Baseball Eliminated From SoCon Tournament, 4-3, By Mercer

Saturday, May 25

Greenville, S.C.

6:55 PM (CT)

Samford University

41-19

Mercer

33-27

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

Sonny DiChiara vs Mercer 2019 SoCon Tournament

Sonny DiChiara hit his 21st home run of the season in Saturday night's 4-3 loss to Mercer.

Baseball Eliminated From SoCon Tournament, 4-3, By Mercer

5.25.19 | Baseball

Box Score

BOX SCORE (PDF)

GREENVILLE, S.C. – The top-seeded Samford baseball team was eliminated from the Southern Conference Tournament with a 4-3 loss to fourth-seeded Mercer Saturday evening at Fluor Field.

With the loss, Samford falls to 41-19 on the season. Mercer improves to 33-27, and the Bears will take on Wofford in Sunday's championship round.

FROM THE BOX SCORE

Sonny DiChiara and Max Pinto each hit solo home runs for Samford in the loss. DiChiara's homer was his 21^st of the season, tying him for the second most in a single season in Samford history.
Jordan Fucci went 2-for-4 at the plate.
Hamp Skinner (1-3) pitched 3.2 innings, giving up one run on five hits to take the loss on the mound for Samford.
Mercer was led by Angelo DiSpigna, going 3-for-4 with a double and two RBI.
Bill Knight went 2-for-3 with an RBI for the Bears.
Jackson Kelley (2-1) pitched 6.0 innings, giving up one run on four hits to earn the win on the mound for Mercer.
Nick Spear picked up his ninth save of the season, tossing the final 3.0 innings, giving up two runs on four hits.

SCORING SUMMARY

Mercer took an early lead with one run in the top of the second inning. Jordan Ammons doubled to right-center field to drive in DiSpigna for a 1-0 Mercer lead.
The Bears added three runs in the top of the fifth inning to push their lead to 4-0. Knight singled to drive in Trevor Austin for the first run of the inning. DiSpigna then hit a two-run double for a four-run Bears lead.
Samford got on the scoreboard when DiChiara belted a home run to left-center field in the bottom of the seventh inning to cut the Mercer lead to 4-1.
Pinto hit a solo homer to left-center in the bottom of the eighth inning to make the score 4-2.
Samford plated one final run in the bottom of the ninth inning, but the Bulldogs could get no closer and the game ended in a 4-3 Mercer victory.

LOOKING AHEAD
The loss ends Samford's 2019 season.