LIVE Updates: Virginia Tech Hokies vs Liberty Baseball Score

FINAL, Liberty wins 11-4:

Save for an Owen Petrich single, Virginia Tech faced a quiet final frame. The Hokies are now 15-16.

M9, Liberty leads 11-4:

With Danny Lazaro on the mound, Virginia Tech held the Flames scoreless, though Riley DeCandido made it to third. The Hokies have three outs left. They need seven runs.

E8, Liberty leads 11-4:

Hudson Lutterman and Willie Hurt got on base, with Lutterman advancing to third. However, both were stranded off a Gates grounder. Virginia Tech is down to three outs.

M8, Liberty leads 11-4:

Liberty put up three straight groundouts. Virginia Tech has six outs to work with.

E7, Liberty leads 11-4:

Anderson French and Sam Grube struck out to strand Nick Locurto on second.

M7, Liberty leads 11-4:

The Flames plated a run with some stellar hitting. Tanner Marsh walked, advanced to third off a Jordan Jaffe single and came home via a Jaxon Sorenson single. Liberty leads by seven and has outhit the Hokies, 9-6, in this one.

E6, Liberty leads 10-4:

Hudson Lutterman pushed a 1-0 single into the left-field gap, but from there, Willie Hurt and Ethan Gibson struck out, while Sam Gates flied out to end the inning.

M6, Liberty leads 10-4:

For the first time since the third frame, Liberty did not score. Virginia Tech snuffed out the Flames' only baserunner of the frame, Josh Campos, after he attempted an ultimately unsuccessful steal of second base.

E5, Liberty leads 10-4:

For the third time in the last four frames, Virginia Tech failed to put a run on the board, ending the fifth frame with a six-score deficit.

M5, Liberty leads 10-4:

Liberty tallied a trio of scores off a two-RBI singel from Tanner Marsh, then a fielder's choice RBI from Jaxon Sorenson. The Hokies now trail by six runs.

E4, Liberty leads 7-4:

Virginia Tech chips into the Liberty lead with a bases-loaded RBI single from Owen Petrich. A crushing baserunning mistake from Petrich caused the second out before Nick Locurto struck out to end the frame.

M4, Liberty leads 7-3:

Chase Swift exited the game, allowing Liberty to put up a six spot facing Brody Roe and Jacob Exum, who combined to record just one out. A pair of misplayed fly balls were the tale of the inning, which allowed Liberty to plate extra runs. Brendan Yagesh entered the game and retired the two batters that he faced.

E3, VT leads 3-1:

A one-out walk from Sam Grube is the only thing the Hokies would get going in the third. Liberty brought Jackson Evans out of the bullpen and he was able to escape the inning without allowing a run.

M3, VT leads 3-1:

Chase Swift returned to the bump and struck out two batters on his way to a 1-2-3 inning.

E2, VT leads 3-1:

Ethan Gibson hit a lead-off bloop double, but the Hokies weren't able to bring him around, with the next three batters going down in order to conclude the inning.

M2, VT leads 3-1:

Chase Swift worked around a pair of walks to toss a scoreless frame in the second.

E1, VT leads 3-1:

Virginia Tech three-hit, three-run inning with an RBI single from Henry Cooke and a two-RBI single from true-freshman DH Willie Hurt.

M1, Liberty leads 1-0:

In his first appearance in over 400 days, Madden Clement walked three and allowed a single, recording just one out in the inning. He exited with the bases loaded and Chase Swift took to the mound, escaping the jam and holding the Flames to just one run.

Pregame

Virginia Tech (15-15) baseball faces off against Liberty (22-9) at 6:00 P.M. from English field. Below are live scoring updates in reverse chronological order.

How Virginia Tech will lineup:

SP — Madden Clement

1. Nick Locurto - LF
2. Ethan Ball - 2B
3. Sam Grube - RF
4. Henry Cooke - C
5. Hudson Lutterman - 1B
6. Willie Hurt - DH
7. Ethan Gibson - SS
8. Sam Gates - CF
9. Owen Petrich - 3B