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Liberty Wins with Walk-off Home Run.

Liberty Catcher Trey Wimmer 

With hopes running low, Liberty wins in the bottom of the ninth inning after a walk-off home run. The game was not looking good as the Liberty Flames were down by three runs in the ninth inning. The game was held at the new Liberty baseball stadium against the South Carolina Gamecocks Sunday afternoon. After beating South Carolina for the third consecutive time over the weekend, the 2013 Liberty Flames are now in the record book for most consecutive wins.

With this victory, Liberty is now at a record high 25 game win streak. The previous record of 24 games won was held by the 1990 team.

South Carolina was ranked fifth in the nation before playing Liberty. Over the past eight seasons South Carolina has never lost a weekend series to the Flames.

Liberty moves up to 30-2 for the season while South Carolina goes down to 27-5. The Flames have a close lead for first in the Big South Conference.

North Division	W	L
Liberty	30	2
Cambell	29	3
Radford	25	7
Longwood	23	7
VMI	20	12
High Point	15	18

After seven perfect innings by freshman pitcher Andrew Mauldin the Gamecocks got their bats started in the eighth inning. Five hits were given up between Nick Grant and Patrick Bankemper, ending up with two runs scored. In the top of the ninth, South Carolinas’ right fielder hit a solo home run making the score 3-0.

With two consecutive strike-outs for Liberty in the bottom of the ninth inning, things were not looking good for the Flames. The team was not going down without a fight though, as leadoff batter Nick Paxton was hit by a pitch. Next up was outfielder Ryan Cordell who lined a single to right moving Paxton to third base. A walk by second baseman Brian Aanderud would load up the bases. Up to the plate came the heavy hitter Trey Wimmer who had been hot the whole weekend. Wimmer fouled off two pitches making a 0-2 count. The Liberty senior crushed the third pitch over the left field fence to win the game 4-3. As Flames fans cheered in the new stadium, Wimmer’s teammates met him at home plate to surround him in triumph.

With a big win under their belt, the Liberty Flames are confident that they can compete with any team. Liberty is known for their power hitting, solid defense and, although inexperienced, a deep bullpen of pitchers.

Liberty will be traveling on the road next weekend to face Georgia. GameTracker will be available for fans who are watching online .