Bryant visits Worthington Field to take on Liberty this weekend

Baseball | Pexels by Alexandro David

By Press release submission

Mar 6, 2023

The Bryant University baseball team will travel to Lynchburg, Virginia, this weekend where they will match up with Liberty for a three-game series.

The series opens Saturday afternoon at 12:00 p.m. as part of a doubleheader. The series concludes on Sunday (1:00 p.m.). All three games of the series will be streamed on ESPN+

Probable Starting Pitchers (Based off last week)

Friday - Coleman Picard (1-0, 1.80) vs. Garrett Horn (1-1, 2.00)Saturday - Ken Turner (0-1, 5.87) vs. Nick Moran (0-0, 0.90)Sunday - TBA (-) vs. Mikey Tepper (0-1, 4.50)

Picard had a stellar last outing leading Bryant to a victory over No. 14 ranked Virginia Tech, striking out 12 batters through 5.0 innings only allowing one run on three hits.
Turner held well through two and a half innings keeping VT off the board, until they hit back-to-back homers in the third, and two more runs in the fourth.

Bryant vs. Liberty

This is the Bulldogs and Flames first meeting since 2017.
Bryant is 2-5 all-time against the Flames. The Bulldogs won 6-2 in 2012 and then won the series finale in 2017.
In 2017, Jimmy Titus homered twice and drove in five runs.

Bulldog Notes and Notables

Picard named America East Pitcher of the Week, Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Week and NCBWA National Pitcher of the Week.
Bryant was swept at High Point on opening weekend. The Bulldogs dropped a 6-2 decision on Opening Day, before falling 7-6 and 10-5 to wrap up the series.
Bryant dropped two of three last weekend at No. 14 Virginia Tech. After winning 7-3 on Friday, Bryant fell 4-1 on Saturday and 15-8 on Sunday.
Jake Gustin is hitting .346 this year, while Jackson Phinney has two home runs and a team-high five RBI.
Bryant is hitting just .200 as a team and is averaging 4.8 runs per game.

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