Baseball Wins 10-7 Slugfest Over Xavier

Friday, February 22

Birmingham, Ala.

5:30 PM (CT)

Samford University

2-2

Xavier

0-4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Xavier	0	1	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	7	12	1
Samford	0	7	0	3	0	0	0	0	X	10	7	2

Box Score (PDF)

Anthony Mulrine homered twice in Samford's 10-7 win over Xavier Friday night.

2.22.19 | Baseball

Box Score

BOX SCORE (PDF)

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – In a game that saw the two teams combine for eight home runs, the Samford baseball team picked up a 10-7 victory over Xavier in the first game of a three-game series Friday night at Joe Lee Griffin Field.

With the win, Samford improves to 2-2 on the young season. Xavier falls to 0-4 with the loss.

FROM THE BOX SCORE

Anthony Mulrine went 2-for-4 with two home runs and four RBI to lead Samford at the plate.
Brooks Carlson went 2-for-3 with a home run, a double and three RBI.
Jordan Fucci also had two hits and drove in two runs for the Bulldogs.
Samuel Strickland (1-1) pitched 5.0 innings, allowing three runs on seven hits and striking out four batters to earn the win on the mound for the Bulldogs.
Stephen Jones tossed the final inning to pick up his first save of the season.
For Xavier, Matt Warkentin went 3-for-5 with two home runs and four RBI.
Jake Shepski, Conor Grammes and Natale Monastra also had a home run each for the Musketeers.
Grammes (0-2) was also the starting pitcher for Xavier, pitching 3.2 innings, allowing 10 runs on seven hits to take the loss.

SCORING SUMMARY

Xavier got on the scoreboard first in the top of the second inning when Warkentin homered to right field for a 1-0 Xavier lead.
Samford came back with seven runs in the bottom of the second to take a 7-1 lead. The inning was highlighted by home runs by Mulrine and Carlson.
In the top of the third inning, Xavier used back-to-back homers by Shepski and Grammes to cut the Samford lead to 7-3.
The Bulldogs added three more runs in the bottom of the fourth inning. Mulrine hit his second homer of the game, this one a three-run shot to stretch Samford's lead to 10-3.
Xavier plated four final runs in the top of the seventh inning to make the final score 10-7. Warkentin hit his second home run of the game, this one a three-run bomb. Monastra also hit a solo shot in the inning.

LOOKING AHEAD
Samford and Xavier will continue their series with a game Saturday at 12 p.m. (CT) at Joe Lee Griffin Field.