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Samford's Jesse McCord struck out eight Keydets in Saturday's 2-1 victory and only allowed one hit and four total baserunners.
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Winner Samford SAM 17-10, 1-1 SoCon
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VMI VMI 13-14, 2-3 SoCon
Winner
Samford SAM
17-10, 1-1 SoCon
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VMI VMI
13-14, 2-3 SoCon
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Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Samford SAM 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 0
VMI VMI 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0

W: McCord, Jesse (3-2) L: Matthew Eagle (2-1) S: Burns, Wyatt (11)

Game Recap: Baseball |

McCord's One-Hit Gem Lifts 'Dogs To 2-1 Victory At VMI

Samford evens the SoCon series at 1-1; Sunday’s rubber game will begin at 11 a.m. (CT)

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LEXINGTON, Va. -- Samford sophomore pitcher Jesse McCord turned in his best outing of the 2017 season Saturday as the Bulldogs' right-handed starter hurled seven full inning of one-hit baseball en route to a 2-1 road victory against the VMI Keydets in Southern Conference play held at Gray-Minor Stadium.
 
McCord (3-2), Samford's talented native of Spanish Fort, Alabama, struck out eight Keydets in the victory and only allowed one hit and four total baserunners. He retired 20 of the 24 batters that he faced and accomplished the feat in only 91 pitches.
 
With the win, Samford (17-10, 1-1 SoCon) evened the weekend series at 1-1 and moved to 5-3 against VMI (13-14, 2-3 SoCon) since the Keydets rejoined the SoCon in 2014.
 
The Bulldogs' Wyatt Burns pitched the final two innings of the contest to register his nation-leading 11th save of the season. Samford's dominant right-handed sidewinder struck out three of the six hitters that he faced and didn't allow a single baserunner.
 
Burns has accumulated a team-high 15 appearances this season and owns a miniscule 1.61 earned run average.
 
VMI jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning Saturday, but the Bulldogs bounced back with runs in both the fourth and fifth frames to garner their decisive 2-1 advantage.
 
In the top of the fourth, Samford's T.J. Dixon led off the inning with a single to center field. He then stole second base and later scored when his younger brother, Troy Dixon, smoked a single through the right side of the infield. T.J. Dixon finished the contest 3-for-4 at the plate with an RBI and a run scored, while Troy Dixon notched a 1-for-4 performance.
 
T.J. Dixon, the Bulldogs' speedy centerfielder from Mobile, Alabama, now leads the team with a brilliant .360 batting average, as well as seven stolen bases.
 
Samford scored its game-winning run in the fifth inning. Sophomore right-fielder Jordan Fucci was hit by pitch to lead off the frame. He then advanced to second base on a perfectly-placed sacrifice bunt by Grant Colton.
 
After a deep fly ball allowed Fucci to scoot over to third base, the Bulldogs' T.J. Dixon drove in the game-winning run on an infield single to first base.
 
VMI's Matthew Eagle (2-1) started the game and was issued the loss. He only allowed three hits in the contest, but both earned runs occurred during his time on the mound.
 
Samford and VMI will square off in the rubber game of this weekend's series Sunday at 11 a.m. (CT) and will be held at Gray-Minor Stadium.
 
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