SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The Samford baseball fought back from an 11-run deficit, but eventually fell, 12-9, at Wofford in the final game of a three-game Southern Conference series Sunday afternoon at Russell C. King Field.
 
Saturday's win for Wofford gives the Terriers the series win, two games to one. With the loss, Samford falls to 23-19 overall and 10-5 in Southern Conference play. Wofford improves to 30-15 overall and 8-6 in SoCon games.
 
For Samford in the loss, Austin Edens went 2-for-5 with a home run, a double and five RBI. Heath Quinn went 2-for-4 with a double and three RBI. Richard Greene contributed three hits, while Frankie Navarrete had two hits for the Bulldogs.
 
Parker Curry (6-4) pitched 4.1 innings, giving up five runs, four earned, on seven hits to take the loss on the mound for Samford. Mark Donham, Caleb Maggio, Tristan Widra and Andres Gracia also pitched in the game for Samford.
 
Wofford was led at the plate by Matt Ramsay, going 3-for-5 with an RBI. James Plaisted went 2-for-4 with two doubles and an RBI. Conor Clancey went 2-for-5 with a double and two RBI. Derek Hirsch and Mack Nathanson had two hits each for Wofford.
 
Adam Scott (6-2) pitched 6.0 innings, giving up four runs on six hits to earn the win on the mound for the Terriers. Will Stillman tossed the final 1.1 innings to pick up his 13^th save of the season.
 
For the second-straight game, Wofford jumped on top early with a run in the bottom of the first inning. Plaisted doubled to left field to drive in Ramsay to give the Terriers the early 1-0 lead.
 
Wofford added two runs in the third inning to push its lead to 3-0. Clancey doubled to right-center field to drive in Plaisted and Hirsch for a three-run Wofford lead.
 
The Terriers plated another run in the fourth inning to make the score 4-0. Nathanson reached base on an infield single and later scored on a Samford error for Wofford's fourth run of the contest.
 
Wofford broke the game open with seven runs in the bottom of the fifth inning. Nathanson drove in two runs, while Max McDougald, Hirsch and Ramsay drove in a run each, and two runs were scored on errors as the Terriers built an 11-0 lead over Samford.
 
Samford put its first runs on the scoreboard in the top of the sixth inning. Edens hit a grand slam with Quinn, T.J. Dixon and Greene on base to cut Wofford's lead to 11-4.
 
The Bulldogs added four more runs in the top of the seventh inning to make the score 11-8. Quinn drove in three runs with a double to left-center field for the first three runs of the inning. Edens then double to drive in Quinn to bring Samford to within three runs of Wofford.
 
Samford plated another run in the top of the eighth inning to cut the Wofford lead to 11-9. Greene scored on a ground out by Dixon for Samford's ninth run of the contest.
 
Wofford added a run in the bottom of the eighth inning to push its lead to 12-9. Ramsay singled with one out. Demetrius Jennings, who pinch ran for Ramsay, later scored on a wild pitch for a three-run Wofford lead.
 
Samford will return to action on Tuesday, April 28, when the Bulldogs play at cross-town rival UAB. The game is scheduled for a 6:30 p.m. start from Regions Field. Samford and UAB will also play Wednesday night at 6 p.m. at Joe Lee Griffin Field.