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Anthony Mulrine HR vs Xavier 2019
Anthony Mulrine homered twice in Samford's 10-7 win over Xavier Friday night.
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Xavier XU 0-4
10
Winner Samford SAM 2-2
Xavier XU
0-4
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Final
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Samford SAM
2-2
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Xavier XU 0 1 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 7 12 1
Samford SAM 0 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 X 10 7 2

W: Strickland, Samuel (1-1) L: GRAMMES (0-2) S: Jones, Stephen (1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Wins 10-7 Slugfest Over Xavier

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.
 
 
 
 
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