Liberty to Host Duke Tuesday
5/12/2025 4:57:00 PM | Baseball
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Quick Hits
• The Liberty Flames return to Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium to host the No. 20 Duke Blue Devils in the final midweek game of the regular season on Tuesday. The two teams met earlier this season in Durham, N.C. with the Flames downing the Blue Devils 12-4 on Feb. 28.
• Tuesday's game begins a four-game homestand for the Flames to complete the regular season. Liberty is 19-9 at Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium this season.
• Liberty enters the week off a CUSA series win at FIU. The Flames won Friday and Sunday's games to capture the road series.
• 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
• Liberty has posted a 19-9 mark at Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium this season.
• The Flames have five regular-season home games remaining. Liberty will host the 2025 CUSA Baseball Championship, May 21-25, at Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium.
• Liberty is scheduled to play 31 games at Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium, the most home contests for the Flames since 2013, the year the facility opened.
• Last season, the Flames finished the year with a 16-14 record at home.Â
• Liberty has posted a 251-105 (.705) record at Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium since the facility opened in 2013.
Among National Leaders in Fielding
• Liberty enters the week among the national leaders in fielding percentage. The Flames lead Conference USA and are third nationally with a 0.983 fielding percentage.Â
• Liberty has committed 31 errors this season and did not commit an error in 31 games (61% of its games this season).
• The Flames have made only one error in its last nine games (one error in 303 chances -.997 fielding percentage).
• The program record for fielding percentage in season is .984 set by the 2021 Flames. Liberty led the nation in fielding percentage that season.
Barone Gets Rolling
• Flames' left fielder Nick Barone has hit a team-leading .367 with at least one hit in 10 of the last 12 games. He has collected 12 RBI and scored 10.
• Barone has 18 hits, seven for extra bases, to post a team-leading .653 slugging percentage during the span. Three of his extra base hit have been home runs with two coming this past weekend. Friday, his ninth home run of the season broke a 2-2 tie in the eighth inning in a 4-2 win at FIU. Sunday, his two-run home run, his 10th of the year, extended Liberty's lead to 3-0 in its win at FIU.
• Barone leads Liberty and is tied for seventh in Conference USA with 49 RBI.Â
• With 10 home runs, he is tied with teammate Camden Troyer for ninth in CUSA.
• He is one of two Flames (Jaxon Sorenson the other) with a pair of two home-run games this season (at Duke 2/26; vs. Central Michigan 3/9).
• For the season, Barone is hitting .295 with 40 runs scored and leads Liberty with a .542 slugging percentage.Â
- No. 20 Duke at Liberty (Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium)
- First pitch: Tuesday at 6 p.m.
- TV:Â ESPN+Â
- Radio:Â LFSN Radio
Quick Hits
• The Liberty Flames return to Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium to host the No. 20 Duke Blue Devils in the final midweek game of the regular season on Tuesday. The two teams met earlier this season in Durham, N.C. with the Flames downing the Blue Devils 12-4 on Feb. 28.
• Tuesday's game begins a four-game homestand for the Flames to complete the regular season. Liberty is 19-9 at Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium this season.
• Liberty enters the week off a CUSA series win at FIU. The Flames won Friday and Sunday's games to capture the road series.
• 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
• Liberty has posted a 19-9 mark at Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium this season.
• The Flames have five regular-season home games remaining. Liberty will host the 2025 CUSA Baseball Championship, May 21-25, at Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium.
• Liberty is scheduled to play 31 games at Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium, the most home contests for the Flames since 2013, the year the facility opened.
• Last season, the Flames finished the year with a 16-14 record at home.Â
• Liberty has posted a 251-105 (.705) record at Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium since the facility opened in 2013.
Among National Leaders in Fielding
• Liberty enters the week among the national leaders in fielding percentage. The Flames lead Conference USA and are third nationally with a 0.983 fielding percentage.Â
• Liberty has committed 31 errors this season and did not commit an error in 31 games (61% of its games this season).
• The Flames have made only one error in its last nine games (one error in 303 chances -.997 fielding percentage).
• The program record for fielding percentage in season is .984 set by the 2021 Flames. Liberty led the nation in fielding percentage that season.
Barone Gets Rolling
• Flames' left fielder Nick Barone has hit a team-leading .367 with at least one hit in 10 of the last 12 games. He has collected 12 RBI and scored 10.
• Barone has 18 hits, seven for extra bases, to post a team-leading .653 slugging percentage during the span. Three of his extra base hit have been home runs with two coming this past weekend. Friday, his ninth home run of the season broke a 2-2 tie in the eighth inning in a 4-2 win at FIU. Sunday, his two-run home run, his 10th of the year, extended Liberty's lead to 3-0 in its win at FIU.
• Barone leads Liberty and is tied for seventh in Conference USA with 49 RBI.Â
• With 10 home runs, he is tied with teammate Camden Troyer for ninth in CUSA.
• He is one of two Flames (Jaxon Sorenson the other) with a pair of two home-run games this season (at Duke 2/26; vs. Central Michigan 3/9).
• For the season, Barone is hitting .295 with 40 runs scored and leads Liberty with a .542 slugging percentage.Â
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