Liberty Faces Central Michigan in 3-Game Home Series This Weekend
3/6/2025 2:36:00 PM | Baseball
Series Coverage
- Central Michigan at Liberty
- First pitch: Friday at 4 p.m./Saturday at 2 p.m./Sunday at 1 p.m.
- Radio: LFSN Radio
After a five-game road trip, the Liberty Flames return to Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium for a three-game series with the Central Michigan Chippewas this weekend.
Quick Hits
• The Liberty Flames completed a five-game road swing with a 4-1 win at Campbell on Tuesday. The Flames finished the road trip with a 3-2 record and moved their record in midweek contests to 3-0 on the year.
Quick Hits
• The Liberty Flames completed a five-game road swing with a 4-1 win at Campbell on Tuesday. The Flames finished the road trip with a 3-2 record and moved their record in midweek contests to 3-0 on the year.
• This weekend, Liberty returns to Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium for a three-game series against the Central Michigan Chippewas. The two teams have only met once all-time on the diamond. The Chippewas defeated the Flames 3-2 in 12 innings at the 2022 NCAA Gainesville Regional.
• Liberty has opened 2025 with a 4-2 record at home. The Flames have averaged 7.5 runs per game and allowed 4.3 runs per game at home over the six games.
• Bradley LeCroy was named the eighth head coach in Flames' history in July 2024. He is in his third year as a head coach after two years at VCU.
Home Standing
• The Flames have started the season, 4-2 at Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium.
• Liberty is scheduled to play 31 games at Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium, the most home con-tests for the Flames since 2013, the year the facility opened.
• Liberty will play 12 of its next 14 games at home. The Flames will start a nine-game homestand, their longest of 2025, next Friday against Princeton.,
• Last season, the Flames finished the year with a 16-14 record at home.
• Liberty has posted a 236-98 (.707) record at Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium since the facility opened in 2013.
Blair Named CUSA Pitcher of the Week for 1st Weekend of Season
• Sophomore right-hander Ben Blair has been selected the CUSA Pitcher of the Week for the first weekend of the 2025 season.
• Blair, who picked up his first CUSA Pitcher of the Week honor, pitched six shutout innings, combining with relievers Caleb Lingenfelter and Tyler August for a 3-0 blanking of the St. John's Red Storm in game two of a doubleheader at Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium on Feb. 14. The sophomore scattered five hits, striking out 11 and walking two batters. He did not allow a batter past second base during his outing.
• This past weekend, the right-hander allowed one run over a career-high seven innings in Liberty's win at UNCW on Saturday. He struck out six and walked one.
• In three starts, Blair has a 2-0 record with a 1.00 ERA over 18 innings. He has struck out 23 and walked eight. He enters the week second in CUSA in innings pitched and fourth in ERA and fifth in strikeouts.
• The right-hander was selected to the 2025 CUSA Preseason All-Conference team by the conference's head coaches.
Home Standing
• The Flames have started the season, 4-2 at Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium.
• Liberty is scheduled to play 31 games at Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium, the most home con-tests for the Flames since 2013, the year the facility opened.
• Liberty will play 12 of its next 14 games at home. The Flames will start a nine-game homestand, their longest of 2025, next Friday against Princeton.,
• Last season, the Flames finished the year with a 16-14 record at home.
• Liberty has posted a 236-98 (.707) record at Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium since the facility opened in 2013.
Blair Named CUSA Pitcher of the Week for 1st Weekend of Season
• Sophomore right-hander Ben Blair has been selected the CUSA Pitcher of the Week for the first weekend of the 2025 season.
• Blair, who picked up his first CUSA Pitcher of the Week honor, pitched six shutout innings, combining with relievers Caleb Lingenfelter and Tyler August for a 3-0 blanking of the St. John's Red Storm in game two of a doubleheader at Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium on Feb. 14. The sophomore scattered five hits, striking out 11 and walking two batters. He did not allow a batter past second base during his outing.
• This past weekend, the right-hander allowed one run over a career-high seven innings in Liberty's win at UNCW on Saturday. He struck out six and walked one.
• In three starts, Blair has a 2-0 record with a 1.00 ERA over 18 innings. He has struck out 23 and walked eight. He enters the week second in CUSA in innings pitched and fourth in ERA and fifth in strikeouts.
• The right-hander was selected to the 2025 CUSA Preseason All-Conference team by the conference's head coaches.
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