Baseball Takes Series With Walk-Off 10-9 Win Over Xavier

Sunday, February 24

Birmingham, Ala.

1:00 PM (CT)

Samford University

3-3

Xavier

1-5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Xavier	0	3	1	0	2	0	0	3	0	9	16	0
Samford	0	0	4	0	0	5	0	0	1	10	11	0

Box Score (PDF)

Max Pinto homered and drove in four runs in Sunday's 10-9 win over Xavier.

Baseball Takes Series With Walk-Off 10-9 Win Over Xavier

2.24.19 | Baseball

Box Score

BOX SCORE (PDF)

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Samford's Max Pinto scored on a sacrifice fly by Anthony Mulrine in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift the Bulldog baseball team to a 10-9 win over Xavier in the final game of a three-game series Sunday afternoon at Joe Lee Griffin Field.

With the victory, Samford wins the series over Xavier, two games to one. Samford's season record improves to 3-3. Xavier's record drops to 1-5 with the loss.

FROM THE BOX SCORE

Pinto went 2-for-2 with a home run and four RBI to lead Samford at the plate.
Jordan Fucci went 2-for-3 with a home run and three RBI.
Taylor Garris and Preston Moore each went 2-for-4 with an RBI.
Stephen Jones (1-0) pitched the final 2.0 innings, giving up three runs on four hits to pick up the win for Samford.
For Xavier, Matt Warkentin and Natale Monastra each homered in the game.
Trey Schramm (0-1) pitched 2.2 innings in relief, allowing three runs on four hits to take the loss for the Musketeers.

SCORING SUMMARY

Xavier plated three runs in the top of the second inning and one more run in the fourth to take a 4-0 lead.
Samford came back to tie the score with four runs in the bottom of the third inning. The majority of the damage came on Fucci's three-run homer to center field to knot the score at 4-4.
Xavier took the lead back with two runs in the top of the fifth inning, giving the Musketeers a 6-4 lead.
Samford took the lead for the first time with five runs in the bottom of the sixth inning. Pinto hit a three-run homer, and Taylor Garris and Moore drove in a run each as Samford took a 9-6 lead.
Xavier came back with three runs in the top of the eighth inning to tie the score at 9-9. Workentin hit a three-run home run to left field to draw the Musketeers even with the Bulldogs.
In the bottom of the ninth inning, Pinto walked and Branden Fryman reached on an infield single to start the rally. Fucci was then hit by a pitch to load the bases with no outs.
With one out in the inning, Mulrine hit a sacrifice fly to left field, bringing in Pinto for the game-winning run, giving Samford the 10-9 victory.