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PENSACOLA, Fla. – The Samford baseball team dropped a 5-3 decision to Troy on the second day of the Cox Diamond Invitational Saturday at Pensacola Wahoo Stadium.
THE BASICS
FINAL: Troy 5 | Samford 3
Date/Time: Sat., Mar. 7 | Start 11:01 a.m. | TOG: 2:41
Location: Pensacola Wahoo Stadium (Pensacola, Fla.)
Records: Samford (11-2) | Troy (9-6)
Series: Troy, 44-24
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Troy plated two runs in the first inning, one in the second and another in the third to take a 4-0 lead.
- Samford came back with a run in the bottom of the fourth inning when Ayrton Schafer doubled to drive in Kaden Dreier, cutting the Troy lead to 4-1.
- The Trojans added a run in the top of the seventh inning to make the score 5-1.
- Dreier hit a two-run home run to left field in the eighth inning to cut the lead to 5-3.
ON THE MOUND
- Jalon Long (0-2) pitched 5.0 innings, giving up four runs on nine hits to take the loss for Samford.
- Orlando Ortiz (2-0) pitched 6.0 innings, allowing one run on three hits to earn the win for the Trojans.
- Troy's D.J. Wilkinson picked up his second save of the season, tossing the final inning, without allowing a hit.
NOTABLES
- Max Pinto went 2-for-4 for Samford at the plate.
- Dreier homered and drove in two runs in a 1-for-2 performance.
- For Troy, Dalton Sinquefield went 3-for-4 with a home run and one RBI.
UP NEXT
- Samford will wrap up play in the Cox Diamond Invitational by taking on Michigan State Sunday at 11 a.m. (CT).
