Baseball Loses Tough Opener At #5 Florida State

Friday, February 24

Tallahassee, Fla.

3:00 PM (CT)

Samford University

2-2

#5 Florida State

3-2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Samford	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	6	3
Florida State	5	4	0	5	1	0	0	1	X	16	15	1

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Samford's Kevin Williams, Jr., turned in a 2-for-3 performance at the plate Friday and powered a pair of home runs (4).

Baseball Loses Tough Opener At #5 Florida State

2.24.17 | Baseball

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Samford will continue its three-game weekend series at Florida State on Saturday at noon (CT)

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- The Samford University baseball team received a combined 5-of-7 performance at the plate from senior T.J. Dixon and junior Kevin Williams, Jr., on Friday, but the remainder of the Bulldogs' squad finished 1-for-23 with 12 strikeouts in a 16-3 series-opening road loss against the No. 5-ranked Florida State Seminoles in a nonconference game held at Dick Howser Stadium.

Samford (2-2) lost its second game in a row Friday and will continue its current four-game road swing Saturday at noon (CT) against Florida State (3-2).

The Bulldogs' Williams powered a pair of home runs in the contest and upped his Southern Conference-leading total to four this season. Samford's junior transfer from Miami-Dade College finished 2-for-3 at the plate and drove in all three of the team's runs. Williams connected on a two-run bomb in the second inning before hitting a solo shot in the seventh.

Williams currently leads the Bulldogs with a .500 batting average (6-of-12) this season.

T.J. Dixon, Samford's senior centerfielder from Mobile, Alabama, is batting .375 on the year and his 3-for-4 performance at the plate Friday proved to bolster his average. True freshman Branden Fryman tallied the Bulldogs' sixth hit of the game.

Florida State, the No. 5-ranked team in the nation, jumped out to an early 5-0 lead in the first inning, a 9-2 advantage in the second frame before building a 15-2 tally in the bottom of the fifth.

The Seminoles, behind a trio of home runs and 15 base hits, eventually registered the 16-3 win.

Cole Sands (2-0) earned the win for Florida State with six strikeouts in five innings pitched. Samford's starting pitcher Jesse McCord (0-1) was issued the loss.

The Samford University baseball team will next be in action Saturday at noon (CT) as the Bulldogs continue play in their three-game road series against the fifth-ranked Florida State Seminoles to be held at Dick Howser Stadium.

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