Baseball Falls In Series Opener At Mercer Friday

Friday, May 3

Macon, Ga.

5:00 PM (CT)

Samford University

33-14, 0

Mercer

25-20, 0

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

Box Score (PDF)

Branden Fryman homered and drove in one run for Samford Friday night at Mercer.

Baseball Falls In Series Opener At Mercer Friday

5.3.19 | Baseball

Box Score

BOX SCORE (PDF)

MACON, Ga. – The Samford baseball team fell in its Southern Conference series opener at Mercer Friday night by a score of 7-2 at OrthoGeorgia Park.

With the loss, Samford falls to 33-14 overall and 13-3 in Southern Conference play. Mercer improves to 25-20 overall and 12-7 in league play.

FROM THE BOX SCORE

Branden Fryman homered and drove in one run in a 1-for-4 performance at the plate.
Max Pinto also drove in a run, going 1-for-3 for the Bulldogs.
Samuel Strickland (6-2) pitched 3.0 innings, giving up five runs, four earned, on five hits to take the loss on the mound for Samford.
Angelo DiSpigna led Mercer, going 3-for-4 with two home runs, including a grand slam, and six RBI.
Sawyer Gipson (6-3) earned the win on the mound for Mercer, tossing 8.0 innings and giving up two runs on four hits and recording nine strikeouts.

SCORING SUMMARY

Samford got on the scoreboard first with a run in the top of the third inning. Pinto singled to drive in Taylor Garris to give Samford a 1-0 lead.
Mercer responded with four runs in the bottom of the third on a grand slam by DiSpigna to give the Bears a 4-1 lead.
Mercer added a run in the bottom of the fourth inning to push its lead to 5-1.
Samford plated another run in the top of the fifth inning on a solo home run by Fryman to cut the Mercer lead to 5-2.
DiSpigna hit his second home run of the game, this one a two-run shot, to make the score 7-2 in the bottom of the seventh inning.

LOOKING AHEAD
Due to expected inclement weather in the Macon area on Sunday, the teams will play a doubleheader Saturday to wrap up the series. The first game of the twin bill is scheduled to start at 1 p.m. (CT).