Rattlers Take 3rd at Andover

The Liberal Rattlers played two more games Saturday at Andover High School.  They lost their Saturday morning game 9-5 against McPherson but beat Newton 14-5 to take third in the tournament.

In the McPherson game, the Rattlers got off to a sluggish start allowing four in the first and three in the second.  Liberal scored one in the third, three in the fourth, and one in the sixth.  Kaden Jackson and Justin Degollado had two hits a piece.

In game two, the Rattler bats came alive.  Liberal banged out 14 runs on 15 hits.  The Rattlers scored four in the first, one in the second, five in the third, two in the fourth, and two in the fifth in the run rule win.  Zane Eyler was 3-3 with a double and a triple.  Carlos Campos, Oscar Rubio, Brooks Kappelmann, and Kaden Jackson had two hits a piece.

The Rattlers play at Ulysses Wednesday night.