2015 LIBERTY FLAMES BASEBALL GAME NOTES 2015 Schedule/Results GAMES 4-6 Date Opponent Time/Result 2/13 at Kennesaw State L/ 9-11 KEITH LECLAIR CLASSIC Feb. 21-22 2/14 at Georgia State-DH1W/ 11-7 (11) Clark-LeClair Stadium (3,000) 2/14 at Georgia State-DH2 W/ 9-1 Greenville, N.C. 2/21 vs. St. John’s 3:30 p.m. 2/21 vs. UNCG 7 p.m. Feb. 21 - vs. St. John’s - 3:30 p.m. 2/22 at East Carolina 2:30 p.m. vs. UNCG - 7 p.m. ED TORM LIBERTY FLAMES ST. JOHN’S R S 2/27 Bryant 3 p.m. Feb. 22 - at East Carolina - 2:30 p.m. Head Coach: Ed Blankmeyer VERALL 2/28 Bryant (DH) 2 p.m. O : 2-1 Overall: 1-2 3/1 Bryant 1 p.m. BIG SOUTH: 0-0 Live Stats: LibertyFlames.com UNCG SPARTANS Head Coach: Link Jarrett 3/3 at Duke 4 p.m. In Game Updates: Head Coach: Jim Toman Overall: 1-1 3/6 Kent State 3 p.m. Career Record: 266-156-1 (7) @LUGameDay EAST CAROLINA PIRATES 3/7 Kent State (DH) 3 p.m. Record at Liberty: Same Head Coach: Cliff Godwin 3/8 Kent State 2 p.m. Overall: 0-3 3/10 West Virginia 3 p.m. 3/13 Western Carolina ^ 5 p.m. Media Coverage Liberty Pitching Probables 3/14 Penn State ^ 1 p.m. Feb. 21 - SJU: RHP Ryan McCormick vs. LU: RHP Parker Bean 3/14 Western Carolina ^ 5 p.m. Radio - Feb. 21 - LU: RHP Ashton Perritt vs. UNCG: RHP Brennen James 3/15 Penn State ^ 1 p.m. 93.3FM/1320 AM WGVM Feb. 22 - LU: LHP Shawn Clowers vs. ECU: LHP Jacob Wolfe 3/17 at Virginia Tech 5:30 p.m. 3/20 at Radford * 5 p.m. Play-by-Play: Nick Pierce Statistical Leaders 3/21 at Radford * 4 p.m. Internet Audio - 3/22 at Radford * 2 p.m. Avg: Dalton Britt (.583) Wins: Shawn Clowers, Michael Stafford (1) LibertyFlames.com 2B: Five Players (1) ERA: Shawn Clowers (1.80) 3/24 Duke 3 p.m. HR: Becker Sankey (2) APP:Clowers, Zach Clinton (2) 3/25 Virginia 3 p.m. Runs: D. Britt, B. Sankey (4) SO: Victor Cole, M. Stafford (5) 3/27 Presbyterian * 7 p.m. RBI: Ashton Perritt (8) IP: Shawn Clowers (5.0) 3/28 Presbyterian * 3 p.m. SB: Tray Roberts (2) SV: None 3/29 Presbyterian * 2 p.m. Quick Hits 3/31 Old Dominion 4 p.m. 4/2 at Charleston So. * 6 p.m. 1. Liberty enters the weekend with a 2-1 record. Last weekend, the Flames opened the 2015 4/3 at Charleston So. * 4 p.m. season in the Atlanta Challenge, last weekend. After dropping their season-opener to No. 19 4/4 at Charleston So. * 2 p.m. Kennesaw State on Friday, the Flames swept a doubleheader at Georgia State. 4/6 at Old Dominion 6 p.m. 4/8 at North Carolina 6 p.m. 2. Liberty was ranked in three polls, this week (Collegiate Baseball Newspaper, Baseball Amer- 4/10 Campbell * 7 p.m. ica and NCBWA). The Flames’ highest ranking is No. 24 by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper. 4/11 Campbell * 3 p.m. 4/12 Campbell * 2 p.m. 3. For the second consecutive year, Liberty was selected to win the conference title in the 2015 4/14 Maryland 4 p.m. Big South Preseason Poll. Flames 1B Alex Close was voted as the conference’s Preseason 4/15 at The Citadel 3 p.m. Player of the Year. Liberty posted a 41-18 overall mark and a 23-3 Big South record in 2014. 4/17 at Longwood * 6 p.m. 4/18 at Longwood * 4 p.m. 4. Senior catcher Becker Sankey was selected as the Big South Player of the Week for the 4/19 at Longwood * 1 p.m. season’s opening weekend. He hit .500 with two home runs. 4/22 at Virginia 6 p.m. 4/24 Gardner-Webb * 7 p.m. 5. Liberty junior shortstop Dalton Britt returns to his hometown of Greenville, N.C., this weekend. 4/25 Gardner-Webb * 3 p.m. Britt was 2011 & 2012 MidEastern 4A All-Conference performer at J.H. Rose High School. 4/26 Gardner-Webb * 2 p.m. 4/28 James Madison 7 p.m. 6. 