Liberty Welcomes FGCU to Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium for Weekend ASUN Series

FGCU AT LIBERTY

April 8-10

Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium

Friday – 6 p.m.

Saturday - 4 p.m.

Sunday - 11 a.m.

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Quick Hits

• Liberty return home for a three-game ASUN series against the FGCU Eagles, this weekend. The two teams have never met in Lynchburg. FGCU won two of the three games between the teams in their only previous meeting in Fort Myers, Fla. in 2019.

• The Flames have posted a 10-4 mark at Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium in 2022. The Flames have won 36 out of their last 42 games at Liberty Baseball Stadium.

• Liberty Head Coach Scott Jackson is in his sixth season. He has led the Flames to a 175-103 record and NCAA Regional appearances in 2019 and 2021 during his tenure.

Around the Diamond

• C In two of the four games since missing four games due to injury, catcher Gray Betts has posted multi-hit games. He was the only Flame with two hits at Virginia on Wednesday evening. He is second on the Flames with nine multi-hit games.
• 1B Logan Mathieu led the Flames with a .417 batting average (5-for-12), last weekend at Jacksonville. He had two doubles in the three-game series, scoring a run and driving in a run.
• 2B Of Cameron Foster's 12 hits in the last 10 games, six are doubles. The freshman is tied for second on the team with Stephen Hill with eight doubles on the year.
• SS Jake Lazzaro posted the first three-hit game of his Liberty career on March 22 against Wake Forest.
• 3B Stephen Hill leads the Flames and is fifth in the ASUN in walks with 22. The third baseman is also second on the Flames with 28 hits and a .403 on base percentage.
• LF Three Hillier has reached base safely in 11 consecutive games, a season-high for the outfielder.
• CF Derek Orndorff hit his 12th home run of the season on Wednesday at Virginia. The outfielder leads the ASUN in home runs and slugging percentage (.800). He also leads the Flames and is third in the conference in stolen bases with 12.
• RF Aaron Anderson leads the Flames with 31 hits and11 multi-hit games. He reached base safely in 21 consecutive games from Feb. 18 through March 27, the longest such streak by a Flame, this season.
• DH Brady Gulakowski leads the Flames in RBI with 27 and doubles with 10.
• SP Garrett Horn will make his third start of the season, Friday. The freshman left-hander has posted a 1-1 mark with a 1.23 ERA over 7 1/3 innings. He has struck out 12 and walked three.
• SP Joe Adametz III enters weekend second in the ASUN with a 2.16 ERA. The left-hander also leads the Flames with 33 1/3 innings pitched.
• RP The Liberty bullpen has posted an 8-3 record with a 3.67 ERA over 127 2/3, this season. Flames relievers have allowed 14 of the 45 baserunners they have inherited to score (31%).