2016 LIBERTY FLAMES BASEBALL GAME NOTES 2016 SCHEDULE GAME 5-8 Date Opponent Time BASEBALL AT THE BEACH Feb. 19 at South Florida L, 10-11 Feb. 26-28 Feb. 20 at South Florida W, 4-0 Springs Brooks Stadium (2,500) Feb. 21 at South Florida L, 5-6 Conway, S.C. Feb. 23 William and Mary W/ 8-4 Feb. 26 vs. Marshall 12 p.m. Pelicans Ballpark (5,200) Myrtle Beach, S.C. Feb. 27 vs. Duke 12 p.m. MARSHALL THUNDERING HERD Feb. 27 vs. Marshall 4 p.m. LIBERTY FLAMES Overall: 2-2 Feb. 26 - vs. Marshall 12 p.m. Head Coach: Feb. 28 vs. Ohio State 1 p.m. Feb. 27 - vs. Duke 12 p.m. Big South: 0-0 Overall: 1-2 March 1 at Old Dominion 3 p.m. vs. Marshall 4 p.m. DUKE BLUE DEVILS March 4 UConn 3 p.m. Feb. 28 - vs. Ohio State 1 p.m. Head Coach: Chris Pollard March 5 UConn 2 p.m. Head Coach: Jim Toman Career Record: 299-179-1 (9) Overall: 3-1 March 6 UConn 1 p.m. Live Stats: LibertyFlames.com Record at Liberty: Same In Game Updates: OHIO STATE BUCKEYES March 8 at Elon 4 p.m. Greg Beals @LUGameDay Head Coach: March 11 Central Connecticut State ^ 5 p.m. Overall: 3-0-1 March 12 Evansville ^ 1 p.m. March 13 Central Connecticut State ^ 1 p.m. Media Coverage Pitching Probables March 13 Evansville ^ 5 p.m. Fri. - Marshall - RHP Chase Boster vs. Liberty - RHP Jack DeGroat March 15 at Virginia Tech 5:30 p.m. Radio - Sat. - Liberty - LHP Victor Cole vs. Duke - LHP Trent Swart 93.3FM/1320AM WVGM ESPN March 18 Kent State 5 p.m. Liberty - RHP Parker Bean vs. Marshall -LHP Parker Danciu March 19 Kent State (DH) 2 p.m. Internet Audio - Sun. - Liberty - LHP Michael Staff ord vs. Ohio State - RHP Ryan Felter March 20 Kent State 1 p.m. LibertyFlames.com March 22 at Maryland 4 p.m. Statistical Leaders March 24 UNC Asheville * 7 p.m. March 25 UNC Asheville * 7 p.m. Avg: D.J. Artis (.438) Wins: J. DeGroat & S. Quarterley (1) March 26 UNC Asheville * 2 p.m. 2B: Three (2) ERA: Several (0.00) March 29 at Duke 6 p.m. HR: Andrew Yacyk (2) APP: Four (2) Runs: D.J. Artis (4) SO: Michael Staff ord (5) April 1 at Winthrop* 6 p.m. RBI: Andrew Yacyk (7) IP : Zander Clouse (4.1) April 2 at Winthrop* 3 p.m. SB: Josh Latta (1) SV: Caleb Evans (1) April 3 at Winthrop* 2 p.m. April 5 Maryland 6 p.m. Quick Hits April 8 Charleston Southern * 7 p.m. April 9 Charleston Southern * 3 p.m. April 10 Charleston Southern * 2 p.m. 1. The Flames will be playing four games in the Baseball at the Beach Tournament, this weekend. It is the April 15 at Campbell * 6 p.m. fi rst time Liberty has ever played in the tournament. April 16 at Campbell * 3 p.m. April 17 at Campbell * 2 p.m. 2. The Baseball at the Beach Tournament fi eld includes Duke, Marshall, Ohio State, host No. 21 Coastal April 19 Duke 6 p.m. Carolina and Liberty. The Flames will play Duke, Marshall and Ohio State, this weekend. April 20 at Richmond 3 p.m. April 22 at Presbyterian * 3 p.m. 3. Liberty Head Coach Jim Toman enters the weekend with a 299 wins, one shy of his 300th career victory. April 23 at Presbyterian * 2 p.m. April 24 at Presbyterian * 1 p.m. April 26 Virginia Tech 7 p.m. 4. Liberty opened its home schedule with an 8-4 victory over William & Mary, Tuesday at Liberty Base- April 27 William and Mary 3 p.m. ball Stadium. The contest was also the fi rst midw eek game for the Flames in 2016. May 3 Virginia 7 p.m. May 6 Coastal Carolina * 7 p.m. 5. Liberty was selected to fi nish third in the conference in the 2016 Big South Preseason Poll by the May 7 Coastal Carolina * 7 p.m. league’s head coaches May 8 Coastal Carolina * 2 p.m. May 11 Old Dominion 3 p.m. 6. Liberty returns 19 players from last season, including fi ve position starters and six pitchers. The Flames May 13 Radford* 7 p.m. have added 16 newcomers to their roster for the 2016 campaign. May 14 Radford* 7 p.m. May 15 Radford* 2 p.m. May 17 at Radford 6 p.m. May 19 at High Point * 6 p.m. May 20 at High Point * 6 p.m. Possible Starters May 21 at High Point * 1 p.m. May 24-28 Big South Tournament • TBA Pos. # Player B/T AVG. AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB June 3-5 NCAA Regionals TBA C 20 Jake Barbee L/R .333 6 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 June 10-12 NCAA Super-Regionals TBA 1B 7 Sammy Taormina L/R .200 15 3 3 2 0 0 1 0 June 18-29 College World Series TBA 2B 12 Andrew Kowalo R/R .500 8 2 4 3 0 1 4 0 SS 26 Dalton Britt L/R .286 14 2 4 2 0 0 2 0 - Baseball at the Beach - Myrtle Beach, S.C. ^ - Liberty Invitational - Lynchburg, Va. 3B 33 Dylan Allen L/R .313 16 4 5 1 0 0 1 0 * - Big South Conference Game LF 39 Andrew Yacyk R/L .278 18 3 5 2 0 2 7 0 • - Lexington County Stadium - Lexington, S.C. CF 1 D.J. Artis L/L .438 16 5 7 0 2 1 5 0 DH - Doubleheader RF 34 Will Shepherd R/R .214 14 2 3 1 0 1 3 0 Home Games in Bold DH 8 Nick Walker L/L .167 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 All times are Eastern Time and Subject to Change 2016 LIBERTY FLAMES BASEBALL Baseball at the Beach, Feb. 26-28 Thursday - 2/25 Friday - 2/26 Saturday - 2/27 Sunday - 2/28 Monday - 2/29 Tuesday - 3/1 Wednesday -3/2 Liberty Marshall vs Liberty Liberty Travel vs Duke at at to 12 p.m. Old Dominion Liberty vs Ohio State Conway, S.C. Marshall Springs Brooks Stadium 4 p.m. Pelicans Ballpark Bud Metheny 12 p.m. Pelicans Ballpark 1 p.m. Baseball Complex 3 p.m. Results Date Opponent Score Pitcher of Record Save Time Overall Big South 2/19 at South Florida L, 10-11 Cody Gamble (0-1) 3:30 0-1 - 2/20 at South Florida W, 4-0 Jack DeGroat (1-0) Caleb Evans (1) 3:26 1-1 - 2/21 at South Florida L, 5-6 Evan Mitchell (0-1) 3:12 1-2 - 2/23 William & Mary W, 8-4 Shane Quarterley (1-0) 2:55 2-2 - 2016 LIBERTY FLAMES BASEBALL Baseball at the Beach, Feb. 26-28 Record Breakdown Tracking Liberty • Liberty opened its home schedule with an 8-4 victory over William & Mary, Tuesday at Liberty Baseball at Home .......................................................................1-0 Stadium. The contest was also the fi rst midweek game for the Flames in 2016. on Road .......................................................................1-2 • The Flames are averaging 6.75 runs per game, while allowing 5.25 runs per game. • Half (18) of Liberty’s 36 hits in 2016 have been for extra bases - 11 doubles, two triples and fi ve home at a Neutral site .........................................................0-0 runs. • Head Coach Jim Toman enters the weekend with a 299 wins, one shy of his 300th career victory. In Day Games .............................................................1-1 • Liberty will be making its fi rst ever appearance at Baseball at the Beach, this weekend. In Night Games .........................................................1-1 • The Flames were selected to fi nish third in the conference in the 2016 Big South Preseason Poll. • Liberty returns 19 players from last season’s 33-22 squad, including fi ve position starters and six Midweek Games .......................................................1-0 pitchers from last season. Weekend Games .......................................................1-2 • 16 newcomers have joined the Flames’ roster for the 2016 campaign. When LU Starter pitches 5+ inn. .........................0-0 Trending When LU Starter pitches < 5 inn. ........................2-2 Last 5 Games: Last 10 Games: Team Batting Avg: .273 Team Batting Avg: . When LU Staff strikes out 10+ .............................0-0 Team ERA: 5.45 Team ERA: When LU Staff strikes out 12+ ..............................0-0 Top Hitter: D.J. Artis (.438) Top Hitter: Current Hit Streak: D.J. Artis, Dylan Allen - 4 games Current Reached Base: Five Players - 4 games vs. left-handed starter ............................................1-0 Season Hit Streak: Same Season Reached Base: Same vs. right-handed starter..........................................1-2 Player Quick Hits In one-run games ....................................................0-2 • 1B/LF Andrew Yacyk drove in a career-high six runs, last Friday night in the season opener at South In two-run games ....................................................0-0 Florida. Yacyk collected three hits, including two home runs, One of his home runs was a grand slam In fi ve-plus run games. ...........................................0-0 which tied the game in the sixth. Extra innings .............................................................0-0 • Yacyk leads the Flames with seven RBI. • SS Dalton Britt, P Carson Herndon and Yacyk have been named team captains for 2016. After winning a game .............................................0-1 • Britt, a senior, has started every game (184) since joining the Flames in 2012. He entered 2016 with a After losing a game..................................................1-0 .273 career batting average with 87 RBI and 83 runs scored.