Baseball Picks Ups 10-5 Win At Alabama State

Tuesday, February 26

Montgomery, Ala.

6:00 PM (CT)

Samford University

4-3

Alabama State

5-2

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

Box Score (PDF)

Anthony Mulrine homered and drove in three runs Tuesday night at Alabama State.

2.26.19 | Baseball

Box Score

BOX SCORE (PDF)

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Samford baseball team jumped on top early and never looked back on its way to a 10-5 win at Alabama State Tuesday night at ASU's Wheeler-Watkins Stadium.

With the win, Samford improves to 4-3 on the young season. Alabama State falls to 5-2 with the loss.

FROM THE BOX SCORE

Anthony Mulrine went 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBI to lead Samford at the plate.
Brooks Carlson also drove in three runs for Samford, while Jordan Fucci drove in two.
Branden Fryman went 3-for-4 with an RBI for the Bulldogs.
Jalon Long (1-0) pitched 1.2 innings in relief, giving up no runs on two hits to earn the win. He was one of seven pitchers used by Samford in the win.
Noel Cheneau went 2-for-5 with an RBI to lead Alabama State offensively.
Ricardo Rivera (0-1) tossed 2.0 innings, giving up four runs on five hits to take the loss on the mound for the Hornets.

SCORING SUMMARY

Samford jumped on top early with a run in the top of the first inning. Carlson singled up the middle to drive in Fryman and give Samford a 1-0 lead.
The Bulldogs added two runs in the top of the second inning to push their lead to 3-0. Fucci singled to drive in Preston Moore for the first run of the inning. Carlson then hit a sacrifice fly to drive in Max Pinto for a three-run Samford lead.
Samford plated a run in the third inning and two more in the sixth to make the score 6-0.
In the top of the seventh inning, Samford added three more runs on a three-run home run by Mulrine to increase the Bulldogs' lead to 9-0.
In the bottom of the seventh inning, Alabama State got on the scoreboard with one run to cut the Samford lead to 9-1.
Samford scored another run in the top of the eighth when Taylor Garris scored when Fryman reached base on a fielder's choice to make the score 10-1.
The Hornets added four final runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to make the final score 10-5.

LOOKING AHEAD
Samford will travel to Atlanta to take on the Georgia State Panthers in a three-game series this weekend. The teams are scheduled to play Friday at 3 p.m. (CT), Saturday at 1 p.m. (CT) and Sunday at 12 p.m. (CT).