FULL-TIME - Hearts 4-2 Livingstonpublished at 16:58 British Summer Time 13 April
A sickener for Livingston after two goals from Stephen Kelly had them in front.
But Hearts woke up and smashed in four goals in 22 minutes to make it 4-2 before half-time.
Jorge Grant started it, then Yutaro Oda and Cammy Devlin scored similar goals by tapping in crosses from close-range.
Then Lawrence Shankland added a penalty when Oda was felled by Shamal George.
Hearts stay 11 points clear in third spot. Livingston are circling the drain, as they remain nine adrift at the bottom with five games left.