JACKSONVILLE, Fla.—The Samford baseball team dropped the final game of its three-game series at Jacksonville, falling to the Dolphins by a score of 18-5 Sunday afternoon at Jack Sessions Stadium.
 
"They did a good job against Parker (Curry)," Samford head coach Casey Dunn said. "It took them a while to score in the fourth, but they hit ball after ball hard for three innings and then they had some balls fall in the fourth. Once they threatened us, I thought our guys backed away. I don't think we competed very well at all. We brought a lot of guys in on the mound today that didn't come out to compete."
 
With the loss, Samford falls to 6-10 on the season. Jacksonville improves to 9-10. Jacksonville wins the series, two games to one.
 
For the game, Samford was led by Damon Waller went 2-for-4 with a home run and one RBI. Danny Rodriguez went 2-for-3 with an RBI. Parker Curry (1-3) pitched 3.1 innings, giving up five runs on nine hits to take the loss on the mound for Samford. Curry was one of nine pitchers used in the game by Samford.
 
Jacksonville was led at the plate by Garrett Ruckel, going 4-for-5 with three doubles and three RBI. Angelo Amendolare drove in three runs, going 2-for-6 at the plate. Justin Russell (2-2) pitched 7.0 innings, giving up five runs, just three earned, on eight hits to earn the win for the Dolphins.
 
Samford jumped on top early with three runs in the top of the second inning. Rodriguez singled to right field to drive in Waller for the game's first run. Richard Greene and Austin Edens later scored on a Jacksonville error for a 3-0 Bulldog lead.
 
The Bulldogs added to their lead with one run in the top of the third inning to make the score 4-0. Heath Quinn doubled to lead off the inning and then moved to third base on a fly out by Alex Lee. Quinn then scored when Hunter Swilling reached base on an infield single.
 
Jacksonville took control of the game with five runs in the fourth inning and six more in the fifth. In the fourth inning, Austin Hays, Drew Luther, Ruckel, Sam Armstrong and Amendolare drove in a run each to give the Dolphins a 5-4 lead. In the fifth inning, Parker Perez, Ruckel, J.J. Gould, Amendolare and Hays drove in a run each, and Armstrong scored on an error to make the score 11-4.
 
Samford plated a run in the top of the sixth inning to cut the Jacksonville lead to 11-5. With one out in the inning, Waller homered to center field for Samford's fifth run of the contest.
 
Jacksonville added three runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to push its lead to 14-5. Ruckel, Amendolare and Connor Marabell drove in the runs for the Dolphins to give them a nine-run lead.
 
The Dolphins scored another run in the bottom of the seventh to make the score 15-5. Alex Seifert singled to drive in Ruckel for JU's 15^th run of the contest.
 
Jacksonville added three final runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to make the final score 18-5. Nate Ricci drove in two runs, and Seth Dewitt scored when Luther hit into a double play for the game's final run.
 
Samford will return to action Tuesday evening when the Bulldogs play Alabama at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium. The game is scheduled for a 6:30 p.m. start. The game will be broadcast live online on the SEC Network+.