The Haysville Heat beat the Liberal Bee Jays 18-3 Saturday night at Brent Gould Field. Liberal loses their third straight game and third straight home game. They have been out scored 35-7 the last thee games at home.
It was a tight game early with Haysville’s Anthony Collazo (Oklahoma) pitching six innngs striking out nine and allowing two runs. Liberal’s Rusty Devitt (5-2) pitched five and two-thirds with five strikeouts, no walks, but five runs.
The game was tied at two until the Heat (20-10, 16-9) scored three in the sixth and five in the eighth. They added eight in the ninth.
Liberal is 23-10 overall and 13-9 in the Jayhawk.
The same two teams meet Sunday night at 7 p.m. at Brent Gould Field with Madden Oil as the buyout sponsor. The game will air on Talkradio 1270.
