No. 7 Virginia Closes Road Trip With 4-1 Win at Liberty

LYNCHBURG, Va. – No. 7 Virginia (25-4) completed off a four-game highway swing with a 4-1 win over Liberty (12-16) at Worthington Subject at Liberty Baseball Stadium on Tuesday (April 4). The Cavaliers have received all 17 non-conference video games this season and have received 21-straight non-conference tilts relationship again to final season.

A season-high, seven pitchers that mixed for 12 strikeouts. Chase Hungate was credited together with his second win of the season after pitching a scoreless fifth inning. In his first profession begin on the mound, freshman Cullen McKay labored the primary three innings and struck out a season-high six batters. Jay Woolfolk was credited together with his third save of the season.

Griff O’Ferrall went 4-for-5 and scored a pair of runs on the plate. The four-hit efficiency was his fourth of his profession and second of the season. Ethan Anderson, who drove in UVA’s first run, went 3-for-5 with a run scored and an RBI.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• McKay was dominant in his longest outing of the season. He struck out the primary two batters of the sport and ended the second and third innings with strikeouts. McKay was the third UVA freshman to earn a begin on the mound this season.
• Virginia was held scoreless by its first 4 journeys to the plate till breaking by on an Anderson two-out RBI single within the fifth.

• A batter later, Casey Saucke grounded a ball by the center of the infield that allowed each Ethan O’Donnell and Anderson to attain to offer UVA a 3-0 benefit. All three runs had been unearned attributable to a Liberty fielding error within the body.

• Kyle Teel added an insurance coverage run within the prime of the eighth with an reverse subject, two-out double that allowed O’Ferrall to attain. The double was Teel’s tenth of the season.
• Liberty pushed its solely run throughout within the backside of the eighth on a single up the center by cleanup hitter Grey Betts. The Flames introduced the tying run to the plate within the body, however Evan Blanco struck out Cam Foster after which induced an inning-ending floor out.

ADDITIONAL NOTES

• Virginia scored all 4 of its runs with two outs.
• Tuesday marked the sixth time that O’Ferrall has recorded three or extra hits in a sport this season. He
• Jake Gelof drew three walks within the contest, matching a career-high.
• The Cavaliers are 17-0 in opposition to non-conference opponents in 2023 and have received their final 21 video games in opposition to non-ACC foes relationship again to final season. Virginia’s final misplaced to a non-conference staff got here on April 19, 2022, a 9-7 extra-inning loss at VCU.
• Teel completed 1-for-4 with a stroll and now has reached base in all 29 video games this season. O’Ferrall prolonged his reached base streak to 20-games.
• Virginia improves to 42-22-1 all-time in opposition to Liberty and 18-3 beneath Brian O’Connor. UVA has received the final three selections in opposition to Liberty and 13 of the final 15 matchups.
• UVA got here into the sport ranked second within the nation in hits and racked up 13 extra on Tuesday. The Cavaliers have collected 10 or extra hits in eight-straight video games.

UP NEXT

Virginia returns dwelling this weekend with a three-game collection in opposition to Miami in a battle for first place within the ACC Coastal Division. The collection opener is scheduled for Friday (April 7) at 6 p.m. at Disharoon Park.