March 6, 2009

Box Score

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Samford senior pitcher Michael Jarry tossed a complete game, giving up one run and striking out six batters to lead the Bulldogs baseball team to a 6-1 win over Wofford in Samford's Southern Conference debut Friday night at Joe Lee Griffin Field.

"Michael pitched well and really only walked two guys, both in the same inning," Samford head coach Casey Dunn said. "He threw strikes. I thought we played well and there were two huge double plays that we turned that really calmed us down."

For Samford in the game, Mason Meredeth was 3-for-4 with an RBI. Wayne Miller went 2-for-5 with an RBI and Stephen Ballard was 2-for-4 with an RBI. David Schulze drove in two runs in a 1-for-3 performance.

For Wofford, Jake Williams went 2-for-4 with a home run and an RBI. Scott Summers pitched 5.1 innings, giving up six runs on 10 hits to take the loss on the mound for the Terriers.

Samford jumped on top first with two runs in the bottom of the first inning. After Michael Johnson walked and Meredeth singled with one out, Schulze doubled to left field to drive in Johnson and Meredeth for a 2-0 Samford lead.

Wofford came back with a run in the top of the fourth inning to cut Samford's lead to 2-1. Williams hit a solo home run for Wofford's lone run of the game.

Samford added two runs in the bottom of the fourth inning to push its lead to 4-1. Miller doubled to left field to drive in Ballard, who had earlier singled for Samford's first run of the inning. Johnson then doubled to center field to drive in Miller for a three-run Samford lead.

Samford plated a run in the fifth inning and another in the sixth to make the score 6-1. In the fifth inning, Ballard tripled to drive in Bo Smith, who had reached base on an infield single. The run in the sixth inning scored when Meredeth singled to right field to drive in Miller, who had reached base on a Wofford error to give Samford a five-run lead.

Wofford threatened in both the fifth and seventh innings, having men on base with one out. However, the Samford defense was able to turn a double play in both innings to end the threat.

With the win, Samford improves to 4-5 overall and 1-0 in SoCon play. Wofford drops to 3-5 overall and 0-1 in league play.

The same teams will meet again Saturday at 2 p.m. at Joe Lee Griffin Field. The game can be heard locally on WVSU-FM 91.1, or worldwide on the internet at www.samford.edu/wvsu. The game can also be viewed online via SoCon TV at www.soconsports.com.