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Hunter Swilling at Alabama, 2015
Hunter Swilling hit his SoCon-leading 13th homer of the season in Saturday's game at Wofford.
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Samford SAM 23-18, 10-4 SoCon
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Winner Wofford WOF 29-15, 7-6 SoCon
Samford SAM
23-18, 10-4 SoCon
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Final
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Wofford WOF
29-15, 7-6 SoCon
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Samford SAM 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 7 3
Wofford WOF 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 X 5 8 0

W: Luke Leftwich (4-2) L: Brasher, Jared (3-3) S: Will Stillman (12)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Joey Mullins

Baseball's Win Streak Snapped At Wofford

SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The Samford baseball team's nine-game win streak was snapped by Wofford in a 5-2 setback in the second game of a three-game series Saturday afternoon at Russell C. King Field.
 
For Samford in the loss, Alex Lee went 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI. Heath Quinn and Jared Watson also had two hits each for the Bulldogs. Hunter Swilling hit his SoCon-leading 13th home run of the season, going 1-for-4 on the day. Swilling's home run gives Samford 59 homers so far this season, the highest total in the nation.
 
Samford's Jared Brasher (3-3) pitched 2.0 innings, giving up three runs on two hits to take the loss on the mound for the Bulldogs. Philip Flach, Wyatt Burns and Mikel Belcher also pitched in the game for Samford.
 
Wofford was led at the plate by Conor Clancey, going 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBI. James Plaisted went 2-for-4 with two RBI, while Matt Ramsay went 2-for-2 for the Terriers.
 
Luke Leftwich (4-2) pitched 6.0 innings, giving up one run on four hits to earn the win on the mound for Wofford. Will Stillman tossed the final 1.2 innings, allowing just one hit to pick up his 12th save of the season.
 
Wofford jumped on top first with three runs in the bottom of the first inning. Plaisted singled to drive in Alec Paradowski for the first run of the game. Clancey then singled to center field to drive in Plaisted and Ramsay for a 3-0 Terrier lead.
 
The Terriers added a run in the bottom of the fifth inning to push their lead to 4-0. Plaisted doubled to left field to drive in Ramsay for Wofford's fourth run of the game.
 
Samford plated its first run of the game in the top of the sixth inning to cut the Wofford lead to 4-1. T.J. Dixon walked to lead off the inning. Dixon later scored on a single by Lee for the inning's lone run.
 
The Bulldogs added another run in the top of the eighth inning to close to within two runs of Wofford at 4-2. With one out in the inning, Swilling hit a home run to left field for Samford's second and final run of the game
 
Wofford plated one final run in the bottom of the eighth inning to make the final score 5-2. Clancey led the inning off with a home run to center field for the game's final run.
 
With the loss, Samford falls to 23-18 overall and 10-4 in Southern Conference play. Wofford improves to 29-15 overall and 7-6 in SoCon games.
 
The teams will conclude their series with a game Sunday at 12 p.m. (CT). 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 at www.socondigitalnetwork.com/samford. 
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