2016 LIBERTY FLAMES BASEBALL GAME NOTES 2016 SCHEDULE GAME 18 Date Opponent Time VIRGINIA TECH Feb. 19 at South Florida L, 10-11 March 8 Feb. 20 at South Florida W, 4-0 English Field (1,033) Feb. 21 at South Florida L, 5-6 Blacksburg, 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 VIRGINIA TECH HOKIES Feb. 28 vs. Ohio State L/ 4-5 Overall: 11-6 Overall: 10-7 March 1 at Old Dominion L/ 6-7 Big South: 0-0 ACC: 1-2 March 4 UConn W/ 8-5 March 5 UConn L/ 5-7 Head Coach: Jim Toman Live Stats: LibertyFlames.com Head Coach: Patrick Mason Career Record: 308-183-1 (9) Career Record: 58-65-1(3) March 6 UConn W/ 5-4 In Game Updates: Record at Liberty: Same Record at VT: Same March 8 at Elon L/ 5-10 @LUGameDay March 11 Central Connecticut State ^ W/ 5-1 March 12 Evansville ^ W/5-3 March 13 Central Connecticut State ^ W/ 7-5 Media Coverage Pitching Probables March 13 Evansville ^ W/ 5-2 Liberty - RHP Geoff rey Murphy (0-1) vs VT - RHP Andrew McDonald (1-1) 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 - HokiesExtra March 25 UNC Asheville * 7 p.m. Avg: D.J. Artis (.371) Wins: Shane Quarterley (3) March 26 UNC Asheville * 2 p.m. 2B: Dalton Britt, Andrew Kowalo (6) ERA: Evan Mitchell (0.92) March 29 at Duke 6 p.m. HR: Andrew Yacyk (3) APP: Shane Quarterley (8) Runs: D.J. Artis (15) SO: Parker Bean (18) April 1 at Winthrop* 6 p.m. RBI: Andrew Kowalo (15) IP : Zander Clouse (20.2) April 2 at Winthrop* 3 p.m. SB: D.J. Artis (4) SV: Shane Quarterley (3) 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. Liberty enters the week with an 11-6 mark, after going 4-0 as the host of the Liberty Invitational, this April 15 at Campbell * 6 p.m. past weekend. The Flames defeated Central Connecticut State and Evansville twice at the tournament. April 16 at Campbell * 3 p.m. April 17 at Campbell * 2 p.m. 2. Tuesday's contest will be the 63rd meeting between Liberty and Virginia Tech. The game is the fi rst of April 19 Duke 6 p.m. two meetings between the two teams. The Hokies will visit Liberty Baseball Stadium on April 26 April 20 at Richmond 3 p.m. April 22 at Presbyterian * 3 p.m. 3. Liberty is scheduled to play 14 out of their 19 contests in the month of March at Liberty Baseball April 23 at Presbyterian * 2 p.m. April 24 at Presbyterian * 1 p.m. Stadium. All 14 home games are weekend series. The Flames are 6-3 in so far in the month. April 26 Virginia Tech 7 p.m. April 27 William and Mary 3 p.m. 4. All fi ve of Liberty's midweek contests in the month of March are road contests. The Flames are 1-4 on May 3 Virginia 7 p.m. the road, this season. May 6 Coastal Carolina * 7 p.m. May 7 Coastal Carolina * 7 p.m. 5. After Tuesday's contest, Liberty will play seven of its next 10 games at Liberty Baseball Stadium. The May 8 Coastal Carolina * 2 p.m. Flames are 7-1 at home in 2016. May 11 Old Dominion 3 p.m. May 13 Radford* 7 p.m. 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 2 Payton Scarbrough R/R .263 19 4 5 0 0 1 3 0 June 10-12 NCAA Super-Regionals TBA 1B 7 Sammy Taormina L/R .222 45 8 10 3 1 1 6 0 June 18-29 College World Series TBA 2B 22 Eric Grabowski R/R .240 50 9 12 1 0 1 4 0 SS 26 Dalton Britt L/R .284 67 5 19 6 1 0 14 0 - Baseball at the Beach - Myrtle Beach, S.C. ^ - Liberty Invitational - Lynchburg, Va. 3B 12 Andrew Kowalo R/R .339 56 12 19 6 2 2 15 0 * - Big South Conference Game LF 39 Andrew Yacyk R/L .254 71 8 18 4 1 3 14 0 • - Lexington County Stadium - Lexington, S.C. CF 1 D.J. Artis L/L .371 62 15 