EARL WATT

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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.