Mistakes in sports can cause headaches for coaches. They can also cause defeats in the loss column.

That’s essentially what happened to Liberty Monday afternoon, where three errors hurt the Hurricanes chances of knocking off Easton during a 7-2 defeat. After tying the game at 2-2 in the bottom of the fourth, Liberty saw the game slip away from them in the top of the fifth when the Rovers (7-2, 5-2) put together a four-run frame and never looked back.

“They’re [Easton] a quality team and they’re playing really well,” said Liberty head coach Andy Pitsilos. “It was a 2-2 game and we come out and make mistakes. Who knows? We might have to change things up to get going. It’s our second loss in the division, so we got to get going now.”

The fifth inning is where Easton got going on Monday when Liam Hughes reached on an error with one out. That was the beginning of the end for Liberty, as the Hurricanes committed two more errors in the inning as pitcher Ben Hudock allowed three hits, capped by Sean Boylan’s two-run double to left field to make it 6-2 and give the Rovers all the momentum.

Hudock took the loss in the game, while Easton’s Pete Violante kept his season record at 5-0 after striking out eight on the day.

Liberty drops to 6-3 overall and 5-3 in the East Penn Conference. Liberty is now two games back of Steel Division leading Freedom (10-1, 7-1) and a game behind Easton in the division standings.

Monday’s contest was the first of four games this week for the ’Canes, as they still have Dieruff, Bethlehem Catholic and Hazleton.

It’ll be a chance for Pitsilos and company to rebound from Monday’s tough loss.

“We have to play better and come out and get our next game,” Pitsilos said. “We have to hit the ball better because two runs isn’t going to cut it either. We still have Freedom twice and Easton one more time. So we’ll see.”

Speaking of Freedom, the Patriots have already clinched a playoff berth but scraped by Dieruff in Monday’s 6-5 win over the Huskies. D.J Bast scored the winning run on an error in the bottom of the sixth to give the Pates their sixth straight win of the season.

Freedom takes on Bethlehem Catholic on Wednesday and Allen (3-7) on Friday.

The Golden Hawks (6-4, 4-4) lost on Monday to the Canaries 7-1. Allen used a three-run first and a four-run sixth inning to move past the Hawks. Becahi has a tough week ahead of them with Freedom and Liberty on the calendar.