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Samuel Strickland vs Furman 2019
4
Furman FUR 5-14, 0-1 SoCon
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Winner Samford SAM 15-6, 1-0 SoCon
Furman FUR
5-14, 0-1 SoCon
4
Final
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Samford SAM
15-6, 1-0 SoCon
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Furman FUR 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 4 8 0
Samford SAM 4 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 X 8 13 1

W: Strickland, Samuel (4-1) L: Matt Lazzaro (0-3) S: Radcliff, Connor (2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Opens SoCon Play With 8-4 Win Over Furman

BOX SCORE (PDF)

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Samford baseball team opened its first Southern Conference series with Furman with an 8-4 win Friday evening at Joe Lee Griffin Field.
 
With the win, Samford improves to 15-6 overall and 1-0 in Southern Conference play. Furman falls to 5-14 overall and 0-1 in league contests.


 
FROM THE BOX SCORE
  • Sonny DiChiara went 3-for-5 with a double, a home run and two RBI to lead Samford at the plate.
  • Anthony Mulrine went 2-for-5 with a home run and two RBI.
  • Branden Fryman went 3-for-5 with two runs scored for the Bulldogs.
  • Kaden Dreier homered and drove in two runs in a 1-for-3 performance.
  • Samuel Strickland (4-1) pitched 6.0 innings, allowing three runs, just one earned, on four hits to earn the win for Samford.
  • Connor Radcliff picked up his second save of the season, tossing the final 2.0 innings, allowing just one hit.
  • For Furman, John Michael Boswell went 2-for-5 with two RBI.
  • Matt Lazzaro (0-3) pitched 5.1 innings, allowing seven runs on 10 hits to take the loss on the mound for the Paladins.
 
SCORING SUMMARY
  • Furman jumped on top first with a run in the top of the first inning. Boswell singled to left field to drive in Jabari Richards, who had tripled earlier, for a 1-0 Furman lead.
  • Samford bounced back with four runs in the bottom of the first inning. Mulrine and Dreier each hit two-run homers in the inning to give Samford a 4-1 lead.
  • Furman plated two runs in the top of the fifth inning to cut the Samford lead to 4-3. Banks Griffith scored on a sacrifice fly by Richards, and David Webel scored on a ground out by Boswell.
  • Samford added a run in the bottom of the fifth to push its lead to 5-3. Taylor Garris singled to drive in Fryman for a two-run Samford lead.
  • The Bulldogs plated two more runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to make the score 7-3. DiChiara hit a solo home run, and Ayrton Schafer later doubled to drive in Jordan Fucci for a four-run Samford lead.
  • In the bottom of the seventh inning, DiChiara hit a solo homer to push the Samford lead to 8-3.
  • Furman added one final runs in the top of the eighth inning to make the final score 8-4. Boswell scored when Logan Taplett hit a sacrifice fly for the game's final run.
 
LOOKING AHEAD
Samford and Furman will continue their series with a game Saturday afternoon. The game is scheduled for a 2 p.m. start from Joe Lee Griffin Field.
 
 
 
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