Baseball Falls In 11-9 Slugfest To Alabama State

Tuesday, February 23

Birmingham, Ala.

4 PM (CT)

Samford University

3-1

Alabama State

1-3

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Alabama State	1	4	0	2	1	0	2	0	1	11	15	1
Samford	0	3	0	0	2	2	0	2	0	9	7	0

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Kaden Dreier drove in four runs Tuesday night vs. Alabama State.

Photo by: Chase Cochran | Samford Athletic

Baseball Falls In 11-9 Slugfest To Alabama State

2.23.21 | Baseball

Box Score

BOX SCORE (PDF)

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Samford baseball team dropped an 11-9 slugfest to Alabama State Tuesday evening at Joe Lee Griffin Field

THE BASICS
FINAL: Alabama State 11 | Samford 9
Date/Time: Tues., Feb. 23 | Start 4:01 p.m. | TOG: 3:26
Location: Joe Lee Griffin Field (Birmingham, Ala.)
Records: Samford (3-1) | Alabama State (1-3)

HOW IT HAPPENED

Alabama State scored a run in the first inning and four more in the second to take an early 5-0 lead.
Samford came back with three runs in the bottom of the second, with Brooks Carlson driving in two runs and Max Pinto driving in one to cut the lead to 5-3.
Alabama State added to its lead with two runs in the fourth inning and one in the fifth to push the lead to 8-3.
Samford plated two runs in the fifth inning and two more in the sixth to close to within one run at 8-7. In the fifth inning, Tyler McManus hit a two-run home run. In the sixth inning, Kaden Dreier drove in two runs with a single.
Alabama State added to its lead with two runs in the seventh inning to make the score 10-7.
Samford again plated two runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to cut the lead to 10-9. Dreier again drove in two runs with a single to bring Samford to within one run.
Alabama State added one final run in the top of the ninth inning to make the final score 11-9.

ON THE MOUND

Samford threw eight pitchers in the game, with Jalon Long (0-1) starting the game and giving up five runs on five hits over 2.0 innings to take the loss for the Bulldogs.
Alabama State's Jordan Gould pitched 1.2 innings in relief to earn the win for the Hornets.
ASU's Payton Harris pitched the final 2.0 innings to pick up his first save of the season.

NOTABLES

For Samford at the plate, Kaden Dreier went 2-for-4 with four RBI.
Tyler McManus homered and drove in two runs in a 1-for-5 performance.
Brooks Carlson also drove in two runs, going 1-for-4 at the plate.
For Alabama State, Christopher DeGuzman went 3-for-4 with a double, a triple and four RBI.
Trenton Jamison and Hunter May both homered for Alabama State.

UP NEXT

Samford will play a three-game series at seventh-ranked Florida this weekend. The teams are scheduled to play Friday at 5:30 p.m. (CT), Saturday at 3 p.m. (CT) and Sunday at 12 p.m. (CT).

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