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Liberty Completes Sweep with 10-5 Win over Quinnipiac
2/18/2024 6:20:00 PM | Baseball
LYNCHBURG, VA. – Trailing by one, the Liberty Flames struck six runs in the seventh inning to dump the Quinnipiac Bobcats 10-5 and complete the sweep of their three-game series, Sunday afternoon at Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium.
In the contest, the visiting Bobcats pushed across an unearned run in the top of the seventh to take a 5-4 lead, only to see the Flames take advantage of an error and bat around in the bottom of the inning, plating six runs to take the lead.
Liberty center fielder Kane Kepley went 4-for-5 with a walk and scored twice in the contest, while catcher Macaddin Dye had two hits, including his first collegiate home run, and drove in three runs. In addition, left-fielder Noah Rabon drove in three runs and gave the Flames the lead with a two-out, two-run double in the seventh inning.
 Reliever Dylan Mathiesen picks up his first win in a Liberty uniform, holding the Quinnipiac scoreless over the final 2 2/3 innings.
With the sweep, Liberty ups its record to 3-0 on the year. Quinnipiac drops to 0-3.
Box Score Highlights
Records: Quinnipiac (0-3); Liberty (3-0)
Location: Lynchburg, Va. (Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium)
WP: Dylan Mathiesen (1-0) | LP: Raymond McNaught (0-1)
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Scoring Summary
1st – LIBERTY – Rabon grounds out, Kepley scores, 1-0
2nd – LIBERTY – Dye singles, McClellin scores, 2-0
3rd – QUI – Wright flies out, DeRosa scores, 2-1
4th – QUI – Grabowski homers, Swenson and Willis score, 4-2
4th – LIBERTY – Dye homers, Hudson scores, 4-4
7th – QUI – O'Connor singles, Wright scores, 5-4
7th – LIBERTY – Sweatt singles, Hudson scores, 5-5
7th – LIBERTY – Rabon doubles, Kepley and Keeter score, 7-5
7th – LIBERTY – Troyer doubles, Rabon and Sweatt score, 9-5
7th – LIBERTY – Hudson singles, Troyer scores, 10-5
Notable Numbers
- Liberty outhit Quinnipiac, 11-5. Each team committed two errors in the game.
- Liberty left 15 men on base. Quinnipiac left eight.
- Flames second baseman Aidan Sweatt had two hits, including legging out an infield single with two outs and the bases loaded to tie the game at 5-5 in the seventh.
- Liberty freshman right-hander Bryce Dolby allowed four runs on four hits over four innings in his first collegiate start.
- Flames reliever Trey Cooper pitched two scoreless innings, striking out five and walking two.
- Quinnipiac reliever Raymond McNaught takes the loss. The left-hander allowed five runs, all unearned on two hits, over 2/3 inning.
- No Bobcat had more than one hit in the contest.
- Quinnipiac shortstop Kyle Grabowski hit a three-run home run in the fourth inning.
Beyond the Box Score
- Liberty sweeps an opening season series for the first time since sweeping VCU at Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium to begin the 2018 season.
- The Flames series sweep was their first since taking all three games of a series against North Florida at Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium, April 22-24.
- Sweatt had two or more hits in each game of the series this weekend, hitting .636 (7-for-11).
- With four hits in the contest, Kepley recorded his second multi-hit game of the season. The Liberty leadoff hitter had seven hits and walked five times during the three-game series to post a .706 on base percentage.
-Â After driving in six RBI yesterday, Rabon knocked in three more runs today to lead the Flames with nine RBI.
- Five Flames – Kepley, Sweatt, Rabon, Troyer and Dye – had at least one hit in each of the three games in the series.
- Cooper tied a career-high with five strikeouts in the contest. The left-hander previously struck out five in a 12-2 victory over Bellarmine on May 19, 2023 at Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium.
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Up Next
Liberty takes to the road for the first time in 2024 when the Flames travel to Durham, N.C. for a game against the No. 12 Duke Blue Devils on Wednesday. Game time at Jack Coombs Field is scheduled for 4 p.m.
In the contest, the visiting Bobcats pushed across an unearned run in the top of the seventh to take a 5-4 lead, only to see the Flames take advantage of an error and bat around in the bottom of the inning, plating six runs to take the lead.
Liberty center fielder Kane Kepley went 4-for-5 with a walk and scored twice in the contest, while catcher Macaddin Dye had two hits, including his first collegiate home run, and drove in three runs. In addition, left-fielder Noah Rabon drove in three runs and gave the Flames the lead with a two-out, two-run double in the seventh inning.
 Reliever Dylan Mathiesen picks up his first win in a Liberty uniform, holding the Quinnipiac scoreless over the final 2 2/3 innings.
