Liberty falls to 9-4 in Conference USA and 23-10 overall. Jax State stays unbeaten in CUSA, upping its record to 13-0 in conference and 29-6 overall.
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\nBox Score Highlights
\nRecords: Jax State (29-6, 13-0); Liberty (22-9)
\nLocation: Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium
\nWP: Maddox McDougal (3-0) | LP: Ben Blair<\/a> (5-2) | SV: Jackson Sleeper (2)
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\nScoring Summary
\n1st \u2013 LIBERTY \u2013 Barone walks, Marsh scores, 1-0
\n1st \u2013 LIBERTY \u2013 Swofford walks, DeCandido, 2-0
\n3rd \u2013 JSU \u2013 Cash singles, King scores, 2-1
\n3rd \u2013 LIBERTY \u2013 Drumm grounds out, Sorenson scores, 3-1
\n4th \u2013 JSU \u2013 King singles, Thomas scores, 3-2
\n6th \u2013 JSU \u2013 Blauser singles, Johnson scores, 3-3
\n6th \u2013 JSU \u2013 King doubles, Thomas and Blauser 5-3
\n6th \u2013 JSU Williams scores on a wild pitch, 6-3
\n6th \u2013 JSU Lachance singles, King scores, 7-3
\n8th \u2013 JSU \u2013 Pena doubles, Williams scores, 8-3
\n9th \u2013 LIBERTY \u2013 Barone homers, 8-4<\/p>\n![\"Baseball](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Stat_Recap.png\")
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\nNotable Numbers
\n– Jax State outhit Liberty, 11-8. Neither team committed an error.
\n– Liberty left 14 men on base. Jax State left five.
\n– Shortstop Tanner Marsh<\/a> and first baseman Jaxon Sorenson<\/a> joined Barone with two hits apiece for the Flames.
\n– Liberty right-hander Ben Blair<\/a> takes the loss. He gave up seven runs on nine hits over six innings. He struck out four and did not walk a batter
\n– Gamecock reliever Maddox McDougall records the win. He pitched three scoreless innings, allowing three hits. He struck out two and walked one.
\n– Third baseman Trey King went 3-for-3 with three RBI and scored two runs.
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\n\u00a0Beyond the Box Score
\n– With Jax State taking the first game of the series, Liberty’s win streak comes to an end at eight games. The Flames also had a 10-game winning streak earlier in the year, their longest of the season.
\n– Barone hit his third home run in five games. He posts his ninth multi-hit contest of the year.
\n– Marsh records his team-leading 14th multi-hit game in the contest.
\n– Jaffe singled in the eighth inning. The third baseman has at least one hit in 11 consecutive games.
\n– Riley DeCandido<\/a> singled in the first and scored a run to extend his reached base safely streak to a team-high 22 consecutive games.
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\nUp Next
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