Baseball Secures SoCon Regular-Season Title With 4-2 Win Over WCU

Sunday, May 12

Birmingham, Ala.

5:30 PM (CT)

Samford University

37-15, 17-4

Western Carolina

18-28, 7-14

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

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Jordan Fucci approaching home plate after his three-run home run in Sunday night's 4-2 win over Western Carolina.

Baseball Secures SoCon Regular-Season Title With 4-2 Win Over WCU

5.12.19 | Baseball

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Samford baseball team secured its first Southern Conference regular-season championship with a 4-2 win over Western Carolina in the team's final home game of the season Sunday evening at Joe Lee Griffin Field.

With the win, Samford improves to 37-15 overall and 17-4 in Southern Conference play. The regular-season title is the first for Samford since winning the Ohio Valley Conference regular-season crown in 2006. Samford posted a record of 25-7 in home games this season, including a 12-0 mark in SoCon home contests. Western Carolina falls to 18-28 overall and 7-14 in league games.

FROM THE BOX SCORE

Jordan Fucci led Samford at the plate, driving in four runs, going 1-for-2, including a three-run home run.
Jesse McCord (5-1) pitched 5.0 innings, giving up two runs on six hits and striking out five batters to earn the win on the mound for Samford.
Stephen Jones picked up his SoCon-leading 13^th save of the season, pitching the final inning and allowing just one hit.
For Western Carolina, Justice Bigbie went 3-for-5 with an RBI.
Ty McCulloch (1-4) pitched 5.0 innings, giving up three runs on six hits to take the loss for the Catamounts.

SCORING SUMMARY

Samford jumped out to an early lead with three runs in the bottom of the first inning. Fucci hit a three-run home run to left field, his 13^th of the season, to give Samford an early 3-0 lead.
Western Carolina plated its first run of the game in the fifth inning when Bigbie singled to drive in Jalen Jones to cut the Samford lead to 3-1
The Catamounts added another run in the sixth inning to make the score 3-2. Andrew Bullock hit a sacrifice fly to left field to drive in Daylan Nanny to bring WCU to within one run.
Samford added one final run in the bottom of the seventh inning to make the final score 4-2. Fucci hit a sacrifice fly to left field to drive in Branden Fryman for a two-run Samford lead.

LOOKING AHEAD
Samford will travel to Tuscaloosa, Ala., to take on the Alabama Crimson Tide Tuesday evening at 6 p.m. The Bulldogs will wrap up the regular season with a three-game SoCon series at ETSU Thursday, Friday and Saturday.