At the blog, we realize interest is rising in Liberty baseball. So we’ll make quick previews a standing feature during the season. The Flames travel to Wilmington, N.C., this weekend for the Hughes Brothers Challenge. A quick look at the games:

FRIDAY’S GAME
The teams
Liberty (3-0) vs. Morehead State (2-3), 12:30 p.m.
Probable Liberty starter
LHP Shawn Teufel (1-0, 2.25 ERA)
Probable Morehead State starter
RHP Michael Bottoms (1-0, 6.00).
Top Liberty hitters
3B Tyler Bream (.700, 1 HR, 5 RBIs); RF Michael Robertson (.417, 6 RBIs); CF Curran Redal (.250, 3 SB).
Top Morehead State hitters
OF Cameron Flynn (.429, 2 HR, 3 RBIs); C/3B Taylor Davis (.389, 3 RBIs); OF J.D. Ashbrook (.389, 6 runs).
Scouting the Eagles
Morehead State split four games with Mercer last weekend in Macon, Ga., and lost a midweek game at Louisville this week. ... The Eagles are 2-for-8 in stolen-base attempts. ... This is only Liberty’s second Ohio Valley Conference opponent. The Flames are 1-1 against Eastern Kentucky. ... Morehead State returns every starter from a team that finished third in the OVC last year. ... SS Drew Lee was voted a preseason All-American by Baseball America. ... Morehead State has a staff ERA of 8.32 through three games.

SATURDAY’S GAME
The teams
Liberty (3-0) vs. Lehigh (0-0), 10 a.m.
Probable Liberty starter
RHP Keegan Linza (1-0, 1.50 ERA)
Probable Lehigh starter
TBA
Top Lehigh hitters
OF Andy Russell (.348, 38 RBIs in 2009); SS Brendan McGarehan (missed 2009 due to injury).
Scouting the Mountain Hawks
Season opening weekend for Lehigh, which won just 11 games last year and was picked to finish sixth in the six-team Patriot League. ... Liberty might miss seeing the Mountain Hawks’ top pitcher, Andrew Berger, who had a 5.31 ERA last year. ... The Mountain Hawks’ staff ERA last season was 7.13. ... Liberty is 14-2 all-time against the Patriot League (4-1 vs. Army, 6-1 vs. Bucknell, 3-0 vs. Holy Cross, 1-0 vs. Lafayette).

SUNDAY’S GAME
The teams
Liberty (3-0) vs. UNC Wilmington (2-1), 12:30 p.m.
Probable Liberty starter
LHP Steven Evans (1-0, 0.00 ERA)
Probable UNCW starter
RHP Daniel Cropper (0-0, 1.29)
Top UNCW hitters
SS Michael Rooney (.429); OF Grayson Evans (.385, 3 RBIs); DH Robbie Monday (.111, 1 HR, 3 RBIs).
Scouting the Seahawks
UNCW opened its season by winning two out of three at defending Atlantic Sun champion Jacksonville. ... The Seahawks were picked to finish second in the CAA. ... Ninth meeting between Liberty and UNCW. ... Toughest test of the season to date for the Flames. ... Wilmington’s pitching staff is deep, paced by Cropper, who was the CAA pitcher of the week last week for allowing one run and five hits over seven innings of a no-decision last Sunday against JU.