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Ayrton Schafer vs Northern Kentucky
4
Northern Kentucky NKU 0-9
5
Winner Samford SAM 7-1
Northern Kentucky NKU
0-9
4
Final
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Samford SAM
7-1
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Northern Kentucky NKU 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 10 0
Samford SAM 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 X 5 10 3

W: Cupo, Carson (1-0) L: KEITH, Tyler (0-2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Opens Series With 5-4 Win Over Northern Kentucky

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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.
 
 
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