No. 15 Liberty to Host Wake Forest, Tuesday

WAKE FOREST AT No. 15 LIBERTY
March 22
Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium

Tuesday - 4 p.m.

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Quick Hits

• The No. 15 Liberty Flames return home to Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium for a contest against the Wake Forest Demon Deacons, Tuesday. The Flames, 14-4, has posted a 9-1 record at home, this season.

•Liberty returns home after completing a four-game road swing with a 2-2 record. The Flames won the final two games of a three-game series at North Florida to open ASUN Conference play, this past weekend.

• Liberty and Wake Forest will be meeting for the first of two games scheduled between the teams this season. The two will play later in Winston-Salem, N.C. in May. Since 2018, Liberty holds a 3-2 edge in the series.

• Liberty Head Coach Scott Jackson is in his sixth season. He has led the Flames to a 172-96 record and NCAA Regional appearances in 2019 and 2021 during his tenure.

Home Sweet Home

• Liberty finished its last homestand, March 4-13, with a 5-1 record and enters Tuesday's contest with a 9-1 mark at Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium this season.

• Liberty has posted a 190-65 (.745) all-time since the facility opened in 2013 and is 68-10 (.872) since 2019.

• The Flames have won 35 out of their last 38 games at Liberty Baseball Stadium.

• Last year, the Flames finished the year with a 24-2 (.923) record at Liberty Baseball Stadium. The mark is the best home mark for the Flames in program history, topping the 16-2-1 (.868) set in 1979 at Worthington Stadium.

• The Flames' 2021 record surpassed the facility-best 25-5 (.833) record posted at the stadium in 2019.

• The Flames won their first 14 home games of the season and won 16 straight home games, dating back to 2020, before losing for the first time at home in 2021. The 16-game streak was the fourth longest in the nation at the time.

Flames Pitching Among National Leaders

• Liberty enters the week 10th in the country with a 2.83 ERA. The Flames also lead the ASUN in the category.

• The Flames also are 10th in the nation with a 3.88 strikeout per walk ratio and 17th in 1.18 WHIP.

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