Liberty University
26-27, 16-13
Bellarmine
12-42, 7-22
Liberty Rolls Past Bellarmine 12-2
5/19/2023 8:41:00 PM | Baseball
The Liberty Flames eased by the Bellarmine Knights 12-2 in eight innings, Friday afternoon at Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium.
Shortstop Cam Foster and second baseman Gray Betts each had three hits apiece in the contest. Foster belted his team-leading 11th home run and drove in three runs in the contest. Meanwhile, Betts scored three times and knocked in a run for the Flames.
Liberty first baseman Brayden Horton also homered in the contest, his sixth of the year. In the contest, he reached base four times, two hits and two walks, and scored three times.
Right fielder Camden Troyer joined Horton with two hits and drove in a game-high four runs.
With the win, the Flames take the ASUN series and extend their winning streak to four in a row. Liberty ups its ASUN record to 16-13 and improves its overall record to 26-27. Bellarmine falls to 7-22 in conference play and 12-42 overall.
Box Score Highlights
Records: Bellarmine (12-42, 7-22 ASUN); Liberty (26-27, 16-13 ASUN)
Location: Lynchburg, Va. (Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium)
WP: Trey Carter (2-1) | LP: Drew Buhr (5-8)
Scoring Summary
1st INNING – LIBERTY – Horton homers, 1-0
1st INNING – LIBERTY – Hillier doubles, Betts scores, 2-0
3rd INNING – BELL – Smith hit by pitch, Byerly scores, 2-1
3rd INNING – LIBERTY – Aubel singles, Scales scores, 2-2
3rd INNING – LIBERTY – Foster homers, Horton scores, 4-2
5th INNING – LIBERTY – Troyer singles, Betts and Horton score, 6-2
5th INNING – LIBERTY – Keeter doubles, Troyer and Hillier score, 8-2
8th INNING – LIBERTY – Betts singles, Simmons scores, 9-2
8th INNING – LIBERTY – Foster singles, Kepley scores, 10-2
8th INNING – LIBERTY – Troyer doubles, Foster and Betts score, 12-2
 Notable Numbers
- Liberty pounded out 16 hits in the contest. Bellarmine had six. Neither team committed an error.
- The Flames left eight men on base. The Knights left nine.
- Kane Kepley and Nathan Keeter also had two hits each as six Flames had two or more hits in the game.
- Reliever Trey Carter records the win. Carter took over in the third inning with the bases load and went on to pitch 3 1/3 scoreless innings. He gave up four hits, striking out four and not walking a batter.
- Nick Willard did not allow a run over the last two innings for Liberty. He gave up one hit and struck out a batter.
- Bellarmine starting pitcher Drew Buhr takes the loss. Buhr was roughed up for eight runs on nine hits over 4 2/3 innings. He struck out two and walked two.
- Second baseman Peyton Back had two hits for the Knights.Â
Beyond the Box Score
- Liberty moves to 15-9 at home. The Flames have won all five of their ASUN home series this season.
- Foster collected his fourth three-hit and his 12th multi-hit game of the season. His 11 home runs are a career-high for the sophomore.
- Betts recorded his third three-hit and his 13th multi-hit game of the season. Scoring three runs in the contest, the senior moves into third place on Liberty's all-time runs scored list with 172 runs scored. He is seven shy of tying Pat Sipe (1983-89) as the program's career runs leader with 179.
- Troyer collected his 16th multi-hit game of the season and records his second game of the season with four or more RBI.
- Horton extends his hitting streak to 10 and his reached base safely streak to 20 in the contest. The freshman has 14 multi-hit games on the season.
- Kepley has reached base safely in 13 consecutive contests and records his 11th multi-hit game.
- Keeter collected his third multi-hit game of 2023.
Next Up
Liberty and Bellarmine finish the 2023 regular season tomorrow. Game time at Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium is scheduled for 1 p.m.
Featured in the Main Photo: Cam Foster
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Carter, Trey (2-1)
L: Drew Buhr (5-8)
Batting:
2B: Charlie Rife 1
RBI: Ashton Smith 1 ; Will Aubel 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Dylan Byerly 1 ; Luke Scales 1
CS: Peyton Back 1
HBP: Ashton Smith 1
Batting:
2B: Hillier, Three 1 ; Troyer, Camden 1 ; Keeter, Nathan 1
HR: Horton, Brayden 1 ; Foster, Cam 1
RBI: Horton, Brayden 1 ; Betts, Gray 1 ; Foster, Cam 3 ; Hillier, Three 1 ; Troyer, Camden 4 ; Keeter, Nathan 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Kepley, Kane 1 ; Horton, Brayden 3 ; Betts, Gray 3 ; Foster, Cam 2 ; Hillier, Three 1 ; Troyer, Camden 1 ; Simmons, John 1
SB: Kepley, Kane 1 ; Keeter, Nathan 1
HBP: Hillier, Three 1 ; Hudson, Todd 1
