Bulldogs Run Past Ragin Cajuns 12-4

Friday, March 6

Pensacola, Fla.

2:00 PM (CT)

Samford University

11-1

Louisiana at Lafayette

5-9

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Samford	0	5	3	0	0	2	0	0	2	12	13	1
Louisiana	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	4	10	4

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Photo by: Tanner Fields | Samford Athletic

3.6.20 | Baseball

Box Score

PENSAOLA, Fla. – Sam Strickland (3-0) allowed one run over 6.0 innings and the Samford University baseball team erupted for 12 runs, as the Bulldogs (11-1) claimed their seventh-straight victory with a 12-4 win over Louisiana (5-9) in the Cox Diamond Invitational at Blue Wahoos Stadium.

THE BASICS
GM 1 FINAL: Samford 12 | Louisiana 4
Date/Time: Fri., March 6 | 2 PM
Records: Samford (11-1) | Louisiana (5-9)
Series: Samford leads 2-1
Location: Blue Wahoos Stadium

HOW IT HAPPENED

Samford jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the top of the 2^nd inning. Ryan Crockett drove in the first of the Bulldogs' runs on an RBI single to right. After a throwing error led to Samford's second run, Taylor Garris, Brooks Carlson and Sonny DiChiara collected RBI singles to put the Bulldogs up 5-0.
The Bulldogs added three more runs in the top of the third to take a commanding 8-0 lead.
Conor Kimple scratched across ULL's first run with a single to center to cut the lead to 8-1.
Towns King smashed a two-run home run to left to extend Samford's advantage to 10-1 in the top of the 6th.
Nick Hagedorn singled to left to plate the Ragin Cajuns' second run of the contest in in the bottom of the eighth.
A DiChiara sac-fly RBI and a throwing error helped the Bulldogs add two insurance runs in the top of the ninth.
ULL scored two runs in the bottom of the ninth to make the final margin 12-4.

ON THE MOUND

Sam Strickland worked 6.0 innings allowing one run on six hits with a walk and eight strikeouts for the Bulldogs. The eight strikeouts match his season high versus Austin Peay.
ULL's Conor Angel (1-2) was saddled with the loss after allowing seven runs on five hits in just 2.0 innings of work. The Ragin Cajuns used five other pitchers in relief.

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