2016 LIBERTY FLAMES BASEBALL GAME NOTES 2016 SCHEDULE GAMES 1-3 Date Opponent Time SOUTH FLORIDA Feb. 19 at South Florida 6:30 p.m. Feb. 19-21 Feb. 20 at South Florida 6:30 p.m. USF Baseball Stadium (3,211) Feb. 21 at South Florida 1 p.m. Tampa, Fla. Feb. 23 William and Mary 3 p.m. Feb. 26 vs. Marshall 12 p.m. Feb. 27 vs. Duke 12 p.m. Feb. 27 vs. Marshall 4 p.m. LIBERTY FLAMES SOUTH FLORIDA BULLS Feb. 28 vs. Ohio State 1 p.m. Overall: Overall: March 1 at Old Dominion 3 p.m. Big South: AAC: March 4 UConn 3 p.m. March 5 UConn 2 p.m. Head Coach: Jim Toman Live Stats: LibertyFlames.com Head Coach: Mark Kingston Career Record: 297-177-1 (8) Career Record: 207-128-1 (5) March 6 UConn 1 p.m. In Game Updates: Record at Liberty: Same Record at USF: Same March 8 at Elon 4 p.m. @LUGameDay March 11 Central Connecticut State ^ 5 p.m. March 12 Evansville ^ 1 p.m. March 13 Central Connecticut State ^ 1 p.m. Media Coverage Pitching Probables March 13 Evansville ^ 5 p.m. Radio - Fri. - LU RHP Carson Herndon vs. USF RHP Phoenix Sanders March 15 at Virginia Tech 5:30 p.m. 93.3FM/1320AM WVGM ESPN Sat. - LU LHP Victor Cole vs. USF RHP Brad Labozzetta March 18 Kent State 5 p.m. Internet Video - Sun. - LU LHP MIchael Stafford vs. USF RHP Joe Cavallaro March 19 Kent State (DH) 2 p.m. BullsCast (Fri. & Sat.) March 20 Kent State 1 p.m. March 22 at Maryland 4 p.m. Internet Audio - Statistical Leaders - 2015 March 24 UNC Asheville * 7 p.m. LibertyFlames.com March 25 UNC Asheville * 7 p.m. Avg: Alex Close (.342) Wins: Shawn Clowers (9) 2B: Alex Close, Becker Sankey (13) ERA: Jared Lyons (1.99) March 26 UNC Asheville * 2 p.m. HR: Becker Sankey (11) APP: Shawn Clowers (19) March 29 at Duke 6 p.m. Runs: Alex Close (40) SO: Jared Lyons (100) April 1 at Winthrop* 6 p.m. RBI: Alex Close (46) IP : Jared Lyons (99.2) April 2 at Winthrop* 3 p.m. SB: Will Shepherd (16) SV: Alex Close (6) 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 was selected to fi nish third in the conference in the 2016 Big South Preseason Poll by the April 10 Charleston Southern * 2 p.m. league’s head coaches April 15 at Campbell * 6 p.m. April 16 at Campbell * 3 p.m. 2. The Flames posted a 33-23 overall record and tied Winthrop for third place in the Big South Conference April 17 at Campbell * 2 p.m. standings with a 16-8 mark in 2015. April 19 Duke 6 p.m. April 20 at Richmond 3 p.m. 3. Liberty returns 19 players from last season, including fi ve position starters and six pitchers. The Flames April 22 at Presbyterian * 3 p.m. have added 16 newcomers to their roster for the 2016 campaign. April 23 at Presbyterian * 2 p.m. April 24 at Presbyterian * 1 p.m. April 26 Virginia Tech 7 p.m. 4. Friday’s meeting with South Florida will be the 43rd season opener in Liberty baseball program history. April 27 at William and Mary TBA Liberty enters the season lid-lifter with a 25-16 mark in openers since 1976 (no records for 1974 or 1975). May 3 Virginia 7 p.m. May 6 Coastal Carolina * 7 p.m. 5. The Flames will be opening their season away from Lynchburg for the 25th season and in the state May 7 Coastal Carolina * 7 p.m. of Florida for the seventh time. The Flames are 13-11 in season openers away from Lynchburg, 10-10 in May 8 Coastal Carolina * 2 p.m. away contests and 3-1 in neutral fi eld games, and 3-3 in the Sunshine State. May 11 Old Dominion 3 p.m. May 13 Radford* 7 p.m. 6. The Flames posted a 12-10 record in road games, last season. Liberty will be opening the season on May 14 Radford* 7 p.m. road for the 11th straight year. 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 Transfer June 10-12 NCAA Super-Regionals TBA 1B 39 Andrew Yacyk R/L .286 203 23 58 12 1 2 25 2 June 18-29 College World Series TBA 2B 22 Eric Grabowski R/R Transfer SS 26 Dalton Britt L/R .294 218 33 64 10 3 5 30 10 - Baseball at the Beach - Myrtle Beach, S.C. ^ - Liberty Invitational - Lynchburg, Va. 3B 33 Dylan Allen L/R Sat out 2015 due to injury * - Big South Conference Game LF 1 D.J. Artis L/L First Year • - Lexington County Stadium - Lexington, S.C. CF 32 Aaron Stroosman R/R .225 71 11 16 2 0 0 3 10 DH - Doubleheader RF 34 Will Shepherd R/R .235 166 37 39 6 3 5 18 16 Home Games in Bold DH 7 Sammy Taormina L/R .285 137 12 39 4 0 3 16 0 All times are Eastern Time and Subject to Change 2016 LIBERTY FLAMES BASEBALL USF, Feb. 19-21 Thursday - 2/18 