23 3 2 1 8 4 DH - Doubleheader RF 34 Will Shepherd R/R .333 63 15 21 4 0 2 11 2 Home Games in Bold DH 8 Nick Walker L/R .345 29 6 10 2 0 0 6 0 All times are Eastern Time and Subject to Change 2016 LIBERTY FLAMES BASEBALL at Virginia Tech, March 15 Thursday - 3/10 Friday - 3/11 Saturday - 3/12 Sunday - 3/13 Monday - 3/14 Tuesday - 3/15 Wednesday -3/16 Central Conn. St. Central Conn. St. Evansville 1 p.m. Liberty Practice vs vs Evansville Off at Practice at Liberty Liberty 5 p.m. Day Virginia Tech at Liberty Baseball vs Liberty Baseball Stadium Liberty Baseball Liberty Baseball Liberty English Field Stadium Stadium Stadium Liberty Baseball 5:30 p.m. 5 p.m. 1 p.m. Stadium 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 (1) 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 - 3/1 at Old Dominion L, 6-7 Jordan Scott (0-1) 3:00 5-4 - 3/4 UConn W, 8-5 Carson Herndon (2-0) 3:18 6-4 - 3/5 UConn L, 5-7 (11) Victor Cole (0-1) 4:05 6-5 - 3/6 UConn W, 5-4 Zander Clouse (2-0) Shane Quarterley (2) 2:51 7-5 - 3/8 at Elon L, 5-10 Geoffrey Murphy (0-1) 3:02 7-6 - 3/11 CCSU W, 5-1 Evan Mitchell (1-1) 2:16 8-6 - 3/12 Evansville W, 5-3 Shane Quarterley (3-0) Carson Herndon (1) 3:17 9-6 - 3/13 CCSU W, 7-5 Thomas Simpson (1-0) Carson Herndon (2) 2:53 10-6 - 3/13 Evansville W, 5-2 Parker Bean (1-0) Shane Quarterley (3) 2:33 11-6 - 2016 LIBERTY FLAMES BASEBALL at Virginia Tech, March 15 Record Breakdown Tracking Liberty • Last weekend, Liberty went 4-0 as the host of the Liberty Invitational, defeating Central Connecticut at Home .......................................................................7-1 State and Evansville twice each to move to 11-6 on the year. on Road .......................................................................1-4 • Liberty enters the week, averaging 5.82 runs per game, while allowing 4.8 runs per game, this season. • With their 4-0 weekend, the Flames have now posted a 7-1 record at Liberty Baseball Stadium. Liberty at a Neutral site .........................................................3-1 is 1-4 in road games. • Liberty will play 7 of its next 10 contests at Liberty Baseball Stadium. The Flames are 6-3 in the month In Day Games ...........................................................10-5 of March In Night Games .........................................................1-1 Trending Midweek Games .......................................................1-2 Last 5 Games: 4-1 Last 10 Games: 6-4 Weekend Games .....................................................10-4 Team Batting Avg: .299 Team Batting Avg: .287 Team ERA: 3.89 Team ERA: 4.75 When LU Starter pitches 5+ inn. .........................5-2 Top Hitter: D.J. Artis (.469) Top Hitter: Will Shepherd (.342) When LU Starter pitches < 5 inn. ........................6-4 Current Hit Streak: Will Shepherd - 5 games Current Reached Base: Andrew Kowalo - 15 games When LU Staff strikes out 10+ .............................1-0 Season Hit Streak: Andrew Kowalo - 10 games Season Reached Base: Andrew Kowalo - 15 games When LU Staff strikes out 12+ ..............................0-0 Player Quick Hits vs. left-handed starter ........................................... 4-2 • OF/1B Andrew Yacyk hit his team-leading third home run of the season in the fi rst inning, helping Lib- vs. right-handed starter..........................................7-4 erty to build a 4-0 lead in the Flames' 5-2 win over Evansville, Sunday. He also had a single in the contest.