Liberty Hosts Gardner-Webb for Three-Game Big South Series, this Weekend
4/23/2015 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
GARDNER-WEBB AT LIBERTY
April 24-26
Liberty Baseball Stadium
Lynchburg, Va.
LFSN Television/ESPN3 (Fri.-Sun.): LFSN/ESPN3
LFSN Radio Coverage:
WIQO 100.9 FM (Friday & Sunday)
93.3FM/1320AM WVGM (Saturday)
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Quick Hits
1. Liberty enters the weekend with a 25-16 overall record and a 11-4 mark in Big South
Conference play.
2.Currently, the Flames are tied with Coastal Carolina for second place in the Big South standings, one game behind Radford .
3. Liberty had a RPI of 46 in the latest NCAA report through games of April 22.
4. Wednesday, Liberty fell at No. 19 Virginia, 5-2, in its latest outing.
5. Last weekend, Liberty went 2-1 in a three-game series at Longwood. The Flames won the first game on Friday night, before splitting a doubleheader with the Lancers on Saturday.
6. Liberty has posted a 15-6 record at Liberty Baseball Stadium this season. Friday's contest is the first of a six-game homestand for the Flames.
Player Notes
• C Becker Sankey hit a three-run home run, last Friday and a two-run home run in game one of a doubleheader, Saturday at Longwood. Sankey now leads the Big South and is 16th nationally in home runs.
• Sankey is second in slugging percentage and fourth in total bases in the conference.
• DH Andrew Yacyk had two hits, a triple and a run scored at Virginia, Wednesday. Yacyk has hit .450 over the past five games to raise his average to .302 entering the weekend.
• Yacyk collected three hits, a double, a RBI and two runs scored in the Flames' win over Campbell, April 12. He has four three-hit games and is second on the Flames behind 1B Alex Close with 14 multi-hit games.
• 1B Alex Close hit his third home run of the season in Liberty's win over Campbell on April 12. The senior currently ranks fifth all-time with 29 career home runs.
• As a pitcher, Close recorded his fourth save of the year, last Friday at Longwood.
• Close is among the Big South Conference leaders in hits, runs scored, RBI, doubles, total bases and on base percentage.
• SS Dalton Britt posted his fourth three-hit game of the year in game one of a doubleheader at Longwood, Saturday. Britt also drove in two runs and scored two runs in the contest.
• LHP Victor Cole pitched into the eighth inning for the second straight outing, last Friday at Longwood. Cole recorded his fourth straight win in as many starts.
• Currently, Cole is third in ERA (2.11), sixth in innings pitched (64.0) and second in opponent batting (.204) in the Big South Conference.
• LHP Jared Lyons pitched gave up three runs over seven innings at Longwood to run his record to 6-1, Saturday.
• Lyons has posted a 1.49 ERA over his last 48 innings, spanning seven appearances.
• Lyons leads the Big South in ERA (1.64) and opponent batting average (.198). He ranks fourth in innings pitched (66.0) and eighth in strikeouts (62).
• LHP Shawn Clowers is tied for third in the nation in wins with an 8-3 record. The senior also tied with RHP Caleb Evans for the team lead with 14 appearances.
• LHP Zach Clinton pitched a career-high 4 1/3 innings of relief at Virginia, Wednesday. The freshman has made 13 appearances.
• 2B Clay Keranen collected a career-high three RBI with two hits vs Maryland, April 22.
• Keranen posted the first three-hit game of his career, scoring twice in Liberty's victory over Campbell on April 12.
• OF/RHP Ashton Perritt posted back-to-back three-hit games in Liberty wins over Campbell, April 11 and April 12.
