first game in eight days Friday night in Augusta.  Liberal won the opening game of the KCLB Championship Series 9-2 over the Kansas Cannons.  The BJ’s won the Jayhawk Division and the Cannons won the South Central Division to advance to this spot.

Payton Strambler pitched five strong innings allowing one run but it was unearned. He struck out eight and walked two.  Malachi Crone went three innings and Jorge Acevedo pitched one.  They did not allow an earned run.

The Bee Jays scored first when Corbin Truslow blasted a solo homer to begin his 3-5 night.  The Cannons tied it in the bottom of the inning.  Liberal scored four in the third.  The Cannons plated one in the eighth to make it 5-2.  Liberal added three in the ninth when Shane Sirdashney blasted a homer.  Connor Emmet, Jordan Williams, and Trevor MacDonald had two hits a piece.  Liberal out hit the Cannons 12-9.  Both teams has two errors.

Liberal is 27-12 and leads the series 1-0.  The teams play Saturday at 7 in Augusta wit the Dugout Show at 6:45 on 1270 and kscbnews.net.