Liberty Squares Off with High Point in 3-Game Big South Series, this Weekend
4/19/2018 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
LIBERTY AT HIGH POINT
April 20-22
Coy O. Willard Stadium
High Point, N.C.
Friday - 6 p.m.
Saturday - 1 p.m.
Sunday - 1 p.m.
COMPLETE BASEBALL NOTES
Big South Network: Friday-Sunday
LFSN Radio Coverage: 93.3FM ESPN Radio
Live Stats: Friday-Sunday
Quick Hits
• Despite a setback at Virginia on Wednesday, Liberty has won eight of their last 10 games. The Flames have posted a 7-2 mark in April.
• Last season, Liberty and High Point opened their Big South schedule with a three-game series at Liberty Baseball Stadium, March 17-19. Liberty won the opening and final games to claim the series, 2-1. The Flames lead the all-time series between the two schools, 50-31.
• Liberty is 7-9 on the road, this season. The Flames have won seven of their last 12 road games.
• Liberty's Tre Todd was named the Big South Player of the Week and Mason Hand the Big South Relief Pitcher of the Week on Monday.
• The Flames are in their second season under Head Coach Scott Jackson. He has led Liberty to a 54-36 record during his two seasons.
Todd, Artis Among National Leaders
Tre Todd starts the weekend as the national leader in bases on balls with 43. Todd drawn 1.23 base on balls per game also tops in the nation. The Deptford, N.J. native also is 12th nationally with a .518 on base percentage.
The Big South leader in on base percentage, Todd enters the week among the Big South Conference leaders in batting average (sixth), RBI (second), triples (tied second), home runs (tied fourth), slugging percentage (second) and total bases (ninth).
Meanwhile, D.J. Artis, who led the nation in walks in 2017, is fourth in the nation and second in the Big South with 38 bases on balls. The outfielder leads the Big South with 41 runs scored and is 20th nationally in the category. He is also second in the conference and 24th nationally in stolen bases.
Artis is also among the conference leaders in on base percentage (fourth), doubles (ninth) and triples (tied second).
Price Paces Big South
Sophomore right-hander Garret Price enters the week as the Big South leader in ERA and opponent batting average. The right-hander tops the conference with a 2.08 ERA and has held opponents to a .184 batting average.
After making 14 relief appearances, Price became Liberty's Friday starter on April 6 at Campbell and carried a no-hitter into the seventh inning of a 9-1 victory. In two starts, the right-hander has allowed one run over 14 innings.
Price has posted a 5-2 record, tying for second in the conference in wins. He has struck out 55, which stands third in the conference.
Around the Diamond
- 1B Dylan Allen has reached base 26 straight games. He posted his sixth multi-RBI game of the year at Virginia, Wednesday.
- 2B Trey McDyre continues to swing a hot bat. The sophomore has hit .312 over his last 21 games.
- 3B For the second time in five days, Tyler Galazin posted a three-hit game on Wednesday. Galazin's first three-hit game at Liberty came in last Friday's 4-0 win over Charleston Southern. The junior also had a four-hit game at Gardner-Webb on March 17.
- SS Cam Locklear had two hits and drove in two runs in the Flames' 4-0 win over Charleston Southern, this past Friday. It was the shortstop's eighth game with two or more hits and his seventh with two or more RBI.
- CF D.J. Artis has reached base safely in every game this season. He has hit .325 batting average over the last 20 games. He hit his third home run of the year in Liberty's game 2 win over Charleston Southern on Saturday.
- DH Logan Mathieu has hit .347 since taking over the designated hitter duties in a 4-3 win at Virginia Tech on March 27. In addition, he has driven in a team-high 13 runs during the span of 13 games.
- P After a team-leading 14 appearances out of the Liberty bullpen, RHP Garret Price has won his first two starts of the year. Price pitched 6 2/3 scoreless innings in 4-0 victory over Charleston Southern, this past Friday.
- RP Relief pitcher Jackson Bertsch recorded his second save of the season, this past Friday. The right-hander struck out six of the eight batters he faced over 2 1/3 innings to close out the 4-0 victory.
