2016 LIBERTY FLAMES BASEBALL GAME NOTES 2016 SCHEDULE GAME 28-30 Date Opponent Time WINTHROP Feb. 19 at South Florida L, 10-11 April 1-3 Feb. 20 at South Florida W, 4-0 Winthrop Ballpark (1,800) Feb. 21 at South Florida L, 5-6 Rock Hill, S.C. 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 WINTHROP EAGLES Feb. 28 vs. Ohio State L/ 4-5 Overall: 16-11 Overall: 13-12 March 1 at Old Dominion L/ 6-7 Big South: 3-0 Big South: 1-2 March 4 UConn W/ 8-5 March 5 UConn L/ 5-7 Head Coach: Jim Toman Head Coach: Tom Riginos Career Record: 313-187-1 (9) March 6 UConn W/ 5-4 Live Stats: LibertyFlames.com Career Record: 144-162 (6) Record at Liberty: Same Record at Winthrop: Same March 8 at Elon L/ 5-10 In Game Updates: March 11 Central Connecticut State ^ W/ 5-1 @LUGameDay March 12 Evansville ^ W/5-3 March 13 Central Connecticut State ^ W/ 7-5 Media Coverage Pitching Probables March 13 Evansville ^ W/ 5-2 Friday - Liberty - RHP Evan Mitchell (1-2) vs WU - LHP Sam Kmiec (3-3) March 15 at Virginia Tech W/ 22-7 Radio - Saturday - Liberty - LHP Victor Cole (2-1) vs WU - RHP Zach Sightler (3-1) March 18 Kent State L/ 0-2 ESPN 93.3 FM/1320 AM (Fri. & Sun.) Sunday - Liberty - TBA vs WU - TBA March 19 Kent State (DH) W/ 4-2, L/ 1-8 WIQO 100.9 FM (Saturday) March 20 Kent State L/ 5-6 Internet Audio - LibertyFlames.com March 22 at Maryland L/ 9-10 Statistical Leaders March 24 UNC Asheville * W/ 7-6 Internet Video - March 25 UNC Asheville * W/ 6-5 LibertyFlames.com - Big South Avg: D.J. Artis (.398) Wins: Shane Quarterley (4) March 26 UNC Asheville * W/ 11-5 Network 2B: Will Shepherd (11) ERA: Evan Mitchell (1.60) March 29 at Duke L/ 1-6 HR: Andrew Yacyk (5) APP: Shane Quarterley (13) Runs: Will Shepherd (27) SO: Victor Cole (35) April 1 at Winthrop* 6 p.m. RBI: Andrew Yacyk (27) IP : Evan Mitchell (33.2) April 2 at Winthrop* 3 p.m. SB: D.J. Artis (9) SV: Shane Quarterley (4) 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 will look to continued its unbeaten start to Big South Conference play at Winthrop, this week- April 15 at Campbell * 6 p.m. end. Last week, the Flames opened conference play with a three-game sweep of UNC Asheville at Liberty April 16 at Campbell * 3 p.m. Baseball Stadium to start Big South play at 3-0. April 17 at Campbell * 2 p.m. April 19 Duke 6 p.m. 2. Despite having not meet the Flames during the regular season since 2013, Winthrop is the third most- April 20 at Richmond 3 p.m. common opponent in Liberty program history. The Flames have only played Coastal Carolina and April 22 at Presbyterian * 3 p.m. Radford more. The Eagles and the Flames have not met during the league's regular season since 2013. April 23 at Presbyterian * 2 p.m. April 24 at Presbyterian * 1 p.m. April 26 Virginia Tech 7 p.m. 3. The Flames enter the weekend with a 16-11 overall record. In its last outing, Liberty fell at Duke, 6-1, on April 27 at William and Mary 3 p.m. Tuesday. With the setback, the Flames fi nished the month of March with an 11-8 record. May 3 Virginia 7 p.m. May 6 Coastal Carolina * 7 p.m. 4. 