2016 LIBERTY FLAMES BASEBALL GAME NOTES 2016 SCHEDULE GAME 9 Date Opponent Time OLD DOMINION Feb. 19 at South Florida L, 10-11 March 1 Feb. 20 at South Florida W, 4-0 Bud Metheny Baseball Complex (2,500) Feb. 21 at South Florida L, 5-6 Norfolk, Va. Feb. 23 William and Mary W/ 8-4 Feb. 26 vs. Marshall W/ 9-8 Feb. 27 vs. Duke W/ 1-0 Feb. 27 vs. Marshall W/ 7-3 LIBERTY FLAMES OLD DOMINION MONARCHS Feb. 28 vs. Ohio State L/ 4-5 Overall: 5-3 Overall: 6-1 March 1 at Old Dominion 3 p.m. Big South: 0-0 Conference USA: 0-0 March 4 UConn 3 p.m. March 5 UConn 2 p.m. Head Coach: Jim Toman Head Coach: Chris Finwood Career Record: 302-180-1 (9) Career Record: 360-365(14) March 6 UConn 1 p.m. Live Stats: LibertyFlames.com Record at Liberty: Same Record at ODU: 118-114 (5) March 8 at Elon 4 p.m. In Game Updates: March 11 Central Connecticut State ^ 5 p.m. @LUGameDay March 12 Evansville ^ 1 p.m. March 13 Central Connecticut State ^ 1 p.m. Media Coverage Pitching Probables March 13 Evansville ^ 5 p.m. Liberty - RHP Geoff rey Murphy (0-0) vs. ODU - RHP Victor Diaz (1-0) March 15 at Virginia Tech 5:30 p.m. Radio - March 18 Kent State 5 p.m. 93.3FM/1320AM WVGM ESPN March 19 Kent State (DH) 2 p.m. Internet Audio - 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. Internet Video - Monarch Media March 25 UNC Asheville * 7 p.m. Avg: Andrew Kowalo (.409) Wins: Shane Quarterley (2) March 26 UNC Asheville * 2 p.m. 2B: Andrew Kowalo (4) ERA: V. Cole, G. Murphy (0.00) March 29 at Duke 6 p.m. HR: Will Shepherd, Andrew Yacyk (2) APP: E. Grabowski, S. Quarterley (2) Runs: Dylan Allen (8) SO: Michael Staff ord (5) April 1 at Winthrop* 6 p.m. RBI: Andrew Yacyk (11) 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. 1. Liberty posted a 3-1 record during the Baseball at the Beach Tournament in Myrtle Beach, S.C., this past April 10 Charleston Southern * 2 p.m. weekend. April 15 at Campbell * 6 p.m. April 16 at Campbell * 3 p.m. 2. Tuesday’s contest will be the 61st meeting between Old Dominion and Liberty. The Monarchs lead the April 17 at Campbell * 2 p.m. all-time series, 34-26 April 19 Duke 6 p.m. April 20 at Richmond 3 p.m. 3. Head Coach Jim Toman recorded the 300th win of his career, when the Flames defeated Marshall, 9-8, April 22 at Presbyterian * 3 p.m. Friday at Baseball at the Beach Tournament in Myrtle Beach, S.C. April 23 at Presbyterian * 2 p.m. April 24 at Presbyterian * 1 p.m. April 26 Virginia Tech 7 p.m. 4. Half (24) of Liberty’s 48 hits in 2016 have been for extra bases - 15 doubles, two triples and seven home April 27 William and Mary 3 p.m. runs. May 3 Virginia 7 p.m. May 6 Coastal Carolina * 7 p.m. 5. The Flames began 2016 with eight of their fi rst nine games away from Liberty Baseball Stadium. Tues- May 7 Coastal Carolina * 7 p.m. day’s contest is the fi nal away game in the span. 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 27 Josh Latta R/R .188 16 1 3 0 0 0 2 1 June 10-12 NCAA Super-Regionals TBA 1B 7 Sammy Taormina L/R .182 22 4 4 2 0 0 1 0 June 18-29 College World Series TBA 2B 12 Andrew Kowalo R/R .409 22 5 9 4 0 2 8 0 SS 26 Dalton Britt L/R .286 28 2 8 2 0 0 4 0 - Baseball at the Beach - Myrtle Beach, S.C. ^ - Liberty Invitational - Lynchburg, Va. 3B 33 Dylan Allen L/R .258 31 8 8 0 0 0 3 0 * - Big South Conference Game LF 39 Andrew Yacyk R/L .242 33 5 8 3 0 2 11 0 • - Lexington County Stadium - Lexington, S.C. CF 1 D.J. Artis L/L .313 32 6 10 1 2 1 7 0 DH - Doubleheader RF 34 Will Shepherd R/R .267 30 6 8 2 0 2 4 0 Home Games in Bold DH 22 Eric Grabowski R/R .188 16 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 All times are Eastern Time and Subject to Change 