Baseball Falls In Series Finale At VMI, 5-4

Sunday, March 31

Lexington, Va.

11:00 AM (CT)

Samford University

19-8, 0

VMI

6-22, 0

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Samford	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	4	8	1
VMI	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	X	5	11	0

Box Score (PDF)

3.31.19 | Baseball

Box Score

BOX SCORE (PDF)

LEXINGTON, Va. – The Samford baseball team dropped a 5-4 decision in the series finale at VMI Sunday afternoon at Gray-Minor Stadium.

With the loss, Samford falls to 19-8 overall and 5-1 in Southern Conference play. VMI improves to 6-22 overall and 2-4 in league play. Samford wins the series from the Keydets, two games to one.

FROM THE BOX SCORE

Taylor Garris went 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBI to lead Samford at the plate.
Jordan Fucci went 2-for-3 with a home run and one RBI.
Zach Hester (3-2) pitched 3.1 innings, giving up five runs, just four earned, on nine hits to take the loss on the mound for Samford.
Josh Hollifield led VMI, going 2-for-4 with a double and two RBI.
Callen Nuccio went 3-for-3 with two runs scored for the Keydets.
Zak Kent (3-2) picked up the win for VMI, pitching 8.2 innings, giving up four runs on eight hits and recording 14 strikeouts.
Corey Johnston earned his first save of the season, tossing the final third of an inning.

SCORING SUMMARY

VMI took the early lead with a run in the bottom of the first inning. Nuccio scored on a wild pitch to give the Keydets a 1-0 advantage.
In the bottom of the third inning, VMI added four more runs to push its lead to 5-0. Hollifield drove in two runs, Cody Warner drove in one run, and Hollifield later scored on an error for a five-run VMI lead.
Samford got on the scoreboard with a run in the top of the sixth inning. Fucci homered to right field to cut the VMI lead to 5-1.
The Bulldogs came back with three runs in the top of the ninth inning on a three-run home run by Garris to make the final score 5-4.

LOOKING AHEAD
Samford will host a pair of midweek games this week. The Bulldogs will take on UAB Tuesday night at 6 p.m., and North Alabama Wednesday evening, at 6:30 p.m.