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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- The Samford University baseball team took advantage of an outstanding pitching performance from sophomore lefthander Hamp Skinner on Tuesday as the Bulldogs rolled to an 8-2 road victory against the UAB Blazers in a crosstown-rivalry game held at Regions Field.
 
With the win, Samford (12-14) continued its recent lopsided success against UAB (10-13). The Bulldogs have been victorious in five of the last six meetings between the teams, including a dominant 14-2 record dating back to April 20, 2010.
 
Samford received brilliant pitching performances from Skinner, Josh Rich (1-3), Jack Rude and Erin Baldwin. The Bulldogs didn't allow a single earned run in the contest and only gave up a total of six hits while striking out 12.
 
Skinner turned in his best outing of the season as he registered a career-high 10 strikeouts in 4.2 innings of action. Samford's talented sophomore from Jacksonville, Florida, only allowed three hits in the start.
 
Rich, who proved to be the Bulldogs' pitcher of record in the fifth inning, didn't allow a hit in 0.2 innings of work, while Rude and Baldwin came in late to close out the game and shut the door on the Blazers.
 
Samford jumped out to an early 6-0 lead with two runs in the first and then four more in the second. The Bulldogs later tacked on a pair of insurance runs in the seventh and eighth innings.
 
Both of the UAB's runs were scored in the bottom of the seventh and were unearned. The Blazers' Cole Whitman (0-3) was issued the loss after he started and allowed five runs on three hits in 1.1 innings of work.
 
Offensively, Samford was paced by senior first baseman Austin Edens who finished 2-for-4 at the plate with three RBI. The Bulldogs also received a multi-RBI performance from sophomore shortstop Branden Fryman.
 
Samford's Connor Burns tallied a key hit in the contest and scored a run, while sophomore catcher Anthony Mulrine crossed the plate three times for the Bulldogs on Tuesday.
 
The Samford University baseball team will next be in action Thursday at 5 p.m. (CT) as the Bulldogs begin a three-game Southern Conference road series against the Furman Paladins to be held at the Latham Stadium in Greenville, South Carolina.
 
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