For the second straight game, Liberty will face off against Blacksburg. The Red Devils will challenge the Wildcats at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Liberty has four straight victories, Blacksburg has seven straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Liberty will bounce into Friday's contest after beating Blacksburg, who they had gone 0-4 against in their four prior meetings. The Red Devils came out on top against the Wildcats by a score of 9-6 on Tuesday.
For Blacksburg's part, they saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Neal Thompson, who went 2-for-3 with one stolen base and one RBI.
Liberty's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 5-7. Those home victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 13.0 runs over those games. As for Blacksburg, their loss dropped their record down to 2-13.
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