Duke Downs Liberty 7-3

Second baseman Jay Beshears broke a 3-3 tie with a two-run home run in the seventh as the Duke Blue Devils defeated the Liberty Flames 7-3, Tuesday afternoon at Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium.

Knotted at 3-3 after two innings, the contest stayed that way until the seventh when Beshears, with a man aboard, hit his seventh home run of the season to put the visiting Blue Devils up 5-3. Duke added two in the ninth for the final score of 7-3.

Liberty falls to 11-13 on the season. Duke improves to 16-9.

Box Score Highlights

Records: Duke (16-9); Liberty (11-13)

Location: Lynchburg, Va. (Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium)

WP: Adam Boucher (1-0) | LP: Graham Edwards (0-1) | SV: James Tallon (5)

Scoring Summary

1^st INNING – LIBERTY – Horton singles, Hillier and Troyer score, 2-0

2^nd INNING – DUKE – DiGiacomo singles, Stone scores, 2-1

2^nd INNING – DUKE – Metz singles, DiGiacomo and Albright score, 3-2

2^nd INNING – LIBERTY – Betts grounds out, Guy scores, 3-3

7^th INNING – DUKE – Beshears homers, Fischer scores, 5-3

9^th INNING – DUKE – Stone doubles, Mooney and Metz scores, 7-3

Notable Numbers

- Duke outhit Liberty, 11-4, in the contest. Neither team committed an error.

- Liberty left five men on base. Duke left seven.

- Liberty hitter had more than one hit in the contest.

- Flames first baseman Brayden Horton drove in two runs with a single.

- Liberty reliever Graham Edwards, the third Flames pitcher in the contest, takes the loss. He allowed two runs on two hits over 3 1/3 innings. He struck out three and walked one.

- Reliever Adam Boucher recorded the win for Duke. The fourth of six Blue Devils to pitch in the contest, he retired all three batters he faced in the bottom of the sixth.

- Duke catcher Alex Stone and first baseman MJ Metz each had two hits and drove in two runs in the game.

Beyond the Box Score

- Liberty and Duke split their two meetings this season. Liberty won 8-6 over Duke at Durham Bulls Athletic Park on Feb. 22.

- Duke’s win snapped Liberty’s five-game win streak against the Blue Devils.

- Horton has at least one RBI in seven of the last eight games.

- Liberty catcher Three Hillier singled and scored in the contest, extending his reached base safely streak to a team-high 17 straight games.

- Flames right fielder Camden Troyer doubled in the contest and has at least one hit in each of the last seven games.

Next Up

The Flames travel to Nashville, Tenn., for a three-game ASUN Conference series against the Lipscomb Bisons. It will be the first visit by Liberty to Lipscomb’s Dugan Stadium. The series gets underway on Friday evening. First pitch is scheduled for 7 p.m.

Featured in Main Photo: Brayden Horton

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Team Stats

Camden Troyer

Three Hillier

Brayden Horton

Jaylen Guy