Baseball Earns Road Win At Jacksonville State, 5-4

Tuesday, March 30

Jacksonville, Ala.

6 PM (CT)

Samford University

14-11

Jacksonville State

11-12

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

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Photo by: Chase Cochran | Samford Athletics

Baseball Earns Road Win At Jacksonville State, 5-4

3.30.21 | Baseball

Box Score

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JACKSONVILLE, Ala. – The Samford baseball team plated two runs in the eighth inning to earn a 5-4, come-from-behind win at in-state rival Jacksonville State Tuesday night at Rudy Abbott Field and Jim Case Stadium.

THE BASICS
FINAL: Samford 5 | Jacksonville State 4
Date/Time: Tues., Mar. 30 | Start 6:00 p.m. | TOG: 3:33
Location: Rudy Abbott Field and Jim Case Stadium (Jacksonville, Ala.)
Records: Samford (14-11) | JSU (11-12)

HOW IT HAPPENED

Jacksonville State jumped on top early with two runs in the bottom of the first inning.
Samford took the lead with three runs in the top of the fifth inning. Garrett Howe, Sonny DiChiara and Brooks Carlson each walked with the bases loaded to give Samford a 3-2 lead.
Jacksonville State came back to take a 4-3 lead with two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning.
Samford answered with two runs in the top of the eighth inning to retake the lead at 5-4. Ryan Crockett singled to center field to drive in Tyler McManus and Carson Eddy to give Samford the lead.
Jacksonville State had runners on first and second with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning, but a Samford double play ended the threat and sealed the 5-4 victory.

ON THE MOUND

Carson Hobbs (1-0) pitched 1.0 inning in relief, allowing just one hit to earn the win on the mound for Samford.
Carson Cupo picked up his second save of the season, tossing the final inning without allowing a hit.
Trey Fortner (1-2) gave up two runs on two hits to take the loss for the Gamecocks.

NOTABLES

Max Pinto and Towns King had two hits each for Samford.
Ryan Crockett drove in two runs for the Bulldogs.
Jaylyn Williams led Jacksonville State, going 3-for-5 with two doubles and two RBI.

NEXT UP

Samford will host VMI in a three-game Southern Conference series this weekend. The teams are scheduled to play a doubleheader Friday at 2 p.m., and a single game Saturday at 1 p.m. at Joe Lee Griffin Field.

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