Baseball Falls At Cross-Town Rival UAB

Tuesday, March 26

Birmingham, Ala. (Regions Park)

6:30 PM (CT)

Samford University

17-7

UAB

12-14

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

Box Score (PDF)

3.26.19 | Baseball

Box Score

BOX SCORE (PDF)

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Samford baseball team dropped a 9-0 decision at cross-town rival UAB Tuesday evening at Regions Field.

With the loss, Samford falls to 17-7 on the season. UAB improves to 12-14 with the win.

FROM THE BOX SCORE

Anthony Mulrine led Samford at the plate, going 2-for-3.
Jalon Long (1-1), one of nine pitchers used by Samford in the game, took the loss, tossing 3.0 innings, allowing two runs, just one earned, on three hits.
For UAB, Zack Davis drove in four runs, going 1-for-5 with a triple.
Jess Davis drove in two runs in a 1-for-3 performance.
Riley Davis (3-1) got the win for UAB, pitching 1.0 inning in relief, giving up no runs on one hit.

SCORING SUMMARY

UAB plated two runs in the bottom of the first inning to take a quick 2-0 lead. Jess Davis scored the first run on a Samford error, and J. Paul Fullerton later scored on a ground out by Zack Davis.
The Blazers added a run in the fourth inning to push their lead to 3-0. Ian Ladner scored on a sacrifice fly by Tyler Tolbert.
UAB scored two more runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to make the score 5-0. Jess Davis singled to drive in Blake Johnson and Ladner for a five-run Blazer lead.
In the bottom of the eighth inning, UAB scored three runs on a triple by Zack Davis, and another on a single by Colton Schultz to make the final score 9-0.

LOOKING AHEAD
Samford will play a three-game series at VMI this weekend. The teams are scheduled to play Friday at 5 p.m. (CT), Saturday at 1 p.m. (CT) and Sunday at 11 a.m. (CT).