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Whitney Hinton vs Georgia State 2019
6
Winner Houston Baptist HBU 7-6
2
Samford SAM 5-13
Winner
Houston Baptist HBU
7-6
6
Final
2
Samford SAM
5-13
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Houston Baptist HBU 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 6 8 1
Samford SAM 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 2

W: Patak, J (2-5) L: Yantis, Annalyn (0-4) S: Estes, E (1)

5
Jackson State JACST 2-18
6
Winner Samford SAM 6-13
Jackson State JACST
2-18
5
Final
6
Samford SAM
6-13
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Jackson State JACST 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 5 1 2
Samford SAM 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 6 11 1

W: Spear, Lacey (4-2) L: K. Owens (1-8)

Game Recap: Softball |

Softball Splits Pair Of Games Friday

SAMFORD VS. HBU BOX SCORE (PDF)

SAMFORD VS. JACKSON STATE BOX SCORE (PDF)

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Samford softball team split a pair of games on the first day of the Samford Invitational Friday at the Samford Softball Stadium. The Bulldogs fell to Houston Baptist, 6-2, in the team's first game of the day. In the nightcap, Mekhi Mayfield singled to drive in Ryan Brzozoski to give Samford a walk-off 6-5 win over Jackson State.
 
With the split, Samford is now 6-13 on the young season. Houston Baptist has a record of 7-6, and Jackson State has a mark of 2-18.
 
SAMFORD 6, JACKSON STATE 5
FROM THE BOX SCORE
  • Whitney Hinton went 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBI.
  • Madison Couch also homered in the win, going 1-for-4 with an RBI.
  • Timberlyn Shurbutt went 2-for-4 with an RBI.
  • Lacey Spear (4-2) pitched the complete 7.0 innings, giving up five runs, four earned, on just one hit to earn the win in the circle for Samford.
 
SCORING SUMMARY
  • Jackson State took the lead first with three runs in the top of the third inning.
  • Samford came back with a run in the bottom of the third to cut the JSU lead to 3-1.
  • After Jackson State pushed its lead to 5-1, Samford knotted the score at 5-5 with four runs in the bottom of the sixth inning. The big blast in the inning was Hinton's three-run home run.
  • In the bottom of the seventh inning, Hannah Trombley led off with an infield single, and Brzozoski pinch ran for Trombley. With one out Brzozoski advanced to second base on a wild pitch and then scored on Mayfield's single for the 6-5 win.
 
HOUSTON BAPTIST 6, SAMFORD 2
FROM THE BOX SCORE
  • Ashlyn Barnes and Merritt Cahoon each went 1-for-3 with an RBI to lead Samford at the plate.
  • Annalyn Yantis (0-4) pitched 5.0 innings, giving up five runs, just two earned, on five hits to take the loss for the Bulldogs.
  • Jessica Patak (2-5) earned the win for the Huskies, tossing 5.0 innings, surrendering two runs on four hits.
  • Caitlyn Brockway went 3-for-4 with two home runs and three RBI to lead HBU at the plate.
 
SCORING SUMMARY
  • Samford plated two runs in the bottom of the first inning to take an early 2-0 lead.
  • Houston Baptist plated a run in the second inning, one in the fourth, one in the fifth, two in the sixth and one in the seventh to pull away for the 6-2 win.
 
 
LOOKING AHEAD
The Samford Invitational will continue Saturday. Samford will take on Evansville at 11:30 a.m., and Western Kentucky at 4:30 p.m.
 
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