2014 LIBERTY FLAMES BASEBALL GAME NOTES Statistical Leaders GAME 10-13 Avg: Ryan Seiz (.355) 2B: Five Players (2) LIBERTY INVITATIONAL HR: Danny Grauer, Ryan Seiz (2) March 1-2 Runs: Nick Lacik, Ashton Perritt (8) Liberty Baseball Stadium RBI: Ryan Seiz (8) SB: Ashton Perritt (5) Wins: Jared Lyons (1) March 1 - Ball State - Noon ERA: Four Players (1) Rider - 3 p.m. SO: Jared Lyons, Blake Fulghum (10) March 2 - Ball State - Noon IP: Blake Fulghum (17.2) LIBERTY FLAMES (4-5) Rider - 3 p.m. BALL STATE CARDINALS (6-2) SV: Ashton Perritt (3) Head Coach: Rich Maloney Head Coach: Jim Toman Television: LFSN Career Record: 635-414-1 (19) Trending Career Record: 227-142-1 (7) Radio: 90.9 FM “The Light” Record at BSU: 294-170-1 (9) Last 5 Games:3-2 Record at Liberty: Same Video Stream: Flames TV Batting Avg: Andrew Yacyk (.438) Audio Stream: LibertyFlames.com RIDER BRONCS (2-2) Last 10 Games: N/A Live Stats: LibertyFlames.com Head Coach: Barry Davis Batting Avg: N/A (StatsBroadcast) Career Record: 820-435-4 (24) Hit Streak: Nick Lacik (7 games) Record at Rider: 249-239 (10) 2014 Schedule/Results Probable Starting Pitchers Media Coverage Television: Date Opponent Time/Result Saturday 2/14 North Florida L/ 4-11 Ball St. - RHP Scott Baker (1-0) vs. LU - RHP Trey Lambert (1-1) ESPN3 - Sunday 3 p.m. LSFN TV - Sunday 3 p.m. 2/15 South Florida L/ 1-2 Rider - LHP Zach Mawson (1-0) vs. LU - RHP Parker Bean (1-1) 2/16 Richmond W/ 11-6 Video Streaming: 2/18 Old Dominion L/ 4-7 Sunday Saturday Noon, Sunday 3 p.m. 2/22 Ohio W/ 8-5 Ball State - LHP Clay Manering (0-1) vs. LU - TBA Radio: 2/22 UNC Wilmington W/ 14-6 Rider - LHP David Hafer (1-1) vs. LU - TBA 90.9 FM “The Light” - Sunday 2/23 Ohio L/ 4-5 Internet Audio: LibertyFlames.com 2/23 UNC Wilmington L/ 0-11 2/25 Missouri W/ 2-1 3/1 Ball State ^ Noon 3/1 Rider ^ 3 p.m. Quick Hits 3/2 Ball State ^ Noon 3/2 Rider ^ 3 p.m. • Liberty will be hosting the Liberty Invitational for the third time this weekend. 3/4 Duke 3 p.m. • Ball State and Rider will join Liberty in this year’s fi eld. 3/7 Kent State 3 p.m. 3/8 Kent State (DH) 1 p.m. • Saturday’s contest with Ball State will be Liberty’s second home game of the year. The 3/9 Kent State 2 p.m. Flames opened its home schedule by falling to Old Dominion, Feb. 18. 3/11 Elon 4 p.m. 3/12 Charlotte 4 p.m. • The Flames posted a 25-9 mark in their fi rst season at the Liberty Baseball Stadium in 2013. 3/14 Campbell * 3 p.m. • Liberty opened 2014 by playing eight of its fi rst nine games on the road. 3/15 Campbell * 2 p.m. 3/16 Campbell * 2 p.m. • Liberty is 91-45 (.669) all-time in the month of February. The Flames are 35-16 (.686) under 3/18 James Madison 4 p.m. head coach Jim Toman. 3/19 Old Dominion 3 p.m. 3/21 High Point * 7 p.m. • SERIES WITH BALL STATE: Liberty and Ball State have met only one other time. In 1989, 3/22 High Point * 3 p.m. 3/23 High Point * 2 p.m. the two teams met in a three-game series at the former home of the Flames, Worthington Sta- 3/25 Virginia Tech 6 p.m. dium. Ball State took two of the three games. 3/28 Presbyterian College * 3 p.m. • SERIES WITH RIDER: Saturday will be the eighth meeting between the Flames and the 3/29 Presbyterian College * 2 p.m. 3/30 Presbyterian College * 1 p.m. Broncs on the diamond. Liberty holds a 6-1 advantage in the all-time series. Six of the seven 4/1 Duke 6 p.m. 4/4 VMI * 7 p.m. previous meetings came at Worthington Stadium. 4/5 VMI * 3 p.m. • The schedule for the Liberty Invitational has been changed due to weather with Liberty now 4/6 VMI * 2 p.m. 4/8 Richmond 6 p.m. hosting two games on Saturday and two on Sunday. Instead of facing Ball State on Friday, the 4/11 Longwood * 6 p.m. 4/12 Longwood * 4 p.m. Flames will square off with Ball State in the fi rst game on Saturday at noon. 4/13 Longwood * 1 p.m. • The Flames are the defending Big South Champions and reached a regional fi nal for the fi rst 4/15 James Madison 6 p.m. 4/17 Gardner-Webb * 6 p.m. time in the 40-year history of its program at the 2013 Columbia, S.C. Regional. 