2016 LIBERTY FLAMES BASEBALL at Old Dominion, March 1 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 - 2/26 vs. Marshall W, 9-8 Shane Quarterley (2-0) 3:44 3-2 - 2/27 vs. Duke W, 1-0 Zander Clouse (1-0) Shane Quarterley 3:00 4-2 - 2/27 vs. Marshall W, 7-3 Carson Herndon (1-0) 3:17 5-2 - 2/28 vs Ohio State L, 4-5 Eric Grabowski (0-1) 3:01 5-3 - 2016 LIBERTY FLAMES BASEBALL at Old Dominion, March 1 Record Breakdown Tracking Liberty • Liberty posted a 3-1 record during the Baseball at the Beach Tournament in Myrtle Beach, S.C., this past at Home .......................................................................1-0 weekend. The Flames defeated Marshall twice and Duke at the tournament. on Road .......................................................................1-2 • Saturday, the Flames collected their second shutout of the season, downing Duke, 1-0. Liberty pitching stranded seven Blue Devils in scoring position and four at third base. at a Neutral site .........................................................3-1 • The Flames are averaging 6.00 runs per game, while allowing 4.6 runs per game, this season. • Half (24) of Liberty’s 48 hits in 2016 have been for extra bases - 15 doubles, two triples and seven home In Day Games .............................................................4-2 runs. In Night Games .........................................................1-1 • Head Coach Jim Toman posted the 300th win of his career, when the Flames defeated Marshall, Friday. • The Flames were selected to fi nish third in the conference in the 2016 Big South Preseason Poll. Midweek Games .......................................................1-0 • Liberty returns 19 players from last season’s 33-22 squad, including fi ve position starters and six Weekend Games .......................................................4-3 pitchers from last season. 16 newcomers have joined the Flames’ roster for the 2016 campaign. When LU Starter pitches 5+ inn. .........................1-0 Trending When LU Starter pitches < 5 inn. ........................4-3 Last 5 Games: Last 10 Games: Team Batting Avg: .261 Team Batting Avg: . When LU Staff strikes out 10+ .............................1-0 Team ERA:3.89 Team ERA: When LU Staff strikes out 12+ ..............................0-0 Top Hitter: Andrew Kowalo (.389) Top Hitter: Current Hit Streak: Andrew Kowalo - 6 games Current Reached Base:Dalton Britt - 8 games vs. left-handed starter ............................................3-1 Season Hit Streak: Same Season Reached Base: Same vs. right-handed starter..........................................2-2 Player Quick Hits In one-run games ....................................................2-3 • 1B/LF Andrew Yacyk leads the Flames with 11 RBI. In two-run games ....................................................0-0 • Yacyk collected three hits and drove in four runs in Flames’ 7-3 victory over Marshall, this past Saturday. In fi ve-plus run games. ...........................................0-0 • Yacyk drove in a career-high six runs , in the season opener at USF, Feb. 19. Yacyk collected three hits, Extra innings .............................................................0-0 including two home runs, one a grand slam. • 2B Andrew Kowalo has hit ..409 with eight RBI since being inserted into the starting lineup on Feb. 21. After winning a game .............................................3-2 In his fi rst three games as the starter at second base, each of the junior’s hits went for extra bases - three After losing a game..................................................2-0 doubles and two home runs.