Game 45 - Virginia at Liberty

March 25 at Liberty Baseball Stadium in Lynchburg, VA
Liberty Flames Sports Network

The visiting Cavaliers built a 9-0 lead, prompting Liberty coach Jim Toman to say his team felt "embarrassed" at the deficit in front of a ballpark-record 2,841 for this matinee. Liberty wouldn't go away, rallying for runs against three different UVA pitchers, but fell short in a 10-7 defeat.

Big day for the top-4 in the UVA order - Adam Haseley, Daniel Pinero, Matt Thaiss and Kenny Towns - which went a combined 10-for-17 with 7 RBIs.

Virginia is ranked No. 20 by Baseball America, but doesn't appear to be at the level of the 2014 team just yet. That club lost a pair of one-run games and the College World Series championship series 2-games-to-1 to Vanderbilt last June. The Cavaliers are pitching well (third in the ACC with a 2.91 ERA), despite allowing 29 runs in last weekend's series against Florida State, but are just 13th of 14 teams in runs scored (110 in 22 games prior to Wednesday's game).

* Nick Pierce and Matt Warner were on the call for the LFSN and they teamed up for a nice collection of Baseball Phrases:

"Pulled the string"
"He got fooled somethin' awful"
"Base running snafu"
"He tried to ambush the first pitch"
"Closer mentality"
"Security blanket"
"Game-changer"
"Plug a gap"
"Frame that up"
"Bunt singles and bleeders"