Blue Devils Stumble, 17-7, Against Liberty

Tuesday, April 14

Durham, N.C.

6 p.m.

Duke University

22-17

Liberty

26-10

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Liberty	3	2	2	0	3	0	2	4	1	17	11	1
Duke	2	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	12	4

Aiden O'Connell prepares to pitch for Duke

Blue Devils Stumble, 17-7, Against Liberty

4/14/2026 9:54:00 PM | Baseball

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DURHAM, N.C. - Duke baseball fell, 17-7, to Liberty at Jack Coombs Field on Tuesday, April 14. Jake Lambdin and Michael DiMartini homered for the Blue Devils in the loss.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Liberty scored three runs in the top of the first but Duke responded with two runs during its first trip to the plate, with Matthew Strand plating a run on a sacrifice fly and Collin Anderson driving in another run on an infield single and ensuing throwing error.
The Flames answered with a pair of runs to start the second frame, before the Blue Devils took the lead, 6-5, with four runs in the bottom of the second. Jake Lambdin started the scoring with a two-run homer into Duke's bullpen in left field, and Kaden Smith followed with a looping RBI single over the second baseman's head. Michael DiMartini logged an RBI after getting hit by a pitch with the bases loaded, giving Duke its first lead.
Another pair of Liberty runs flipped the score again, as the Flames took a 7-6 lead in the top of the third.
DiMartini knotted the score at 7-7 with a laser over the left-field fence, logging a 114 mph exit velocity on his 409-foot blast.
Both teams posted a zero on the scoreboard in the sixth inning, before Liberty tallied the final 10 runs of the contest across the last three innings for the 17-7 win.

UP NEXT

The Blue Devils (22-17, 8-10 ACC) travel north for a weekend set at No. 24 Boston College (27-12, 11-7 ACC). Friday's series opener is scheduled for a 3 p.m. first pitch, followed by start times of 2 p.m. and 1 p.m., on Saturday and Sunday.
Each of the three games, played at Harrington Athletics Village, will stream live on ACC Network Extra.

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Team Stats

Pitching:

W: Evans, Jackson (2-0)

L: Bryan, Drew (1-2)

Liberty

Batting:

2B: Hvidsten, Kyle 1

HR: Hvidsten, Kyle 1 ; Barone, Nick 3 ; Campos, Josh 1

RBI: Marsh, Tanner 1 ; Sorenson, Jaxon 1 ; Hvidsten, Kyle 2 ; Fulk, Anderson 1 ; Barone, Nick 6 ; Campos, Josh 3

Base Running:

RUNS: Marsh, Tanner 1 ; Sorenson, Jaxon 2 ; Scilley, Landon 2 ; Hvidsten, Kyle 4 ; Barone, Nick 3 ; Jaffe, Jordan 1 ; Campos, Josh 2 ; DeCandido, Riley 1 ; Swofford, Easton 1