Baseball Opens Maine Series With 5-2 Win Friday

Friday, March 15

Birmingham, Ala.

4:00 PM (CT)

Samford University

13-4

Maine

0-14

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

Box Score (PDF)

Anthony Mulrine homered and drove in two runs Friday night vs. Maine.

Baseball Opens Maine Series With 5-2 Win Friday

3.15.19 | Baseball

Box Score

BOX SCORE (PDF)

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Samford baseball team opened its weekend series with Maine with a 5-2 win Friday evening at Joe Lee Griffin Field.

With the win, Samford improves to 13-4 on the season. Maine falls to 0-14 with the loss.

FROM THE BOX SCORE

Anthony Mulrine homered and drove in two runs to lead Samford in the win.
Brooks Carlson went 2-for-4 at the plate and scored a run.
Jordan Fucci, Taylor Garris and Max Pinto drove in a run each for the Bulldogs.
Samuel Strickland (3-1) pitched 5.0 innings, allowing no runs on seven hits, and striking out four batters without allowing a walk to earn the win on the mound for Samford.
Stephen Jones picked up his Southern Conference leading seventh save, tossing the final inning without allowing a hit.
For Maine, Hernen Sardinas went 3-for-4 at the plate, while Colin Ridley went 2-for-4.
Nick Silva (0-3) pitched 4.0 innings, giving up five runs on eight hits to take the loss for the Black Bears.

SCORING SUMMARY

Samford plated the first run of the game in the bottom of the second inning. Pinto singled through the left side of the infield to drive in Garris for a 1-0 Samford lead.
The Bulldogs added a run in the bottom of the third inning to push their lead to 2-0. With the bases loaded, Garris singled to drive in Mulrine for a two-run Samford lead.
Samford plated three more runs in the bottom of the fourth inning. The first run scored when Pinto scored on a sacrifice fly by Fucci. Mulrine then hit a two-run home run to give Samford a 5-0 lead.
Maine plated a run in the sixth inning and another in the seventh to make the final score 5-2.

LOOKING AHEAD
Samford and Maine will continue their series with a game Saturday. The contest is set for a 2 p.m. start from Joe Lee Griffin Field.