March 25, 2012

Box Score

SPARTANBURG, S.C. - SPARTANBURG, S.C.--The Samford baseball team earned a sweep of its Southern Conference series at Wofford with an 11-4 win Sunday afternoon at King Field.

"We jumped on them early, which was good and we scored in six of the nine frames," Samford head coach Casey Dunn said. "The biggest thing was we answered their runs."

Samford improves to 16-8 overall and 7-2 in Southern Conference play with the win. Wofford drops to 9-15 overall and 0-6 in league play.

Samford senior pitcher Josh Martin (6-0), earned his 18th career win, tying him for the school record set by Glen Criswell from 1994 to 1997. Martin pitched 5.1 innings, giving up four runs, only three earned, on nine hits. He also struck out five batters, while allowing just two walks.

For Samford at the plate, Austin Allison went 3-for-5 with a double and two RBI. Saxon Butler went 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI. Brandon Miller went 2-for-6 with his 10th home run of the season and two RBI. Brad Moss was 2-for-4 with two RBI and Kevin Putkonen was 2-for-2 with an RBI.

Wofford's James Foster went 2-for-5 with a home run and two RBI. Konstantine Diamaduros went 2-for-5, while Eric Brenk went 2-for-4. Mac Doyle also hit a home run in a 1-for-4 performance. Jesse Morris (1-1) pitched 2.0 innings, giving up six runs on seven hits to take the loss for the Terriers.

Samford plated three runs in the top of the first inning to jump out to an early lead. Zeth Stone singled to lead off the inning and then moved to third base on a single by Moss. Butler then singled to drive in Stone for the game's first run. With one out in the inning, Phillip Ervin singled to drive in Moss for a two-run Samford lead. With two outs, Putkonen singled to drive in Butler for Samford's final run of the inning.

Wofford came back with a run in the bottom of the first inning. Foster led the inning off with a solo home run to right field to cut the Samford lead to 3-1.

The Bulldogs added three more runs in the top of the second inning to push their lead to 6-1. Allison doubled to center field to lead off the inning and then moved to third base on a sacrifice bunt by Stone. Allison then scored on a sacrifice fly by Moss. Butler then walked with two outs and Miller then hit a home run to center field for a five-run Samford lead.

Samford plated another run in the third inning to make the score 7-1. Putkonen singled with one out. After moving to third base on an error, Putkonen scored on a single by Allison for Samford's seventh run of the contest.

Wofford added a run in the bottom of the third inning to cut the Samford lead to 7-2. With one out in the inning, Doyle hit a solo home run to right field for Wofford's second run of the game.

The Bulldogs added a run in the top of the fifth inning to make the score 8-2. C.K. Irby walked to lead off the inning and later scored when Tommy Corbin grounded out to second base.

Samford scored a run in the top of the sixth inning to push its lead to 9-2. Moss walked to lead off the inning and later scored from third base on a ground out by Ervin.

Wofford answered with two runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to make the score 9-4. Foster singled to drive in Nick Peterson for the first run of the inning. Matthew Kaskow later scored on a Samford error to cut the Samford lead to five runs.

Samford plated two runs in the top of the seventh inning to make the score 11-4. Moss and Allison drove in a run each in the inning to give Samford a seven-run lead.

Samford will return to action on Tuesday, March 27, when the Bulldogs play host to Auburn. The game is scheduled for a 6 p.m. start from Joe Lee Griffin Field.