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Liberty closer Ashton Perritt held Charleston Southern scoreless over final 2 2\/3 innings and worked out of a ninth-inning jam to give the Flames a 2-1 win over the Buccaneers on Saturday afternoon at CSU Ballpark. <\/p>\n
Perritt got CSU's Jack Crittenberger to pop out on the infield for the game's final out, stranding the tying run in the Bucs' final at-bat. Starter Victor Cole (W, 3-1) scattered five hits and walked three in 6.1 innings to pick up the win. <\/p>\n
Liberty (21-10, 7-2 Big South) sweeps the weekend series from CSU (12-17, 3-6) with the win. <\/p>\n
Liberty grabbed a 1-0 lead in the second on a solo home run by Becker Sankey, his ninth of the season. <\/p>\n
The Flames scored the game's final run as Andrew Yacyk doubled home Dalton Britt to push the lead to 2-1 in the fourth inning. Yacyk was 2-for-3 with two doubles and a walk. <\/p>\n
CSU's lone run came in the third when Brandon Burris singled home Sly Edwards. Edwards reached on a throwing error by Flames' third baseman Jake Kimble to set up the unearned run. <\/p>\n
Reliever Denis Buckley worked the final 3.1 innings for the Bucs. He walked two and allowed two hits, but held Liberty scoreless. <\/p>\n
Starter Kyle McDorman (L, 1-4) had three strikeouts and gave up two earned runs on five hits in 5.2 innings of work for the Bucs. <\/p>\n
Perritt added a 2-for-5 day at the plate for Liberty. <\/p>\n
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