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2017 LIBERTY FLAMES BASEBALL @libertyfl ames @lugameday LIBERTY BASEBALL @libertybaseball Game Notes Ryan Bomberger [email protected] Offi ce: (434) 582-2292 Cell: (434) 221-5576 2017 Schedule The Charleston Crabhouse Challenge Date Opponent Time GAME vs. No. 16 Virginia GAME vs. Kansas GAME at The Citadel Feb. 17 vs. No. 16 Virginia 12 p.m. Feb. 17 - 12 p.m. Feb. 18 - 11 a.m. Feb. 19 - 2 p.m. Feb. 18 vs. Kansas 11 a.m. 1 Charleston, S.C. 2 Charleston, S.C. 3 Charleston, S.C. Feb. 19 at The Citadel 2 p.m. Riley Park (6,000) Riley Park (6,000) Riley Park (6,000) Feb. 22 KENTUCKY 3 p.m. Feb. 24 vs. UMBC 6 p.m. Feb. 25 vs Kansas State 2 p.m. Feb. 26 vs Kansas State 11 a.m. Feb. 28 at Elon 4 p.m. March 3 BRYANT 3 p.m. March 4 BRYANT 2 p.m. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 March 5 BRYANT 2 p.m. OVERALL BIG SOUTH OVERALL ACC OVERALL BIG 12 OVERALL SoCon March 7 DUKE 3 p.m. March 10 ST. JOHN’S 3 p.m. SCOTT JACKSON BRIAN O'CONNOR RITCH PRICE FRED JORDAN March 11 ST. JOHN’S 2 p.m. HEAD COACH HEAD COACH HEAD COACH HEAD COACH March 12 ST. JOHN’S 2 p.m. March 14 SAINT JOSEPH’S 3 p.m. 0-0 0-0 596-223-2 SAME 435-402-3 652-630-4 815-674 815-674 March 17 HIGH POINT * 3 p.m. DIVISION I CAREER DIVISION I CAREER DIVISION I CAREER DIVISION I SAME March 18 HIGH POINT * 2 p.m. March 19 HIGH POINT * 2 p.m. FLAMES CAVALIERS JAYHAWKS BULLDOGS March 21 JAMES MADISON 3 p.m. March 24 at Charleston Southern * 6 p.m. LIberty Flames Sports Radio Network SoCon Digital Network (Sunday) March 25 at Charleston Southern * 4 p.m. All three games at the Charleston Crab House Challenge can Liberty's game against host The Citadel at the Charles- March 26 at Charleston Southern * 2 p.m. be heard on the LFSN Network with Nick Pierce calling the ton Crab House Challenge on Sunday can be seen on the action. Friday's game can also be heard on the dial on ESPN SoCon Digital Network. March 28 at East Carolina 6:30 p.m. Radio 93.3 FM/1320 AM. March 31 BETHUNE-COOKMAN 6 p.m. April 1 BETHUNE-COOKMAN 4 p.m. April 2 BETHUNE-COOKMAN 1 p.m. ON THE WEB: www.LibertyFlames.com ON THE WEB:http://www.socondigitalnetwork.com April 4 RADFORD 6 p.m. April 7 at Radford * 6:30 p.m. Live Stats: April 8 at Radford * 4 p.m. MOBILE: @ESPNinVA app www.LibertyFlames.com April 9 at Radford * 2 p.m. April 11 at James Madison 6 p.m. April 13 WINTHROP * 6 p.m. Quick Hits April 14 WINTHROP * 6 p.m. • Liberty enters 2017 with a 1271-952-7 (.572) mark all-time over 43 seasons. April 15 WINTHROP * 2 p.m. • The 2017 season will be the fi rst under head c oach Scott Jackson. Jackson, who was an assistant coach at Liberty in 2008, spent April 18 at North Carolina 6 p.m. the past eight seasons as an assistant on head coach Mike Fox's staff at North Carolina. April 21 at Gardner-Webb * 6 p.m. • Friday’s meeting with Virginia will be the 45th season opener in program history. Liberty enters the season lid-lifter with a 25-17 April 22 at Gardner-Webb * 2 p.m. mark in openers since 1976 (no records for 1974 or 1975). April 23 at Gardner-Webb * 2 p.m. • The Flames will be opening their season away from Lynchburg for the 26th time in program history and the 12th consecutive April 28 at Longwood * 6 p.m. season. With their 11-10 loss at South Florida to open 2016, the Flames are 13-12 in road openers. April 29 at Longwood * 4 p.m. • Liberty will be opening its season at tRilEy Park for the second time in program history. In 2012, Liberty began its year with April 30 at Longwood * 2 p.m. a12-0 win over Richmond on Feb. 17, and posted a 4-0 record at the tournament. The Flames also played in a tournament hosted May 2 at Virginia 6 p.m. by The Citadel at Riley Park in 2007. May 5 CAMPBELL * 6 p.m. • Liberty holds a 23-37-1 combined record against this weekend's tournament fi eld, but has never played