EARL WATT

   • Leader & Times

After dominating Boulder for seven innings, the Bee Jays faltered in the eighth inning and allowed the Collegians to score four runs, and Liberal ended a four-game road trip with a 7-6 loss.

Trneton Ureda broke a 1-1 tie in the fourth inning with a home run that scored two runs, and Liberal had a 3-1 lead.

Cole Manuel hit an RBI double in the fifth to push the lead to 4-1, and after the Collegians cut the lead to 4-3 in the bottom of the fifth, Cade adams hit a solo shot in the sixth, and William Bologna added an RBI double to push the lead back to 6-3.

The Collegians used and a two-RBI single from Logan Carney to cut the lead to 6-5, and relief pitcher Anthony Edwards gave up a home run to EJ Leines that scored two runs for the Collegians, and the Bee Jays went down in order in the ninth for the 7-6 loss.

The Bee Jays return to Liberal for a two-game series with the Colorado Lumberjax Saturday and Sunday.

EARL WATT

   • Leader & Times

Despite committing a season-high nine errors on the road against Fort Collins Wednesday, the Bee Jays provided enough offense to earn a 20-13 win.

After giving up two runs to the Foxes in the first inning, the Bee Jays broke through for six runs in the second with a fielder’s choice, two singles and a double.

The Foxes added a run in the bottom of the second to cut the lead to 6-3, but the Bee Jays erupted for seven runs in the third starting with an RBI double by Wyatt Bohanon, and another run was forced across the plate when Cooper Kardokus was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded.

EARL WATT

   • Leader & Times

The Bee Jays didn’t get key hits with runners on base at times against the all-star Canes 18-and-under team over the weekend, but they finally broke through when they needed and chalked up two run-rule wins.

The Bee Jays had no problems getting runners on base in Saturday’s game with the Canes, but they struggled to push those runners across home plate.

Despite loading the bases in the first and second innings, the Bee Jays only scored single runs in each of those innings to take a 2-0 lead.

BRETT TRIPPET, Former Liberal coach

My wife Susan will tell you that apologizing is not exactly my strongest spiritual gift.

So what you are about to read should probably be framed and hung on a wall somewhere.

I owe referees an apology.