Baseball Opens Series With 5-4 Win Over Northern Kentucky

Friday, February 28

Birmingham, Ala.

4:00 PM (CT)

Samford University

7-1

Northern Kentucky

0-9

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

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Baseball Opens Series With 5-4 Win Over Northern Kentucky

2.28.20 | Baseball

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Samford baseball team opened its four-game weekend series with Northern Kentucky with a 5-4 win over the Norse Friday evening at Joe Lee Griffin Field.

THE BASICS
FINAL: Samford 5 | Northern Kentucky 4
Date/Time: Fri., Feb. 28 | Start 4:02 | TOG: 2:33
Location: Joe Lee Griffin Field (Birmingham, Ala.)
Records: Samford (7-1) | Northern Kentucky (0-9)

HOW IT HAPPENED

Northern Kentucky scored two runs, just one earned, aided by a pair of Samford errors in the top of the first inning.
Samford came back with three runs in the bottom of the first inning on a two-RBI single by Kaden Dreier, and Dreier later scoring on a wild pitch for a 3-2 Samford lead.
The Bulldogs stretched their lead to 4-2 in the third inning when Max Pinto scored on a sacrifice fly by Sonny DiChiara.
NKU scored a run in the sixth inning on a home run by Sam Hedges, and then tied the score at 4-4 with a run in the top of the seventh inning.
Samford plated the eventual game-winning run when Carson Allison scored on a sacrifice fly by Ryan Crockett in the bottom of the eighth inning.

ON THE MOUND

Carson Cupo (1-0) pitched the final 1.1 innings, allowing just one hit to earn the win on the mound for Samford.
Tyler Keith (0-2) tossed 1.0 inning, giving up one run on two hits to take the loss for Northern Kentucky.

NOTABLES

Dreier went 2-for-4 with two RBI to lead Samford at the plate.
Pinto and Ayrton Schafer added two hits each for Samford.
For NKU, Treyvin Moss and Jake Murray collected three hits each.
Hedges hit the lone home run of the game.

UP NEXT

Samford and Northern Kentucky will continue their series with a doubleheader Saturday. The first game is set to start at 1 p.m. at Joe Lee Griffin Field.