Sunday, February 16
Birmingham, Ala.
1:00 PM (CT)
Samford University
3-0
7
vs
4
UNC Asheville
0-3
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNC Asheville | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
| Samford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | X | 7 | 10 | 2 |
Baseball Completes Sweep Of UNC Asheville With 7-4 Win Sunday
2.16.20 | Baseball
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Samford baseball team completed its season-opening sweep of UNC Asheville with a 7-4 win Sunday afternoon at Joe Lee Griffin Field.
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THE BASICS
FINAL:Â Â Samford 7 | UNC Asheville 4
Date/Time:Â Sun., Feb. 16 | Start: 1:02 p.m. | TOG: 3:05
Location:Â Joe Lee Griffin Field
Records:Â Samford (3-0) | UNC Asheville (0-3)
Series:Â Samford leads, 11-9
HOW IT HAPPENED
 ON THE MOUND
NOTABLESÂ
UP NEXTÂ
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Samford baseball team completed its season-opening sweep of UNC Asheville with a 7-4 win Sunday afternoon at Joe Lee Griffin Field.
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THE BASICS
FINAL:Â Â Samford 7 | UNC Asheville 4
Date/Time:Â Sun., Feb. 16 | Start: 1:02 p.m. | TOG: 3:05
Location:Â Joe Lee Griffin Field
Records:Â Samford (3-0) | UNC Asheville (0-3)
Series:Â Samford leads, 11-9
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The teams played through the first 5.5 innings scoreless.
- Samford plated two runs in the sixth inning on a two-run single by Kaden Dreier.
- Samford added four runs in the seventh inning to push the lead to 6-0. Taylor Garris, Ayrton Schafer, Sonny DiChiara and Dreier drove in a run each in the inning for Samford. Garris' run came on a solo home run.
- UNC Asheville came back with four runs in the top of the eighth inning to cut the lead to 6-4.
- Samford plated one final run in the bottom of the eighth inning on a single by Max Pinto to make the final score 7-4.
 ON THE MOUND
- Eric Sottile (1-0) came in to close out the top of the sixth inning to earn the win on the mound for Samford.
- Garrett Brown pitched the final inning to pick up his first save of the season.
- Zach Hester started the game for Samford and held UNCA hitless through his 4.0 innings of work.
- Ryan Douglas (0-1) pitched 5.2 innings, giving up two runs on five hits to take the loss on the mound for UNCA.
NOTABLESÂ
- Dreier went 2-for-4 with three RBI to lead Samford at the plate.
- Garris went 2-for-4 with a home run and one RBI.
- Pinto went 2-for-4 with an RBI.
- Chris Troost went 2-for-5 with two RBI for UNC Asheville.
UP NEXTÂ
- Samford will travel to Starkville, Miss., to take on the Mississippi State Bulldogs Tuesday at 4 p.m. Â
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Pitching:
W: Sottile, Eric (1-0)
L: DOUGLAS, Ryan (0-1)
S: Brown, Garrett (1)
Batting:
2B: DUNN, Sebastian 1
RBI: TROOST, Chris 2 ; CHANDLER, Wade 1
SH: LUCAS, MJ 1
Base Running:
RUNS: FREEBERGER, Domonic 1 ; LANKFORD, Brandon 1 ; JONES, Easton 1 ; TROOST, Chris 1
CS: DUNN, Sebastian 1
Batting:
2B: King, Towns 1 ; McManus, Tyler 1 ; Garris, Taylor 1
HR: Garris, Taylor 1
RBI: Pinto, Max 1 ; Schafer, Ayrton 1 ; DiChiara, Sonny 1 ; Dreier, Kaden 3 ; Garris, Taylor 1
SH: David, Will 1
SF: DiChiara, Sonny 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Pinto, Max 2 ; Schafer, Ayrton 1 ; Carlson, Brooks 2 ; Garris, Taylor 2
CS: King, Towns 1
HBP: Carlson, Brooks 1
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