2016 LIBERTY FLAMES BASEBALL GAME NOTES 2016 SCHEDULE GAME 13 Date Opponent Time ELON Feb. 19 at South Florida L, 10-11 March 8 Feb. 20 at South Florida W, 4-0 Latham Park Feb. 21 at South Florida L, 5-6 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 ELON PHOENIX Feb. 28 vs. Ohio State L/ 4-5 Overall: 7-5 Overall: 5-7 March 1 at Old Dominion L/ 6-7 Big South: 0-0 CAA: 0-0 March 4 UConn W/ 8-5 March 5 UConn L/ 5-7 Head Coach: Jim Toman Live Stats: LibertyFlames.com Head Coach: Mike Kennedy Career Record: 304-182-1 (9) Career Record: 634-470-3 (20) March 6 UConn W/ 5-4 In Game Updates: Record at Liberty: Same Record at Elon: 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. Tues. - Liberty - RHP - Geoff rey Murphy (0-0) vs Elon - LHP Jordan Barrett (0-0) 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. March 25 UNC Asheville * 7 p.m. Avg: Andrew Kowalo (.385) Wins: Zander Clouse, Shane Quarterley (2) March 26 UNC Asheville * 2 p.m. 2B: Andrew Kowalo (6) ERA: Evan Mitchell (1.69) March 29 at Duke 6 p.m. HR: 3 with (2) APP: Shane Quarterley (6) Runs: D.J. Artis, Will Shepherd (8) SO: Carson Herndon (12) April 1 at Winthrop* 6 p.m. RBI: Andrew Kowalo (12) IP : Zander Clouse (16.0) April 2 at Winthrop* 3 p.m. SB: Will Shepherd (2) SV: Shane Quarterley (2) 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. April 15 at Campbell * 6 p.m. 1. Tuesday’s contest will be the fi rst meeting between Liberty and Elon since 2014. The game is the only April 16 at Campbell * 3 p.m. meeting between the two teams, this season. April 17 at Campbell * 2 p.m. April 19 Duke 6 p.m. 2. Liberty (7-5) took two of three from the UConn Huskies, this past weekend at Liberty Baseball Stadium. April 20 at Richmond 3 p.m. The Flames won on Friday, 8-5, and on Sunday, 5-4. April 22 at Presbyterian * 3 p.m. April 23 at Presbyterian * 2 p.m. April 24 at Presbyterian * 1 p.m. 3. Today’s contest is one of fi ve road games for the Flames in the month of March. Liberty began the April 26 Virginia Tech 7 p.m. month with a setback at Old Dominion, its lone road contest so far in March. April 27 William and Mary 3 p.m. May 3 Virginia 7 p.m. 4. Liberty will play 11 of its next 15 contests at Liberty Baseball Stadium. Liberty opened 2016 with eight May 6 Coastal Carolina * 7 p.m. of its fi rst nine games away from Lynchburg. May 7 Coastal Carolina * 7 p.m. May 8 Coastal Carolina * 2 p.m. 5. Head Coach Jim Toman posted the 300th win of his career, when the Flames defeated Marshall, 9-8, May 11 Old Dominion 3 p.m. Feb. 26 at Baseball at the Beach. 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 .000 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 June 10-12 NCAA Super-Regionals TBA 1B 7 Sammy Taormina L/R .200 30 6 6 3 0 0 1 0 June 18-29 College World Series TBA 2B 22 Eric Grabowski R/R .250 32 7 8 1 0 1 4 0 SS 26 Dalton Britt L/R .277 47 2 13 4 0 0 7 0 - Baseball at the Beach - Myrtle Beach, S.C. ^ - Liberty Invitational - Lynchburg, Va. 3B 12 Andrew Kowalo R/R .385 39 9 15 6 2 2 12 0 * - Big South Conference Game LF 39 Andrew Yacyk R/L .235 51 7 12 3 1 2 11 0 • - Lexington County Stadium - Lexington, S.C. CF 1 D.J. Artis L/L .340 47 10 16 2 2 1 8 1 DH - Doubleheader RF 34 Will Shepherd R/R .311 45 10 14 2 0 2 7 0 Home Games in Bold DH 8 Nick Walker L/R .421 19 5 8 2 0 0 5 0 All times are Eastern Time and Subject to Change 2016 LIBERTY FLAMES BASEBALL at Elon, March 8 Thursday - 3/3 Friday - 3/4 Saturday - 3/5 Sunday - 3/6 Monday - 3/7 Tuesday - 3/8 Wednesday -3/9 UConn UConn UConn Liberty Practice vs vs vs at at Liberty Liberty Liberty Elon Liberty Baseball Stadium Liberty Baseball Liberty Baseball Liberty Baseball Latham Park Stadium Stadium Stadium 4 p.m. 3 p.m. 2 p.m. 1 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 (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 - 2016 LIBERTY FLAMES BASEBALL at Elon, March 8 Record Breakdown Tracking Liberty • Tuesday’s contest at Elon will be the only meeting between the Flames and Phoenix, this season at Home .......................................................................3-1 • Liberty took two of three from the UConn Huskies, this past weekend at Liberty Baseball Stadium. on Road .......................................................................1-3 The Flames won on Friday, 8-5, and on Sunday, 5-4. • Liberty enters the week, averaging 6.0 runs per game, while allowing 5.0 runs per game, this season. at a Neutral site .........................................................3-1 • The Flames are 1-3 in road games in 2016. • Liberty will play 11 of its next 15 contests at Liberty Baseball Stadium. Liberty opened 2016 with eight In Day Games .............................................................6-4 of its fi rst nine games away from Lynchburg. In Night Games .........................................................1-1 • Head Coach Jim Toman posted the 300th win of his career, when the Flames defeated Marshall, 9-8, Feb. 26 at Baseball at the Beach. Midweek Games .......................................................1-1 • The Flames were selected to fi nish third in the conference in the 2016 Big South Preseason Poll. Weekend Games .......................................................6-4 Trending When LU Starter pitches 5+ inn. .........................2-2 Last 5 Games: 2-3 Last 10 Games: 6-4 When LU Starter pitches < 5 inn. ........................5-3 Team Batting Avg: .276 Team Batting Avg: .271 When LU Staff strikes out 10+ .............................1-0 Team ERA: 5.60 Team ERA: 4.85 Top Hitter: D.J. Artis (.400) Top Hitter: Andrew Kowalo (.385 When LU Staff strikes out 12+ ..............................0-0 Current Hit Streak: Andrew Kowalo - 10 games Current Reached Base: Dalton Britt - 12 games Season Hit Streak: Same Season Reached Base: Same vs. left-handed starter ............................................4-1 vs. right-handed starter..........................................3-4 Player Quick Hits In one-run games ....................................................3-4 • The fi rst three batters in Liberty’s batting order combined for eight hits and reached base 11 times in In two-run games ....................................................0-1 Liberty’s 8-5 win over the UConn Huskies, Friday at Liberty Baseball Stadium. In fi ve-plus run games. ...........................................0-0 • CF D.J. Artis, 2B Eric Grabowski and RF Will Shepherd combined for eight hits and three walks to reach Extra innings .............................................................0-0 base 11 out of 15 times in the contest. • Shepherd posted his second three-hit game of 2016, tying his career-high with three RBI in the contest. • Shepherd hit his second home run of the season in the Flames’ 9-8 win over Marshall, Feb.