Kansas. A majority of May 6 CAMPBELL * 6 p.m. the contests against the fi eld have been against Virginia, which holds a 35-21-1 mark against the Flames. The Cavaliers have May 7 CAMPBELL * 2 p.m. won the last fi ve meetings between the two teams, with Liberty's last win coming in 2012. Despite Liberty wins in its last two May 9 ELON 6 p.m. meetings against The Citadel, the Bulldogs hold a 3-2 edge in the all-time series. May 12 at VCU 6:30 p.m. • Liberty was picked to fi nish third in the Big South by the conference head coaches in the league's preseason poll. May 13 at VCU 2 p.m. May 14 at VCU 1 p.m. Possible Starting Pitchers Liberty Defense May 16 at Duke 6 p.m. # Player Cl. L/R ERA W-L APP GS IP BB SO Fri. 22 Eric Grabowski Sr. RHP 6.63 1-1 11 1 19.0 8 21 May 18 PRESBYTERIAN * 6 p.m. Sat. 40 Caleb Evans Sr. RHP 9.98 0-0 11 0 13.2 13 10 13 May 19 PRESBYTERIAN * 6 p.m. Sun. 36 Jackson Bertsch R-Jr. LHP - - - - - - - May 20 PRESBYTERIAN * 2 p.m. 1 18 12 34 May 23-27 Big South Championship TBA Possible Starters Jun 2-4 NCAA Regionals TBA Pos. # Player Cl. B/T AVG. AB R H HR RBI SB C 2 Payton Scarbrough Sr. R/R .286 126 22 36 4 21 1 24 - The Charleston Crab House Challenge - Riley Park - 1B 7 Sammy Taormina R-Sr. L/R .239 109 20 26 2 16 0 7 Charleston, S.C. 2B 12 Andrew Kowalo Sr. R/R .277 177 34 48 6 36 3 SS 18 Cam Locklear Fr. R/R - - - - - - - - Lexington County vs. Cancer - Lexington Co. Stadium 3B 24 Ben Highfi ll Fr. R/R - - - - - - - - Lexington, S.C. LF 1 D.J. Artis So. L/L .379 206 51 78 2 39 22 * - Big South Conference Game CF 13 Jack Morris So. R/R .257 109 19 28 2 15 2 - Lexington Co. Stadium - Lexington, S.C. RF 34 Will Shepherd Sr. R/R .315 219 45 69 7 42 11 2 All Games are Eastern Time and Subject to Change DH 39 Andrew Yacyk Sr. R/L .307 238 34 48 7 49 0 2017 LIBERTY FLAMES BASEBALL Numerical Roster Alphabetical No. Name Pos. B/T Cl. Hgt. Wgt. Hometown/High School (Previous School) 33 Dylan Allen 1 D.J. Artis OF L/L So. 5-10 190 Greensboro, N.C./Southeast Guilford 14 Matt Allen 2 Payton Scarbrough C R/R Sr. 6-0 205 Maryville, Mo./Maryville (Eastern Oklahoma St.) 1 D.J. Artis 3 Josh Barrick INF R/R Jr. 5-10 190 Forest, Va./Liberty Christian Academy 4 Shane Quarterley RHP R/R Sr. 6-0 225 Springfi eld, Ore./Thurston (Lane) 20 Jake Barbee 5 Trey McDyre INF R/R Fr. 6-0 215 Purcellville, Va./Loudoun Valley 3 Josh Barrick 6 Zach Clinton RHP R/R R-So. 6-2 185 Forest, Va./Liberty Christian Academy 36 Jackson Bertsch 7 Sammy Taormina 1B L/R R-Sr. 6-3 205 Rock Hill, S.C./Northwestern 25 Blake Brady 9 Hunter Gore C R/L Fr. 6-3 210 Purcellville, Va./Loudoun Valley 6 Zach Clinton 11 Jonathan Embry INF L/R R-Fr. 5-10 180 Louisville, Ky./Christian Academy of Louisville 12 Andrew Kowalo INF R/R Sr. 6-3 210 Wheeling, W.Va./Wheeling Park (Potomac St.) 15 Zander Clouse 13 Jack Morris OF R/R So. 5-10 185 Ruckersville, Va./Miller School of Albemarle 35 Jack DeGroat 14 Matt Allen C R/R Jr. 5-11 185 St. Augustine, Fla./Creekside (Santa Fe) 48 Torey DeMare 15 Zander Clouse RHP R/R Sr. 6-2 190 Kenmore, Wash./Archbishop Murphy (Bellevue) 29 Jonathan Embry 16 Cody Gamble RHP R/R Sr. 6-1 170 Live Oak, Fla./Suwannee (Polk St.) 40 Caleb Evans 17 Evan Mitchell RHP R/R Sr. 6-0 180 Lynchburg, Va./Brookville (Potomac St.) 16 Cody Gamble 18 Cam Locklear SS R/R Fr. 5-9 165 Lumberton, N.C./Jack Britt 19 Michael Staff ord LHP L/L Sr. 6-0 190 Canton, Mich./Canton 9 Hunter Gore 20 Jake Barbee C L/R Sr. 5-11 200 Harrisburg, N.C./Hickory Ridge 22 Eric Grabowski 21 Zach Helsel RHP R/R So. 6-1 195 Altoona, Pa./Altoona Arena 21 Zach Helsel 22 Eric Grabowski INF/RHP R/R Sr. 6-0 180 Scott Township, Pa./Lakeland(Lackawanna) 24 Ben Highfi ll 24 Ben Highfi ll INF R/R Fr. 6-4 215 Apex, N.C./Apex 12 Andrew Kowalo 25 Blake Brady C R/R Fr. 6-3 215 Simpsonville, S.C./JL Mann 27 Josh Latta 26 Vinnie Tarantola LHP L/L Jr.