Baseball Earns Record-Breaking Win Over Western Carolina

Saturday, May 11

Birmingham, Ala.

10:30 AM (CT)

Samford University

36-15, 0

Western Carolina

18-27, 0

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

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Zach Hester earned his seventh win of the season in Saturday's 5-3 win over Western Carolina.

Baseball Earns Record-Breaking Win Over Western Carolina

5.11.19 | Baseball

Box Score

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Samford baseball team set a new school record for regular-season wins with a 5-3 victory over Western Carolina Saturday afternoon at Joe Lee Griffin Field.

With the win, Samford improves to 36-15 overall and 16-4 in Southern Conference play. The 36 wins breaks the old regular-season mark of 35 set by the 2012 squad. The win also secures a share of the Southern Conference regular-season title, and puts the Bulldogs just one win away from winning the outright title and the No. 1 seed for the SoCon Tournament, which begins May 21 in Greenville, S.C. Western Carolina falls to 18-27 overall and 7-13 in league games.

FROM THE BOX SCORE

Anthony Mulrine went 2-for-3 with a double and two RBI to lead Samford at the plate.
Brooks Carlson went 2-for-4 with two RBI for Samford.
Zach Hester (7-3) pitched 6.0 innings, giving up two runs on six hits to earn the win on the mound for Samford.
Stephen Jones pitched the final 2.0 innings to pick up his SoCon-leading 12^th save of the season.
WCU was led by Justice Bigbie going 3-for-5 with a home run and two RBI.
Daylan Nanny also homered for WCU, going 2-for-5 with one RBI.
Chase Walter (5-6) pitched 7.0 innings, giving up four runs on six hits to take the loss for the Catamounts.

SCORING SUMMARY

Western Carolina scored a run in the top of the first inning on a solo home run by Bigbie, and the Catamounts plated another run in the fourth inning to take a 2-0 lead.
Samford came back to take the lead with three runs in the bottom of the fifth inning. Mulrine scored the first run when Branden Fryman reached base on a fielder's choice. Carlson later singled to drive in Fryman and Taylor Garris for a 3-2 Samford lead.
The Bulldogs added a run in the sixth inning to push their lead to 4-2. Mulrine doubled to drive in Ayrton Schafer for a two-run Samford lead.
Western Carolina's Nanny hit a solo home run in the top of the eighth inning to cut the Samford lead to 4-3.
In the bottom of the eighth inning, Mulrine singled to drive in Kaden Dreier to push Samford's lead to 5-3.

LOOKING AHEAD
Samford and Western Carolina will conclude their series with a game Sunday. The game time is scheduled for a 1 p.m. start from Joe Lee Griffin Field. The contest will be Senior Day for the Bulldogs as the 2019 seniors will be honored in ceremonies prior to the game.