Baseball Drops Saturday Game At Wofford, 8-5

Saturday, April 27

Spartanburg, S.C.

2:00 PM (CT)

Samford University

32-12, 12-2

Wofford

26-18, 8-5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Samford	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	5	12	2
Wofford College	0	1	2	0	1	0	2	2	X	8	12	2

Box Score (PDF)

4.27.19 | Baseball

Box Score

BOX SCORE (PDF)

SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The Samford baseball team dropped an 8-5 decision in the second game of a three-game series at Wofford Saturday afternoon at Russell C. King Field.

The loss snapped Samford's 10-game win streak. The Bulldogs' record falls to 32-12 overall and 12-2 in SoCon play. Wofford improves to 26-18 overall and 8-5 in league play.

FROM THE BOX SCORE

Jordan Fucci homered and drove in two runs to lead Samford at the plate.
Kaden Dreier also drove in two runs for Samford, while Sonny DiChiara drove in one.
Jack Rude (0-3) took the loss on the mound for Samford, pitching 1.2 innings in relief, giving up two runs on one hit.
John Dempsey led Wofford at the plate, going 3-for-4 with two RBI.
Hudson Byorick went 3-for-5 with an RBI for the Terriers.
Reece Maniscalco (2-1) earned the win on the mound for Wofford, pitching 2.0 innings in relief, giving up one run on two hits.
Rasesh Pandya picked up his first save of the season, tossing 1.1 innings, allowing no runs on two hits.

SCORING SUMMARY

Samford jumped out to an early 2-0 lead on a two-run home run by Fucci in the top of the first inning.
Wofford plated a run in the second inning and two more in the third to take a 3-2 lead.
The Terriers pushed their lead to 4-2 with a run in the fifth inning.
Samford came back to knot the score at 4-4 with a two-run single by Dreier in the sixth inning.
Wofford took a 6-4 lead with two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning.
DiChiara singled to drive in a run for Samford in the top of the eighth inning to cut the lead to 6-5.
Wofford added two final runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to make the final score 8-5.

LOOKING AHEAD
Samford and Wofford will conclude their series with a game Sunday afternoon. The contest is set for a 12 p.m. (CT) start from Russell C. King Field.