Three years ago the Duke baseball team journeyed to Athens, Georgia to begin the opening round of the NCAA Tournament. Duke lost its opener 6-0 to Troy, falling into the dreaded loser’s bracket hole.
Duke dug their way out, four wins and a trip to a Super Regional.
The Blue Devils are going to have to do it again. Liberty jumped all over Duke starter Jack Carey Friday afternoon in Knoxville and held on for an 11-6 win.
That final score sounds more competitive than the game actually was. It was 11-1 after four.
Liberty’s first two batters doubled off Carey and both scored.