Baseball Drops Series Opener At No. 7 Florida

Friday, February 26

Gainesville, FL

5:30 PM (CT)

Samford University

3-2

#7 Florida

4-2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Samford	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	4	6	4
Florida	0	2	1	3	2	0	0	0	X	8	10	2

Tyler McManus hit a solo home run Friday night at No. 7 Florida.

Photo by: Tanner Fields | Samford Athletics

2.26.21 | Baseball

Box Score

BOX SCORE (PDF)

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The Samford baseball team dropped the series opener at No. 7 Florida, 8-4, Friday night at Florida Ballpark.

THE BASICS
FINAL: Florida 8 | Samford 4
Date/Time: Fri., Feb. 26 | Start 6:33 p.m. | TOG: 2:30
Location: Florida Ballpark (Gainesville, Fla.)
Records: Samford (3-2) | Florida (4-2)

HOW IT HAPPENED

Florida got the scoring started with a pair of unearned runs in the bottom of the second inning, and then added another run in the third for a 3-0 lead.
The Gators added three runs in the fourth inning and two runs in the fifth for an 8-0 advantage.
Samford got on the scoreboard in the top of the seventh inning when Tyler McManus hit a solo home run to cut the lead to 8-1.
The Bulldogs added another run in the eighth inning when Blake Bortak scored on a wild pitch to make the score 8-2.
Samford plated two more runs in the top of the ninth inning. Ayrton Schafer scored on an error to make the score 8-3. Carson Allison then scored when Bortak reached on a fielder's choice to cut the lead to 8-4.

ON THE MOUND

Samuel Strickland (1-1) pitched 5.0 innings, giving up eight runs, six earned, to take the loss for the Bulldogs.
Tommy Mace (2-0) tossed 6.0 innings, allowing no runs on three hits to earn the win on the mound for the Gators.

NOTABLES

Tyler McManus had a home run and one RBI in a 1-for-3 performance at the plate.
Blake Bortak also drove in a run for Samford.
For Florida, Jud Fabian went 2-for-4 with a home run and one RBI.
Sterlin Thompson went 2-for-2 with a triple and an RBI.

UP NEXT

Samford and Florida will continue their series with a game Saturday at 3 p.m. (CT).

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