Posted: Aug. 11, 2012 | 2:02 a.m.<\/p>\n
Liberty's American Legion baseball team brought the potential winning run to the plate in the ninth inning Friday, but consecutive strikeouts ended the game as the Patriots lost 9-6 to host Fairfield, Calif., in the Western Regional. <\/p>\n
Jesse Keiser's two-run triple cut the lead to 9-6, and Daniel Skelly and Chris Bradford walked to load the bases. Fairfield reliever Kyle Wagner then struck out Griffin Kelly and Joe Maurer. <\/p>\n
Liberty trailed 9-1 before Keiser belted a three-run homer in the seventh inning to get the Patriots going. Liberty's other run came in the third on an RBI single by Michael Vargas. <\/p>\n
The Patriots fell behind 4-0 after two innings. Fairfield scored a run in the first, then got a two-run triple by Wagner and an RBI triple from Michael Brown in the second. <\/p>\n
Fairfield added four runs in the sixth on two hits, as Liberty pitchers walked four and the Patriots made an error. <\/p>\n
Keiser was 2-for-5 with five RBIs, and Vargas and Jay Martz each went 2-for-4. Vargas scored twice. <\/p>\n
Liberty (27-8) plays Albuquerque, N.M., at 3 p.m. today in an elimination game. <\/p>\n
LITTLE LEAGUE - Cheyenne-North Las Vegas fell behind 10-0 after 3 innings and couldn't recover in a 10-4 semifinal loss to Northern California representative Petaluma in the Little League West Regional in San Bernardino, Calif. <\/p>\n
Cheyenne, the No. 4 seed, nearly was ousted on the 10-run mercy rule, but extended the game with a run in the fourth against top-seeded Petaluma. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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