Burns Lifts 'Dogs To 4-3 Victory Over Furman

Sunday, May 7

Birmingham, Ala.

1:00 PM (CT)

Samford University

27-21, 8-10

Furman

25-22, 12-9

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Furman	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	10	0
Samford	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	X	4	7	3

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Samford's Wyatt Burns earned the victory Sunday as he came out of the Bullpen to hurl six innings of shutout baseball.

Photo by: SE Sports Media - Todd Drexler

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Samford comes back from an early 3-0 deficit to earn the key victory

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Samford reliever Wyatt Burns entered the game ranked seventh in the nation in saves. The Bulldogs' junior right-hander didn't receive a save opportunity against the Furman Paladins this weekend, but he did save Sunday's game by hurling six innings of shutout baseball en route to Samford's 4-3 Southern Conference victory held at Joe Lee Griffin Field.

Burns (4-0), the Bulldogs' native of Pinson, entered the game from the bullpen in the top of the fourth inning. At the time, Samford (27-21, 8-10 SoCon) was trailing Furman (25-22, 12-9 SoCon) by a score of 3-0.

The Paladins opened the contest with tons of momentum and quickly tallied a run in the second inning, as well as a pair in the third.

The Bulldogs' Burns then came in and limited Furman to only four hits in the final six innings of action, while keeping the Paladins' red-hot offense scoreless for the remainder of the game. Burns tallied two strikeouts in the outing and didn't allow a single runner past second base.

Samford exploded for four runs in the bottom of the fourth inning and that proved to be the difference in Sunday's win. The Bulldogs received huge home runs from Austin Edens and Ayrton Schafer in the frame as they were able to rough up Furman's starting pitcher Matthew Quarles (6-3).

Edens powered a momentous solo home run in the frame, his second of the weekend, while Schafer gave Samford's its decisive lead with an impressive three-run bomb. Schafer's homer proved to be his eighth of the season, while Edens' was his ninth.

Once in the lead, the Bulldogs' Burns shut the door on the Paladins and snapped Furman's 11-game SoCon winning streak.

Offensively, Samford also received key base hits Sunday from Jordan Fucci, Taylor Garris and Troy Dixon. Dixon has been on fire at the plate as of late and turned in a perfect 3-for-3 outing against Furman. In his last 13 games, Dixon is batting a sizzling .511 with 11 runs, eight RBI and two home runs.

The Samford University baseball team will next be in action Tuesday at 6 p.m. (CT) as the Bulldogs remain at home to play host to in-state rival Alabama in a high-profile nonconference game to be held at Joe Lee Griffin Field.

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