With the sweep, Liberty ups its record to 3-0 on the year. Quinnipiac drops to 0-3.
Box Score Highlights
Records: Quinnipiac (0-3); Liberty (3-0)
Location: Lynchburg, Va. (Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium)
WP: Dylan Mathiesen (1-0) | LP: Raymond McNaught (0-1)
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Scoring Summary
1st – LIBERTY – Rabon grounds out, Kepley scores, 1-0
2nd – LIBERTY – Dye singles, McClellin scores, 2-0
3rd – QUI – Wright flies out, DeRosa scores, 2-1
4th – QUI – Grabowski homers, Swenson and Willis score, 4-2
4th – LIBERTY – Dye homers, Hudson scores, 4-4
7th – QUI – O'Connor singles, Wright scores, 5-4
7th – LIBERTY – Sweatt singles, Hudson scores, 5-5
7th – LIBERTY – Rabon doubles, Kepley and Keeter score, 7-5
7th – LIBERTY – Troyer doubles, Rabon and Sweatt score, 9-5
7th – LIBERTY – Hudson singles, Troyer scores, 10-5
Notable Numbers
- Liberty outhit Quinnipiac, 11-5. Each team committed two errors in the game.
- Liberty left 15 men on base. Quinnipiac left eight.
- Flames second baseman Aidan Sweatt had two hits, including legging out an infield single with two outs and the bases loaded to tie the game at 5-5 in the seventh.
- Liberty freshman right-hander Bryce Dolby allowed four runs on four hits over four innings in his first collegiate start.
- Flames reliever Trey Cooper pitched two scoreless innings, striking out five and walking two.
- Quinnipiac reliever Raymond McNaught takes the loss. The left-hander allowed five runs, all unearned on two hits, over 2/3 inning.
- No Bobcat had more than one hit in the contest.
- Quinnipiac shortstop Kyle Grabowski hit a three-run home run in the fourth inning.
Beyond the Box Score
- Liberty sweeps an opening season series for the first time since sweeping VCU at Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium to begin the 2018 season.
- The Flames series sweep was their first since taking all three games of a series against North Florida at Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium, April 22-24.
- Sweatt had two or more hits in each game of the series this weekend, hitting .636 (7-for-11).
- With four hits in the contest, Kepley recorded his second multi-hit game of the season. The Liberty leadoff hitter had seven hits and walked five times during the three-game series to post a .706 on base percentage.
-Â After driving in six RBI yesterday, Rabon knocked in three more runs today to lead the Flames with nine RBI.
- Five Flames – Kepley, Sweatt, Rabon, Troyer and Dye – had at least one hit in each of the three games in the series.
- Cooper tied a career-high with five strikeouts in the contest. The left-hander previously struck out five in a 12-2 victory over Bellarmine on May 19, 2023 at Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium.
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Up Next
Liberty takes to the road for the first time in 2024 when the Flames travel to Durham, N.C. for a game against the No. 12 Duke Blue Devils on Wednesday. Game time at Jack Coombs Field is scheduled for 4 p.m.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Mathiesen, Dylan (1-0)
L: MCNAUGHT, R (0-1)
Batting:
2B: DEROSA, M 1
HR: GARBOWSKI, K 1
RBI: WRIGHT, G 1 ; O'CONNOR, K 1 ; GARBOWSKI, K 3
SH: CHARD, S 1
SF: WRIGHT, G 1
Base Running:
RUNS: WRIGHT, G 1 ; WILLIS, C 1 ; SWENSON, S 1 ; GARBOWSKI, K 1 ; DEROSA, M 1
SB: WRIGHT, G 1
CS: SEABURG, B 1
HBP: SEABURG, B 1 ; WILLIS, C 1
Batting:
2B: Kepley, Kane 1 ; Sweatt, Aidan 1 ; Rabon, Noah 1 ; Troyer, Camden 1
HR: Dye, Macaddin 1
RBI: Sweatt, Aidan 1 ; Rabon, Noah 3 ; Troyer, Camden 2 ; Hudson, Todd 1 ; Dye, Macaddin 3
Base Running:
RUNS: Kepley, Kane 2 ; Sweatt, Aidan 1 ; Rabon, Noah 1 ; Troyer, Camden 1 ; Hudson, Todd 2 ; McClellin, Brian 1 ; Dye, Macaddin 1 ; Keeter, Nathan 1
SB: Kepley, Kane 1 ; Rabon, Noah 1
HBP: Rabon, Noah 1 ; Troyer, Camden 1 ; Hudson, Todd 1 ; Dye, Macaddin 1
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