16 out Liberty's fi rst 27 games have been decided by two runs or less and 11 by one run. The Flames May 7 Coastal Carolina * 7 p.m. have posted an 8-8 mark in games decided by two runs or less. May 8 Coastal Carolina * 2 p.m. May 11 Old Dominion 3 p.m. 5. Beginning with Friday's contest, Liberty will play 17 games during the month of April. 12 of the May 13 Radford* 7 p.m. contests will be Big South Conference games. Last year, the Flames went 12-7 during the month, May 14 Radford* 7 p.m. including a 10-2 record in conference play. 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. Pos. # Player B/T AVG. AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB May 24-28 Big South Tournament • TBA C 2 Payton Scarbrough R/R .280 50 10 14 4 0 2 8 0 June 3-5 NCAA Regionals TBA 1B 39 Andrew Yacyk R/L .310 113 11 35 7 1 5 27 0 June 10-12 NCAA Super-Regionals TBA 2B 12 Andrew Kowalo R/R .318 88 19 28 8 2 2 18 1 June 18-29 College World Series TBA SS 26 Dalton Britt L/R .257 105 11 27 7 1 2 21 1 - Baseball at the Beach - Myrtle Beach, S.C. 3B 3 Josh Barrick R/R .294 17 5 5 1 0 1 6 2 ^ - Liberty Invitational - Lynchburg, Va. LF 1 D.J. Artis L/L .398 101 27 39 5 2 1 15 9 * - Big South Conference Game CF 13 Jack Morris R/R .269 26 3 7 1 0 1 4 0 • - Lexington County Stadium - Lexington, S.C. RF 34 Will Shepherd R/R .356 101 27 36 11 0 3 24 6 DH - Doubleheader DH 8 Nick Walker L/R .353 51 11 18 3 0 0 6 0 Home Games in Bold All times are Eastern Time and Subject to Change 2016 LIBERTY FLAMES BASEBALL at Winthrop, April 1-3 Thursday - 3/31 Friday - 4/1 Saturday - 4/2 Sunday - 4/3 Monday - 4/4 Tuesday - 4/5 Wednesday -4/6 Liberty Liberty Liberty Maryland at at at Off vs Off Winthrop Winthrop Winthrop Liberty Winthrop Ballpark Winthrop Ballpark Winthrop Ballpark Liberty Baseball 6 p.m. 3 p.m. 2 p.m. Stadium 6 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 - 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 - 3/15 at Virginia Tech W, 22-7 Geoffrey Murphy (1-1) 3:27 12-6 - 3/18 Kent State L, 0-2 Evan Mitchell (1-2) 2:08 12-7 - 3/19 Kent State - 1 W, 4-2 Victor Cole (1-1) 2:31 13-7 - 3/19 Kent State - 2 (7 inn.) L, 1-8 Zander Clouse (2-1) 2:44 13-8 - 3/20 Kent State L, 5-6 Carson Herndon (2-1) 3:19 13-9 - 3/22 at Maryland L, 9-10 Thomas Simpson (1-1) 3:43 13-10 - 3/24 UNC Asheville * W/ 7-6 Shane Quarterley (4-0) 3:06 14-10 1-0 3/25 UNC Asheville * W/ 6-5 Victor Cole (2-1) Shane Quarterley (4) 3:34 15-10 2-0 3/26 UNC Asheville * W/ 11-5 Zach Helsel (1-0) 2:52 16-10 3-0 3/29 at Duke L/ 1-6 Jack DeGroat (1-1) 2:33 16-11 - ! - Baseball at the Beach - Myrtle Beach, S.C. ^ - Liberty Invitational - Lynchburg, Va. • - Big South Conference Game ! - Baseball at the Beach - Myrtle Beach, S.C. ^ - Liberty Invitational - Lynchburg, Va. 2016 LIBERTY FLAMES BASEBALL at Winthrop, April 1-3 Record Breakdown Tracking Liberty • Liberty will look to continued its Big South Conference winning streak at Winthrop, this weekend. The at Home .....................................................................12-4 Eagles and the Flames have not met during the league's regular season since 2013.