4/18 Gardner-Webb * 6 p.m. • Liberty has been tabbed to fi nish on top in the Big South Conference’s North Division stand- 4/19 Gardner-Webb * 2 p.m. 4/23 North Carolina 6 p.m. ings by the conference’s head coaches in the league’s annual preseason poll. 4/25 UNC Asheville * 7 p.m. 4/26 UNC Asheville * 3 p.m. 4/27 UNC Asheville * 1 p.m. 5/7 Virginia 6 p.m. Possible Starters 5/9 Coastal Carolina * 7 p.m. 5/10 Coastal Carolina * 7 p.m. 5/11 Coastal Carolina * 2 p.m. Pos. # Player B/T AVG. AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB 5/13 Elon 7 p.m. C 20 Danny Grauer R/R .133 15 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 5/15 Radford * 6:30 p.m. 5/16 Radford * 6:30 p.m. 1B 12 Alex Close R/R .300 30 4 9 2 0 2 7 0 5/17 Radford * 2 p.m. 2B 1 Jake Kimble R/R .250 16 1 4 0 1 0 1 0 5/20-24 Big South Championship ! TBA 5/30-6/2 NCAA Regional TBA SS 3 Clay Keranen R/R .273 22 3 6 2 0 0 1 0 - North Florida Tournament - Jacksonville, Fla. 3B 26 Dalton Britt L/R .351 37 3 13 0 0 0 4 0 - UNCW Tournament - Wilmington, N.C. LF 8 Nick Lacik L/R .313 32 8 10 1 0 0 2 1 - at USA Baseball Complex, Cary, N.C. ^ - Liberty Invitational - Lynchburg, Va. CF 17 Ashton Perritt R/R .216 37 8 8 2 0 0 2 5 * - Big South Conference Game ! - Rock Hill, S.C. RF 39 Andrew Yacyk R/L .444 18 2 8 2 0 1 4 0 Home Games in Bold DH 32 Ryan Seiz S/R .355 31 7 11 1 0 2 8 0 All times are Eastern Time & Subject to Change 2014 LIBERTY FLAMES BASEBALL Liberty Invitational, Feb. 28-March 2 Thursday - 2/27 Friday - 2/28 Saturday - 3/1 Sunday - 3/2 Monday - 3/3 Tuesday - 3/4 Wednesday - 3/5 BALL STATE BALL STATE Practice vs. vs. DUKE LIBERTY LIBERTY at Noon Noon at Liberty RIDER RIDER LIBERTY Baseball vs. vs. Stadium LIBERTY LIBERTY LU Baseball 3 p.m. 3 p.m. Stadium LU Baseball Stadium LU Baseball Stadium 3 p.m. Results Date Opponent Score Pitcher of Record Save Time Overall Big South 2/14 North Florida L/ 4-11 Trey Lambert (0-1) 2:34 0-1 0-0 2/15 vs. South Florida L/ 1-2 Parker Bean (0-1) 2:29 0-2 0-0 2/16 vs. Richmond W/ 11-6 Jared Lyons (1-0) Ashton Perritt (1) 3:15 1-2 0-0 2/18 OLD DOMINION L/ 4-7 Blake Fulghum (0-1) 2:56 1-3 0-0 2/22 vs. Ohio W/ 8-5 Parker Bean (1-1) Ashton Perritt (2) 3:04 2-3 0-0 2/22 at UNCW W/ 14-6 Trey Lambert (1-1) 2:52 3-3 0-0 2/23 vs. Ohio L/ 4-5 Adam Parks (0-1) 2:48 3-4 0-0 2/23 at UNCW L/ 0-11 Carson Herndon (0-1) 2:14 3-5 0-0 2/25 vs. Missouri W/ 2-1 Blake Fulghum (1-1) 2:35 4-5 0-0 2014 LIBERTY FLAMES BASEBALL Liberty Invitational, Feb. 28-March 2 Jim Toman Tracking Liberty Head Coach • In its last outing, Liberty defeated Missouri, 2-1, at the USA Baseball Complex in Cary, N.C., Seventh Year Tuesday. Overall: 227-142-1 • 3B Dalton Britt’s second hit of the contest, a single, plated the go-ahead run in the eighth for At Liberty: Same the Flames. Britt leads Liberty with four multi-hit games, including the fi rst four-hit game of his YEAR-BY-YEAR career in Saturday’s 14-6 win over UNCW, this past Saturday. Year Overall Conference • RHP Ashton Perritt retired all six batters he faced in recording his team-high third save of 2008 35-26-1 14-7 (2nd) the season, Tuesday. 2009 33-21 17-9 (3rd) • On Saturday, Liberty posted season-highs in runs (14) and hits (17) in a 14-6 victory over 2010 43-18 19-8 (2nd) host UNCW at the Battle of Beach. The Flames previous high was 16 hits in an 11-6 win over 2011 35-24 18-9 (2nd) 2012 41-19 14-10 (3rd) Richmond on Feb. 16 at the UNF Best Bet Tournament in Jacksonville, Fla.