1B Alex Close and OF/P Ashton Perritt have been named Preseason All-Americans. Close 5/6 Richmond 3 p.m. and Perritt both received inclusion on the Louisville Slugger Preseason All-America team by 5/8 at Coastal Carolina * 6 p.m. Collegiate Baseball Newspaper. Close was also selected to the Perfect Game team, while 5/9 at Coastal Carolina * 6 pm. Perritt was listed on the D1Baseball.com team. 5/10 at Coastal Carolina * 1 p.m. 5/12 at Maryland 3 p.m. 5/14 High Point * 7 p.m. Possible Starters 5/15 High Point * 7 p.m. 5/16 High Point * 2 p.m. Pos. # Player B/T AVG. AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB 5/19-23 Big South Championship TBA C 22 Becker Sankey R/R .500 8 4 4 0 0 2 5 0 @Boiling Springs, N.C. 1B 12 Alex Close R/R .182 11 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 2B 9 Nick Salisbury S/R .083 12 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 5/29-31 NCAA Regionals TBA SS 26 Dalton Britt L/R .583 12 4 7 0 0 0 2 0 - Atlanta Challenge - Atlanta, Ga. 3B 33 Dylan Allen L/R .100 10 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 - Keith LeClair Classic - Greensville, N.C. LF 39 Andrew Yacyk R/L .357 14 2 5 0 0 1 1 1 ^ - Liberty Invitational - Lynchburg, Va. * - Big South Conference Game CF 17 Ashton Perritt R/R .286 14 1 4 1 0 1 8 0 Home Games in Bold RF 8 Nick Paxton L/R .286 7 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 All times are Eastern Time and Subject to Change DH 7 Sammy Taormina L/R .333 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2015 LIBERTY FLAMES BASEBALL Keith LeClair Classic, Feb. 21-22 Thursday - 2/19 Friday - 2/20 Saturday - 2/21 Sunday - 2/22 Monday - 2/23 Tuesday - 2/24 Wednesday - 2/25 Practice Travel Liberty Liberty Practice Practice at to vs. at Day Off at at Liberty Baseball Greenville, N.C. St. John’s/UNCG East Carolina Liberty Liberty Baseball Stadium Baseball Stadium Clark-LeClair Clark-LeClair Stadium Stadium Stadium 3:30/7 p.m. 2:30 p.m. Results Date Opponent Score Pitcher of Record Save Time Overall Big South 2/14 at Kennesaw State * L/ 9-11 Parker Bean (0-1) 3:07 0-1 0-0 2/15 at Georgia State - Gm. 1 * W/ 11-7 (11) Shawn Clowers (1-0) 3:40 1-1 0-0 2/15 at Georgia State - Gm. 2 * W/ 9-1 Michael Stafford (1-0) 2:33 2-1 0-0 2015 LIBERTY FLAMES BASEBALL Keith LeClair Classic, Feb. 21-22 Jim Toman Tracking Liberty Head Coach • Liberty enters the week ranked in three polls (Collegiate Baseball Newspaper, Baseball Amer- Eighth Year Overall: 266-156-1 ica and NCBWA). The Flames’ highest ranking is No. 24 by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper. At Liberty: Same • Liberty posted a 2-1 record during the Atlanta Challenge, last weekend. After dropping their season-opener to No. 19 Kennesaw State on Friday, the Flames swept a doubleheader at YEAR-BY-YEAR Georgia State. Year Overall Conference • C Becker Sankey was named the Big South Player of the Week for Feb. 13-15. 2008 35-26-1 14-7 (2nd) 2009 33-21 17-9 (3rd) • Liberty averaged 9.3 runs per game, while allowing 6.3 runs per game, last weekend. 2010 43-18 19-8 (2nd) • The Flames were selected to win the conference title in the 2015 Big South Preseason Poll. 2011 35-24 18-9 (3rd) 1B Alex Close was voted as the conference’s Preseason Player of the Year. 2012 41-19 14-10 (2nd) • Liberty returns 20 players from last season’s 41-18 team, including Close, Big South Fresh- 2013 36-29 13-11 (Champion) man of the Year and Freshman All-American Parker Bean and All-Big South players Dalton Britt 2014 41-18 23-3 2015 2-1 0-0 and Ashton Perritt. TOTAL 266-156-1 119-59 • Liberty averaged 5.5 runs per game, while allowing its opponents 3.2 runs per game last sea- (.630) (.669) son. The Flames fi nished 2014, 14th in the country in runs allowed per game. • The Flames led the Big South Conference in 2014 with a school-record 2.62 ERA and MILESTONE WINS fi nished the year ranked 14th nationally. Liberty pitching also ranked eighth nationally in hits Win Score Date 1 Liberty 6, Notre Dame 2 2/22/08 allowed (7.25 per nine innings). 100 Liberty 10, Gardner-Webb 7 5/2/10 200 Liberty 8, Charleston So. 4 3/16/13 Player Quick Hits 221 Liberty 2, Campbell 1 5/25/13 First Big South Title • C Becker Sankey was named the Big South Player of the Week for Feb. 13-15. Sankey batted 250 Liberty 10 Longwood 4 4/11/14 .500 with two home runs, fi ve RBI and four runs scored. • Sankey’s fi rst home run of the season came as a pinch hitter in the 9th inning of game one HEAD COACHING HIGHLIGHTS • Has posted the highest NCAA Division I of a doubleheader at Georgia State, this past Saturday.