Liberty Romps by FGCU 8-2 to Complete Series Sweep

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The Liberty Flames plated four runs in the first inning and never looked back, cruising past the FGCU Eagles 8-2 to sweep the three-game ASUN series between the two teams, Sunday at Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium.

Catcher Gray Betts had a game-high three hits, including two doubles, scored twice and knocked in a run for the Flames. Shortstop Stephen Hill added two hits including his fourth home run of the season and drove in three runs for Liberty.

Left-hander Joe Adametz moves to 3-2 on the year with his longest outing of 2022. Adametz allowed one run on six hits over seven innings. He struck out seven and walked three.

With the sweep, Liberty moves to 20-10 overall and improves its ASUN record to 7-5. FGCU falls to 20-12 overall and 7-5 in ASUN play.

Box Score Highlights

Records: FGCU (20-12, 7-5 ASUN; Liberty (20-10, 7-5 ASUN)

Location: Lynchburg, Va. (Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium)

WP: Joe Adametz III (3-2) | LP: Tyler Tipton (2-2)

Scoring Summary

1^st INNING – LIBERTY – Orndorff singles, Betts scores, 1-0

1^st INNING – LIBERTY - Gulakowski doubles, Orndorff scores, 2-0

1^st INNING – LIBERTY - Hill singles, Gulakowski and Hillier score, 4-0

2^nd INNING – FGCU - Sartori singles, A. Rodriguez scores, 4-1

3^rd INNING – LIBERTY - Foster flies out, Hill scores, 5-1

4^th INNING – Orndorff singles, Betts scores, 6-1

7^th INNING – Hill homers, 7-1

7^th INNING – Betts doubles, Foster scores, 8-1

9^th INNING – FGCU – Ellis singles, Satori scores, 8-2

Notable Numbers

- Liberty outhit FGCU, 11-6. FGCU committed two errors in the contest.

- The Flames left nine men on base. The Eagles left 11 men on base.

- Liberty center fielder Derek Orndorff and Logan Mathieu joined Hill with two hits each in the game. Orndorff had two RBI.

- The Flames had a season-high six doubles in the contest. Betts and Mathieu each had two doubles in the game.

- FGCU used five pitchers in the contest. Starter Tyler Tipton takes the loss as he was roughed up for four runs on four hits in just 1/3 of an inning. He did not strike out a batter and walked one.

Beyond the Box Score

- Liberty’s sweep of the three-game series is it's first in ASUN Conference play, this season.

- The Flames move to 13-4 at Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium in 2022.

- Liberty had a season-high six doubles in the contest. It is the second time this weekend that the Flames collected season-high doubles in a game. In Friday night’s win, Liberty had five doubles to set a then-season high.

- Adametz ties his career-high with seven innings pitched in the contest. The junior left-hander also pitched seven innings in wins over Kent State on March 8, 2020 and North Carolina A&T on April 20, 2019.

- Betts records his second three-hit and his 10^th multi-hit game of the season. Liberty’s leadoff hitter has at least one hit in six consecutive games.

- Hill posts his eighth game with two or more RBI and his ninth multi-hit game.

- Orndorff had two or more hits in each game of the three-game series, this weekend. The outfielder hit .538 (7-for-13) with six RBI and four runs scored.

- With two doubles in the contest, Mathieu records his second multi-hit game of the weekend and his fifth of the season.\

Up Next

Liberty hosts the Virginia Tech Hokies, Tuesday evening at Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium. Game time is scheduled for 6 p.m.