2017 LIBERTY FLAMES BASEBALL @libertyfl ames @lugameday LIBERTY BASEBALL @libertybaseball Game Notes Ryan Bomberger [email protected] Offi ce: (434) 582-2292 Cell: (434) 221-5576 2017 Schedule GAME vs. Bryant Date Opponent Time March 3 - 3 p.m. Feb. 17 vs. No. 16 Virginia L, 2-10 Lynchburg, Va. Feb. 18 vs. Kansas W, 6-1 9 Liberty Baseball Stadium (2,500) Feb. 19 at The Citadel W, 9-1 2-5 0-0 Feb. 22 KENTUCKY W, 5-4 vs. Bryant 5-3 0-0 GAME OVERALL BIG SOUTH OVERALL NEC Feb. 24 vs. UMBC W, 8-5 March 4 - 2 p.m. Feb. 25 vs Kansas State L, 2-8 10 Lynchburg, Va. Feb. 26 vs Kansas State L, 3-4 Liberty Baseball Stadium (2,500) SCOTT JACKSON STEVE OWENS Feb. 28 at Elon W, 1-0 (10 inn.) HEAD COACH HEAD COACH March 3 BRYANT 3 p.m. GAME vs. Bryant March 4 BRYANT 2 p.m. March 5 - 1 p.m. 5-3 SAME 228-120-1 815-420-2 March 5 BRYANT 1 p.m. 11 Lynchburg, Va. LIBERTY CAREER BRYANT CAREER March 7 DUKE 3 p.m. Liberty Baseball Stadium (2,500) March 10 ST. JOHN’S 3 p.m. FLAMES Bulldogs March 11 ST. JOHN’S 2 p.m. Liberty Flames Sports Radio Network Avg. .244 .288 Avg. March 12 ST. JOHN’S 2 p.m. All three games of this weekend's series can heard on the Runs 36 50 Runs March 14 SAINT JOSEPH’S 3 p.m. LFSN Network with Nick Pierce calling the action. All three March 17 HIGH POINT * 3 p.m. games can also be heard on the dial on ESPN Radio 93.3 2B 19 15 2B March 18 HIGH POINT * 2 p.m. FM/1320 AM. March 19 HIGH POINT * 2 p.m. HR 6 10 HR March 21 JAMES MADISON 3 p.m. RBI 28 47 RBI March 24 at Charleston Southern * 6 p.m. ON THE WEB: www.LibertyFlames.com March 25 at Charleston Southern * 4 p.m. ERA 3.30 7.91 ERA March 26 at Charleston Southern * 2 p.m. IP 71.0 58.0 IP March 28 at East Carolina 6:30 p.m. MOBILE: ESPNinVA app March 31 BETHUNE-COOKMAN 6 p.m. Runs 33 74 Runs April 1 BETHUNE-COOKMAN 4 p.m. April 2 BETHUNE-COOKMAN 1 p.m. ER 26 51 ER Live Stats: April 4 RADFORD 6 p.m. BB 23 47 BB April 7 at Radford * 6:30 p.m. www.LibertyFlames.com April 8 at Radford * 4 p.m. SO 63 48 SO April 9 at Radford * 2 p.m. OBavg. .224 .293 OBavg. April 11 at James Madison 6 p.m. April 13 WINTHROP * 6 p.m. Quick Hits April 14 WINTHROP * 6 p.m. • Liberty enters the weekend with a 5-3 record. The Flames won, 1-0 in 10 innings, at Elon in their last outing, on Tuesday. April 15 WINTHROP * 2 p.m. • The Flames will begin a 12-game homestand on Friday. The homestand is the second-longest in program history and the longest April 18 at North Carolina 6 p.m. in the history of Liberty Baseball Stadium. The span will be the sixth of 10 or more games and the fi rst since 2005. April 21 at Gardner-Webb * 6 p.m. • Liberty opened up its home schedule with a 5-4 win over Kentucky on Feb. 22. April 22 at Gardner-Webb * 2 p.m. • Bryant, 2-5, will be visiting Liberty for a three-game series for the second time in the past three years. The Flames swept a April 23 at Gardner-Webb * 2 p.m. three-game series from Bryant at Liberty Baseball Stadium in their latest meeting in 2015 (Feb. 27-March 1) and hold a 3-1 edge April 28 at Longwood * 6 p.m. in the all-time series. April 29 at Longwood * 4 p.m. • The Liberty bullpen has been very successful during the opening weeks of 2017. Flames relievers have combined to allow only April 30 at Longwood * 2 p.m. three unearned runs over 30 1/3 innings to post a 0.89 ERA. May 2 at Virginia 6 p.m. • For the second consecutive week, Liberty fi rst baseman Sammy Taormina has been named the Big South Player of the Week. May 5 CAMPBELL * 6 p.m. After winning the award for games played Feb. 17-19, he was selected for the same honor for games played Feb. 20-26. May 6 CAMPBELL * 6 p.m. Taormina has hit .500 to start 2017. May 7 CAMPBELL * 2 p.m. • The 2017 season will is the fi rst under head coach Scott Jackson. Jackson, who was an assistant coach at Liberty in 2008, spent May 9 ELON 6 p.m. May 12 at VCU 6:30 p.m. the past eight seasons as an assistant on head coach Mike Fox's staff at North Carolina. May 13 at VCU 2 p.m. May 14 at VCU 1 p.m. Possible Starting Pitchers Liberty Defense May 16 at Duke 6 p.m. # Player Cl. L/R ERA W-L APP GS IP BB SO Fri. 17 Evan Mitchell Sr. RHP 2.84 1-0 2 1 6.1 2 10 May 18 PRESBYTERIAN * 6 p.m. Sat. 40 Caleb Evans Sr. RHP 2.53 1-1 2 2 10.2 6 7 1 May 19 PRESBYTERIAN * 6 p.m. Sun. 36 Jackson Bertsch R-Jr. LHP 5.19 0-1 2 2 8.2 3 11 May 20 PRESBYTERIAN * 2 p.m. 20 18 12 34 May 23-27 Big South Championship TBA Possible Starters 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 .300 30 2 9 0 2 0 24 - The Charleston Crab House Challenge - Riley Park - 1B 7 Sammy Taormina R-Sr. L/R .500 30 6 15 0 5 0 7 Charleston, S.C. 2B 12 Andrew Kowalo Sr. R/R .222 27 3 6 0 1 0 SS 18 Cam Locklear Fr. R/R .194 31 4 6 2 3 0 - Lexington County vs. Cancer - Lexington Co. Stadium 3B 24 Ben Highfi ll Fr. R/R .143 21 2 3 1 2 0 - Lexington, S.C. LF 20 Jake Barbee Sr. L/R .167 30 4 5 0 4 0 * - Big South Conference Game CF 1 D.J. Artis So. L/L .333 21 6 7 0 3 0 - Lexington Co. Stadium - Lexington, S.C. RF 34 Will Shepherd Sr. R/R .194 36 5 7 0 4 0 14 All Games are Eastern Time and Subject to Change DH 22 Eric Grabowski Sr. R/R .385 13 2 5 1 3 0 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 Springfi eld, 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 Staff ord 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 Zach Helsel RHP R/R So. 6-1 195 Altoona, Pa./Altoona Arena 21 Zach Helsel 22 Eric Grabowski INF/RHP R/R Sr. 6-0 180 Scott Township, Pa./Lakeland(Lackawanna) 24 Ben Highfi ll 24 Ben Highfi ll 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.