Posted: Aug. 13, 2012 | 2:02 a.m. Updated: Aug. 13, 2012 | 8:15 a.m.<\/p>\n
Liberty's American Legion baseball team was down to its final three outs and staring at elimination Sunday. <\/p>\n
No problem. <\/p>\n
The Patriots scored four runs in the bottom of the ninth inning, capped by Griffin Kelly's two-out, two-run double to right-center field for an 8-7 victory over Lakewood (Calif.) in the Legion Western Regional at Fairfield, Calif. <\/p>\n
\"It was a great feeling, one of those things just like the state title game,\" said Liberty coach Mike Eshragh, whose team rallied for a 4-3 win over Gorman in the state final. \"We told these kids to believe again. We just needed to get base runners on and get that timely hit.\" <\/p>\n
Kelly's timely hit ended a 14-pitch at-bat as the Patriots staved off elimination to reach the final day of the tournament. <\/p>\n
Liberty (29-9) will play Fairfield (Calif.) at 4 p.m. today, with the winner meeting Lakewood in the final at 7:30 p.m. The regional champion advances to the Legion World Series at Shelby, N.C. <\/p>\n
Liberty's Marcos Rivera singled home Jay Martz before Jesse Keiser's sacrifice fly scored Michael Vargas to pull Liberty within 7-6 in the ninth. <\/p>\n
Rivera was called out at third for the second out of the inning as Christopher Bradford reached on a fielder's choice. Kelly's double then plated Bradford and Daniel Skelly to end the game. <\/p>\n
Skelly went 2-for-5 with a double and two RBIs. Keiser drove in two runs, and Vargas was 2-for-2 and scored twice. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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