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Liberty High split a doubleheader with Muscatine on Monday winning the opener 12-1 and dropping the night cap 9-5 at Tom Bruner Field in Muscatine.

The Lightning moved to 3-4 on the season with the split while Muscatine now sits at 2-2.

Boyd Skelley earned the win for Liberty High in the opener allowing just one run on six hits while striking out five in five innings.

Owen Norris worked a hitless inning of relief in the win.

Ian Gates had a hit, drove in two runs and scored three times to lead Liberty High while Noah Kirk, and Jack Turgasen each had a hit, drove in two runs and scored a run.

Luke Meyers had a hit, scored twice and had an RBI and Hayden Vickroy had a hit, scored a run and drove in a run.

Muscatine score eight first-inning runs on its way to a 9-5 win in the nightcap.

Gates was 2-for-3 with a double and two runs scored to lead Liberty High in game two while Evan Chandler was 2-for-3 with a double.

Owen Norris had two hits and drove in a run and Kirk drove in two runs in game two.

Game 1

Liberty High             211  512  –  12  6  0

Muscatine                  000  010  –   1   6  1

W – Boyd Skelley                   L – Ethan Silva

Game 2

Liberty High             300  000  2  –  5  7  2

Muscatine                  810  000  x  –  9  6  1

W – Xavier Lerma                  L – Evan Bender

2B – ICL: Evan Chandler, Ian Gates. MUS: Jaime Martinez

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