@libertyflames 2017 LIBERTY FLAMES BASEBALL @lugameday LIBERTY BASEBALL @libertybaseball Game Notes Ryan Bomberger = [email protected] = Office: (434) 582-2292 = Cell: (434) 221-5576 2017 Schedule GAME vs. Charleston Southern Date Opponent Time March 24 - 6 p.m. Feb. 17 vs. No. 16 Virginia 5 L, 2-10 20 Charleston, S.C. Feb. 18 vs. Kansas 5 W, 6-1 CSU Ballpark (1,000) Feb. 19 at The Citadel 5 W, 9-1 GAME vs. Charleston Southern Feb. 22 KENTUCKY W, 5-4 March 25 - 4 p.m. Feb. 24 vs. UMBC = W, 8-5 Charleston, S.C. 12-7 2-1 11-7 1-2 Feb. 25 vs Kansas State = L, 2-8 21 CSU Ballpark (1,000) OVERALL BIG SOUTH OVERALL BIG SOUTH Feb. 26 vs Kansas State = L, 3-4 Feb. 28 at Elon W, 1-0 (10 inn.) GAME vs. Charleston Southern SCOTT JACKSON ADAM WARD March 3 BRYANT W, 4-1 March 25 - 2 p.m. HEAD COACH HEAD COACH March 4 BRYANT W, 3-1 22 Charleston, S.C. March 5 BRYANT L, 6-9 CSU Ballpark (1,000) 12-7 SAME 11-7 SAME March 7 DUKE W, 8-4 LIBERTY CAREER CSU CAREER March 10 No. 9 ST. JOHN'S L, 4-5 (10 inn.) Liberty Flames Sports Radio Network FLAMES Buccaneers March 11 No. 9 ST. JOHN'S L, 2-4 This weekend's series from Charleston, S.C. can be heard on March 11 No. 9 ST. JOHN'S W, 7-6 the LFSN Radio Network with Nick Pierce calling the action. Avg. .259 .255 Avg. Each game can be heard on the dial at WIQO 100.9 FM. March 17 HIGH POINT * W, 11-1 Runs 104 80 Runs March 18 HIGH POINT * L, 4-5 March 19 HIGH POINT * W, 14-2 2B 46 29 2B March 21 JAMES MADISON W, 5-1 ON THE WEB: www.LibertyFlames.com HR 9 7 HR March 24 at Charleston Southern * 6 p.m. March 25 at Charleston Southern * 4 p.m. RBI 92 69 RBI March 26 at Charleston Southern * 2 p.m. MOBILE: ESPNinVA app March 28 at East Carolina 6:30 p.m. ERA 3.21 4.05 ERA March 31 BETHUNE-COOKMAN 6 p.m. IP 171.0 160.0 IP April 1 BETHUNE-COOKMAN 4 p.m. Big South Network All three contests of this weekend's series will be video Runs 74 98 Runs April 2 BETHUNE-COOKMAN 1 p.m. streamed live by the Big South Network. The broadcasts can April 4 RADFORD 6 p.m. be accessed on LibertyFlames .com or through the Big South ER 61 72 ER April 7 at Radford * 6:30 p.m. Network. April 8 at Radford * 4 p.m. BB 68 52 BB April 9 at Radford * 2 p.m. Live Stats SO 169 142 SO April 11 at James Madison 6 p.m. www.LibertyFlames.com April 13 WINTHROP * 6 p.m. OBavg. .233 .282 OBavg. April 14 WINTHROP * 6 p.m. April 15 WINTHROP * 2 p.m. April 18 at North Carolina 6 p.m. Quick Hits April 21 at Gardner-Webb * 6 p.m. • Liberty enters the weekend with a 12-7 overall record and a 2-1 mark in Big South Conference play. In their last outing, the April 22 at Gardner-Webb * 2 p.m. Flames defeated James Madison, 5-1, Tuesday at Liberty Baseball Stadium. April 23 at Gardner-Webb * 2 p.m. • With their win on Tuesday, the Flames closed an 11-game homestand, the second longest in program history and the longest in April 28 at Longwood * 6 p.m. the history of Liberty Baseball