Friday - 2/19 Saturday - 2/20 Sunday - 2/21 Monday - 2/22 Tuesday - 2/23 Wednesday -2/24 Liberty Liberty Liberty William & Mary Travel at at at at to South Florida South Florida South Florida Liberty Tampa, Fla. Liberty Baseball USF Baseball Stadium USF Baseball Stadium USF Baseball Stadium Stadium 6:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 1 p.m. 3 p.m Results Date Opponent Score Pitcher of Record Save Time Overall Big South 2016 LIBERTY FLAMES BASEBALL USF, Feb. 19-21 2015 Record Breakdowns Tracking Liberty • The Flames were selected to fi nish third in the conference in the 2016 Big South Preseason Poll. at Home .....................................................................21-9 • Liberty returns 19 players from last season’s 33-22 squad, including fi ve position starters and six on Road ..................................................................12-10 pitchers from last season. • 16 newcomers have joined the Flames’ roster for the 2016 campaign. at a Neutral site .........................................................0-4 • Liberty averaged 5.2 runs per game, while allowing its opponents 4.4 runs per game, last season. • The Flames led the Big South and were among the Top 25 in the nation in shutouts in 2015. In Day Games ........................................................27-12 • The Liberty pitching corps also led the Big South in opponent batting average and complete games. In Night Games .......................................................6-11 • Head Coach Jim Toman enters the season with a 297 wins, three games shy of his 300th career victory. • In 43 seasons, Liberty has posted an all-time record of 1240-924-7 (.573) and made fi ve NCAA Tourna- Midweek Games .....................................................5-11 ment appearances. Two of the appearances have come during Jim Toman’s tenure. Weekend Games ..................................................28-12 • The Flames posted a 12-10 record in road games, last season. Liberty will be opening the season on road for the 11th straight season. When LU Starter pitches 5+ inn. ....................27-11 Trending When LU Starter pitches < 5 inn. ......................6-12 When LU Staff strikes out 10+ .............................7-1 Last 5 Games: Last 10 Games: Team Batting Avg: Team Batting Avg: . When LU Staff strikes out 12+ ..............................1-0 Team ERA: Team ERA: Top Hitter: Top Hitter: vs. left-handed starter ..........................................16-6 Current Hit Streak: Current Reached Base: vs. right-handed starter.....................................17-17 Season Hit Streak: Season Reached Base: In one-run games ..................................................10-5 Player Quick Hits In two-run games ....................................................4-4 • SS Dalton Britt, P Carson Herndon and 1B/OF Andrew Yacyk have been named team captains for 2016. In fi ve-plus run games. .........................................12-5 • Britt, a senior, has started every game (180) since joining the Flames in 2012. He enters 2016 with a .273 Extra innings .............................................................2-0 career batting average with 87 RBI and 83 runs scored. • Last year, Britt hit .294 with 30 RBI and set career-high with 33 runs scored and seven home runs. The After winning a game ........................................22-11 SS also had a 16-game hitting streak, the longest by any Liberty player in 2015. After losing a game.............................................10-11 • 1B/OF Yacyk comes off a 2015 campaign, where he hit .286 with 25 RBI and 23 runs scored. Playing in all 56 games, with 55 starts, the junior posted an on base percentage of .384. • P Herndon returns from injury for his senior year in 2016. The RHP posted a 5-1 record with a 2.82 ERA When LU has 10+ hits ...........................................16-4 in eight starts in 2014, before being injured and sitting out 2015. When LU has 15+ hits .............................................4-0 • P Victor Cole posted a 5-3 record with a 2.67 ERA over 84 1/3 innings in his fi rst season with the Flames in 2015. The JUCO transfer fi nished third in the Big South with a .208 opponent batting average and Hit a home run.........................................................19-8 fi fth in ERA.