LYNCHBURG, Va. — Liberty opened the final ASUN series of the season with a 5-0 victory over the Bellarmine University baseball team Thursday at Liberty Baseball Stadium.

Bellarmine (12-41, 7-21 ASUN) tallied only two hits, with freshman first baseman Brady Morse collecting both. Garrett Horn improved to 5-4 and struck out 11 while allowing only one hit in 7.0 shutout innings for Liberty (25-27, 15-13).

Liberty scored one run in the third and added two apiece in the fourth and seventh.

Senior right-hander Ryan Johnson tossed 1.0 scoreless inning of relief for Bellarmine, which will meet the Flames at 4 p.m. (ET) Friday in the second of the three-game series.

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