Baseball Falls In Series Finale At USF

Sunday, February 17

Tampa, Fla.

12:00 PM (CT)

Samford University

1-2

South Florida

2-1

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Samford	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	0
South Florida	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	X	4	9	2

Box Score (PDF)

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Box Score

BOX SCORE (PDF)

TAMPA, Fla. – The Samford baseball team dropped a 4-1 decision in the final game of a three-game series at South Florida Sunday afternoon at the USF Baseball Stadium.

With the loss, Samford falls to 1-2 on the young season. USF now has a record of 2-1.

FROM THE BOX SCORE

Brooks Carlson and Kaden Dreier had two hits each to lead Samford at the plate.
Preston Moore drove in Samford's lone run, turning in a 1-for-4 performance.
Zach Hester (0-1) pitched 4.0 innings, giving up two runs on four hits to take the loss on the mound for Samford.
For USF, Nick Gonzalez went 3-for-5 at the plate.
Jordan Santos drove in two runs for the Bulls.
Ben Koff (1-0) tossed 4.2 innings in relief, giving up no runs on one hit to earn the win on the mound for USF.
Graham Hoffman pitched the final 2.1 scoreless innings to pick up his first save of the season.

SCORING SUMMARY

Samford got on the scoreboard first with a run in the top of the second inning. Moore singled to right field to drive in Dreier for a 1-0 Samford lead.
USF took the lead with two runs in the bottom of the second inning. Santos doubled to right-center field to drive in Gonzalez and Jake Sullivan for a 2-1 Bulls lead.
South Florida added a run in the seventh inning to push its lead to 3-1. Kyle Phillips singled to right field to drive in Gonzalez.
The Bulls plated one final run in the bottom of the eighth inning to make the final score 4-1.

LOOKING AHEAD
Samford will play its home opener when the Bulldogs host North Alabama Tuesday at 4 p.m. at Joe Lee Griffin Field.