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Kevin Williams, Jr.
Samford's Kevin Williams, Jr., turned in a 2-for-3 performance at the plate Friday and powered a pair of home runs (4).
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Samford SAM 2-2
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Winner Florida State FS 3-2
Samford SAM
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Florida State FS
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Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Samford SAM 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 6 3
Florida State FS 5 4 0 5 1 0 0 1 X 16 15 1

W: Sands,C (2-0) L: McCord, Jesse (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Loses Tough Opener At #5 Florida State

Samford will continue its three-game weekend series at Florida State on Saturday at noon (CT)

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- The Samford University baseball team received a combined 5-of-7 performance at the plate from senior T.J. Dixon and junior Kevin Williams, Jr., on Friday, but the remainder of the Bulldogs' squad finished 1-for-23 with 12 strikeouts in a 16-3 series-opening road loss against the No. 5-ranked Florida State Seminoles in a nonconference game held at Dick Howser Stadium.
 
Samford (2-2) lost its second game in a row Friday and will continue its current four-game road swing Saturday at noon (CT) against Florida State (3-2).
 
The Bulldogs' Williams powered a pair of home runs in the contest and upped his Southern Conference-leading total to four this season. Samford's junior transfer from Miami-Dade College finished 2-for-3 at the plate and drove in all three of the team's runs. Williams connected on a two-run bomb in the second inning before hitting a solo shot in the seventh.
 
Williams currently leads the Bulldogs with a .500 batting average (6-of-12) this season.
 
T.J. Dixon, Samford's senior centerfielder from Mobile, Alabama, is batting .375 on the year and his 3-for-4 performance at the plate Friday proved to bolster his average. True freshman Branden Fryman tallied the Bulldogs' sixth hit of the game.
 
Florida State, the No. 5-ranked team in the nation, jumped out to an early 5-0 lead in the first inning, a 9-2 advantage in the second frame before building a 15-2 tally in the bottom of the fifth.
 
The Seminoles, behind a trio of home runs and 15 base hits, eventually registered the 16-3 win.
 
Cole Sands (2-0) earned the win for Florida State with six strikeouts in five innings pitched. Samford's starting pitcher Jesse McCord (0-1) was issued the loss.
 
The Samford University baseball team will next be in action Saturday at noon (CT) as the Bulldogs continue play in their three-game road series against the fifth-ranked Florida State Seminoles to be held at Dick Howser Stadium.
 
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