POSTED: Saturday April 4, 2009
But on Saturday, the Patriots reversed the trend with a 2-1 win at Faith Lutheran.
“It’s nice to get this one and get on the 'W’ side for once,” Didier said. “We went on a little losing skid there, but hopefully this gets us on track, we start hitting the ball a little bit and get a few more one-run games.”
Kyle Rynearson’s sacrifice fly to right field scored Robert Kinan with the go-ahead run in the top of the seventh inning.
Liberty sophomore right-hander Trevor Williams pitched a complete game to help the Patriots (6-8) snap a six-game losing streak. He scattered six hits, walked two and struck out seven in gaining his first varsity win.
“I found my rhythm early in the game, and my momentum kept me going,” said Williams, who entered the fourth inning with a no-hitter.
Faith Lutheran (4-13) had the bases loaded with one out in the bottom of the seventh, but Ryan Buuck’s attempted safety squeeze resulted in an improbable double play.
When Liberty first baseman Dylan Rogers made a diving catch in foul territory of Buuck’s popup, Faith Lutheran runner Christian Lopez was halfway home. So Rogers threw to third base for the out to end the game.
“It’s a good bunter at the plate and an aggressive player at third,” Crusaders coach Tony Girod said. “I don’t think we made the wrong call in doing that. We just didn’t execute.”
Williams said: “The last play, I was thinking, 'Oh, God, I hope Dylan catches it.’ It was a tough play for him, and I’m glad he caught it and made the throw.”
Rogers doubled twice for Liberty, which was searching for momentum after an 0-5 start in the Southeast League.
Bobby Burns was 2-for-3 with a double for Class 3A Faith Lutheran, which has scheduled 14 games against 4A teams as it prepares to join 4A next year.
The Crusaders fell to 0-6 against 4A teams, but three of those losses have come by two or fewer runs.
i hope so bad that faith comes out and dominates 4A next year to shut everyone up
Congrats, you can make fun of a struggling 3A baseball program. Bravo. Want a cookie? How about a gold star sticker? Way to go guys, you officially represent exactly what sucks the fun out of high school sports. I'm not trying to say that no one likes some good athletic competition or that any program's goal at the beginning of a season is to go 0-30 but come on, really? When you say stupid stuff like these aforeposted comments, you make the kids on these struggling programs feel terrible. I personally know that every single kid on Faith Lutheran Baseball goes out to the yard every day to compete and to win ball games. When people say things like "congrats you are the tallest midget by beating Faith" thats poor sportsmanship and a poor example of a fan. I plea for you to have a little respect in yourself, a litte respect for the game of baseball, and some respect for the kids who go out there and grind no matter what, even if it means a tough season between the lines.
Well that one kid of theirs has some size, if you catch my drift :P
Ha haha that is very true good sir. They need to start playing quality baseball against teams in their division. I mean faith is 0-6 against 4A teams and 3-14 wow. By the way have you seen their team??? They are literally midgets. No size what-so-ever. At least when i saw them last year they had size and some talent.
Congrats you beat faith, being proud is like being proud of being the tallest midget, try winning some league games.
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