Stadium, with a 7-4 mark. Liberty is 8-4 at home in 2017. April 29 at Longwood * 4 p.m. • This weekend, the Flames return to the road for the first time since defeating Elon, 1-0 in 10 innings on Feb. 28. Liberty has April 30 at Longwood * 2 p.m. won both its road games, this season. May 2 at Virginia 6 p.m. • Charleston Southen has posted an 11-7 overall record and a 1-2 mark in Big South action. Liberty has won nine out of the last May 5 CAMPBELL * 6 p.m. 10 contests between the two teams and holds a 50-22 advantage in the all-time series. May 6 CAMPBELL * 6 p.m. • Liberty outfielder D.J. Artis was named the Big South Player of the Week for games played March 13-19 on Monday. May 7 CAMPBELL * 2 p.m. • The 2017 season is Liberty's first under head coach Scott Jackson. Jackson, who was an assistant coach at Liberty in 2008, spent May 9 ELON 6 p.m. the past eight seasons as an assistant on head coach Mike Fox's staff at North Carolina. May 10 at South Carolina 7 p.m. May 12 at VCU 6:30 p.m. May 13 at VCU 2 p.m. Possible Starting Pitchers May 14 at VCU 1 p.m. # Player Cl. L/R ERA W-L APP GS IP BB SO Liberty Defense May 16 at Duke 6 p.m. Fri. 40 Caleb Evans Sr. RHP 1.44 3-2 5 5 30.2 13 32 May 18 PRESBYTERIAN * 6 p.m. Sat. 17 Evan Mitchell Sr. RHP 3.74 1-1 5 4 21.2 13 23 May 19 PRESBYTERIAN * 6 p.m. Sun. 36 Jackson Bertsch R-Jr. RHP 6.86 0-2 5 5 21.0 7 22 1 May 20 PRESBYTERIAN * 2 p.m. 34 May 23-27 Big South Championship < TBA Possible Starters 20 18 12 Jun 2-4 NCAA Regionals TBA Pos. # Player Cl. B/T AVG. AB R H HR RBI SB C 14 Matt Allen Jr. R/R .297 74 10 22 0 9 0 1B 7 Sammy Taormina R-Sr. L/R .347 75 14 26 2 11 0 5- The Charleston Crab House Challenge - Riley Park - 5 2B 12 Andrew Kowalo Sr. R/R .290 62 11 18 0 9 0 7 Charleston, S.C. SS 18 Cam Locklear Fr. R/R .188 64 6 12 2 8 1 =- Lexington County vs. Cancer - Lexington Co. 3B 5 Trey McDyre Fr. R/R .318 22 5 7 0 3 0 Stadium - Lexington, S.C. LF 20 Jake Barbee Sr. L/R .271 70 11 19 0 10 0 * - Big South Conference Game CF 1 D.J. Artis So. L/L .352 54 12 19 1 13 5 <- Lexington Co. Stadium - Lexington, S.C. RF 34 Will Shepherd Sr. R/R .227 75 12 17 1 13 1 14 All Games are Eastern Time and Subject to Change DH 22 Eric Grabowski Sr. R/R .316 38 7 12 1 6 1 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 Springfield, 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 Stafford 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 Zack Helsel RHP R/R So. 6-1 195 Altoona, Pa./Altoona Arena 21 Zack Helsel 22 Eric Grabowski INF/RHP R/R Sr. 6-0 180 Scott Township, Pa./Lakeland(Lackawanna) 24 Ben Highfill 24 Ben Highfill 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. 5-10 190 Tucson, Ariz./Sahuaro (South Mountain) 27 Josh Latta C R/R Sr. 6-2 220 Seattle, Wash./Auburn Riverside (Tacoma) 28 John Letchworth 28 Jon Letchworth RHP R/R So. 6-5 190 Gloucester, Va./Gloucester 18 Cam Locklear 33 Dylan Allen INF L/R R-So.