[BJWilliams]

After losing their second 8 game win streak of the season, the Liberty Flames welcome in state foe VMI for the third home conference weekend in four series. Liberty has back to back sweeps of High Point and Presbyterian and leads the conference overall at 8-1. Liberty has not lost a conference series since May 10-12 of last year when they were swept by Campbell (who has given LU its only loss of the season in the Big South), and they have not lost a conference series at home since April 26-28 2012 when CCU swept the Flames at Worthington Stadium. VMI comes in winners of 7 of their last 8 including a series win over Gardner-Webb last weekend, but VMI has not won a game since 2011, and has not won a series since...well...ever...Liberty has won EVERY series between the two since they joined the Big South.

Pitching matchups:

Friday: Reed Garrett vs. Trey Lambert
Saturday: Connor Bach vs. Carson Herndon
Sunday: Andrew Woods vs. Parker Bean

First pitch Friday is set for 7 PM on Friday

[BJWilliams]

0s on the board for both sides in the bottom of the third with the bases loaded

[BJWilliams]

and just as I say that Becker Sankey rips one to left and plates 2...2-0 Liberty...again with two outs

[BJWilliams]

4-0 Flames through 6

[BJWilliams]

Lambert goes the distance...FlameTrain rolls on 5-0

[krh44]

Good start to the weekend. Lets get one tomorrow. I do like the VMI uniforms they had tonight.

[SuperJon]

Four straight conference shutouts.

[JakeP50]

I do like the VMI uniforms they had tonight.

Looks like they took an old Astros jersey and put their colors and "Keydets" on it. Not a fan. On another note,did anyone notice the guys on the video broadcast filling time talking about the fire pit and hotdogs, had me and my dad cracking up

[Chris Lang]

Game story:

http://www.newsadvance.com/sports/liber ... b2370.html

[BJWilliams]

Four straight conference shutouts.

42 straight scoreless innings going back to the third HPU game (against conference foes).

[Chippy]

Four straight conference shutouts.

42 straight scoreless innings going back to the third HPU game (against conference foes).

Lambert probably has half of those

[BJWilliams]

Interesting note from Lang's piece:

Toman said today’s scheduled starter, Carson Herndon, will be a game-time decision after he was sent home midway through the game with an illness. Parker Bean would start if Herndon can’t go...

If Bean goes tomorrow, probably means Lyons or Fulghum goes Sunday with only one midweek game this upcoming week.

[Chris Lang]

Not necessarily. Herndon could be fine to go Sunday. Could just be a day swap.

[Cider Jim]

Looks like they took an old Astros jersey and put their colors and "Keydets" on it. Not a fan.

My thoughts exactly. I kept thinking, I wonder if Sly is old enough to remember those stomach-striped Houston uniforms?

But on a postive note, Purple will be pleased to know that after 40 years, the LU nachos are now FBS ready! I had an order at the game tonight: the melted cheese was piping hot, and I even got an order of jalapeños on the side for only 50 cents extra.

And a great fireworks show afterwards, even if several students kept saying, "that's my tuition money!"

[SuperJon]

Beej is hell bent on getting Fulgham and Lyons on the weekend.

[BJWilliams]

Hell bent...not quite, just figure if youre gonna make a one time adjustment to the rotation, why not go with one of them...they have pitched well for us (actually everybody has just about). give Herndon time to get better (depending on the illness) and then send the other to the hill midweek and then put Carson back on the hill next weekend at 100%

[Sly Fox]

Plenty of no-nos were hurled in those jerseys by guys with names like Niekro & Ryan. Of course, I was all in witht he Big Red Machine back in those days. It seems like a lifetime ago.

[SumItUp]

I became a fan of the Astros in the late 70's because if those uniforms.

[krh44]

IOn another note,did anyone notice the guys on the video broadcast filling time talking about the fire pit and hotdogs, had me and my dad cracking up

One game early in the year they were trying to show the firepit on TV. The girl doing the TV that day was trying to roast a hot dog and she getting ready to use a straw. My nine year old kept asking me if she was really going to try roasting a hot dog on a straw.

[BJWilliams]

Loved those uniforms on the Astros...on VMI...not so much. would have loved to see the old Astrodome though

[Sly Fox]

It is still standing in decay for the time being.

[jinxy]

Herndon may have just blown his arm out on a breaking ball in the 5th. Hes out

[SuperJon]

I saw right after that but didn't have the audio on. That's what I was afraid of.

[BJWilliams]

Definitely a big blow with how good he has been pitching of late

[jinxy]

Yah its a huge advantage having 5 legit starters. Hope hes alright if not we will need to get stafford stretched out quickly