McManus' Grand Slam Lifts Baseball To 5-1 Win Over Alabama A&M

Tuesday, March 10

Birmingham, Ala.

4:00 PM (CT)

Samford University

13-2

Alabama A&M

3-14

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Alabama A&M	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	0
Samford	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	X	5	8	0

McManus' Grand Slam Lifts Baseball To 5-1 Win Over Alabama A&M

3.10.20 | Baseball

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Samford junior designated hitter Tyler McManus hit a grand slam in the third inning to propel the Bulldog baseball team to a 5-1 win over Alabama A&M Tuesday night at Joe Lee Griffin Field.

THE BASICS
FINAL: Samford 5 | Alabama A&M 1
Date/Time: Tues., Mar. 10 | Start 4:02 p.m. | TOG: 2:41
Location: Joe Lee Griffin Field (Birmingham, Ala.)
Records: Samford (13-1) | Alabama A&M (3-14)
Series: Samford leads, 24-2

HOW IT HAPPENED

The game was scoreless through the first two and a half innings.
In the third inning, after Max Pinto was hit by a pitch, Brooks Carlson walked and Sonny DiChiara was hit by a pitch to load the bases, Tyler McManus hit a grand slam to left field to give Samford a 4-0 lead.
Alabama A&M plated its lone run in the game in the top of the eighth inning to cut the lead to 4-1.
Samford added one final run in the bottom of the eighth inning when Davis Schwartz tripled to drive in DiChiara to make the final score 5-1.

ON THE MOUND

Mason McCormack (1-0) pitched 4.0 innings, giving up no runs on two hits to earn the win on the mound for Samford.
Otis Smith (0-3) tossed 3.0 innings, giving up four runs on four hits in taking the loss for Alabama A&M.

NOTABLES

Tyler McManus' home run was his team-leading fourth of the season.
Sonny DiChiara went 2-for-3 with two runs scored in the game.
Ryan Crockett went 2-for-5 for Samford.
For Alabama A&M, Jackson Holcombe, Dillon Roop and Pierre Brewton had one hit each.

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