Liberty Travels to Longwood for Big South Series
4/16/2015 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
LIBERTY AT LONGWOOD
April 17-19
Charles "Buddy" Bolding Stadium
Farmville, Va.
COMPLETE BASEBALL NOTES
LFSN Radio Coverage: 100.9 FM WIQO
Video Stream (provided by Lonbwood):
Big South Network Saturday & Sunday
Live Stats (provided by Longwood): Fri. - Sun.
Quick Hits
1. The Flames enter this weekend with a 23-14 overall record and a 9-3 mark in Big South Conference play. Currently, Liberty is one game behind Coastal Carolina and Radford in the Big South standings.
2. Last weekend, Liberty took the last two games of a Big South three-game series with Campbell at Liberty Baseball Stadium.
3. The Flames have won eight of their last nine Big South Conference contests, outscoring its opponents, 56-16.
4. Liberty and Longwood will be meeting at Charles "Buddy" Bolding Stadium for the second straight year. Last season, the Flames swept a three-game series from the Lancers, April 13.
Player Notes
• LHP Victor Cole has been named the Big South Pitcher of the Week for April 6-12. It is the second time this season that the left-hander has received the honor.
• Cole was selected as the Big South Pitcher of the Week for Feb. 23-March 1.
• Cole moved to 4-1 with eight scoreless innings, combining with RHP Caleb Evans to shut out Campbell for the first time this season, 7-0. Cole allowed one baserunner to reach second base.
• Currently, Cole ranks fourth in ERA (2.38), sixth in innings pitched (56 2/3) and third in opponent batting (.205).
• 3B Sammy Taormina hit .500 in five games this past week. Taormina capped the week with three hits, his first home run and two run scored in Liberty's 10-2 win over Campbell, Sunday.
• Currently, Taormina is on a career-high six game hitting streak.
• 2B Clay Keranen collected a career-high three RBI with two hits vs Maryland, Wednesday.
• Keranen posted the first three-hit game of his career, scoring twice in Liberty's victory over Campbell, Sunday afternoon.
• LHP Jared leads the Big South in ERA (1.24) and opponent batting average (.189).
• LHP Shawn Clowers moved to 8-2, Sunday. Clowers leads the Big South and is tied for the national lead in wins.
• OF/RHP Ashton Perritt posted back-to-back three-hit games in Liberty wins over Campbell, Saturday and Sunday.
• 1B Alex Close hit his third home run of the season in Liberty's win on Sunday. The senior currently ranks fifth all-time with 29 career home runs.
• DH/1B Andrew Yacyk collected three hits, a double, a RBI and two runs scored in the Flames' win, this past Sunday.
Flames Add Contest with East Carolina
• Liberty has announced the addition of a game with the East Carolina Pirates on April 29 at Liberty Baseball Stadium. Game time is scheduled for 3 p.m.
• The game replaces one of the three contests the Flames lost earlier in the season due to weather issues.
• Earlier this season, the Flames defeated the Pirates, 4-3, in a tightly contested contest at Clark-LeClair Stadium in the Keith LeClair Classic on Feb. 22.
