Baseball Wins Eighth-Straight With 8-4 Win Over The Citadel

Sunday, April 11

Birmingham, Ala.

1 PM (CT)

Samford University

21-11, 11-1

The Citadel

8-19, 1-10

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
The Citadel	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	11	2
Samford	1	0	0	5	0	1	1	0	X	8	5	2

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Photo by: Chase Cochran | Samford Athletic

Baseball Wins Eighth-Straight With 8-4 Win Over The Citadel

4.11.21 | Baseball

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Samford baseball team earned its eighth-straight victory with an 8-4 win over The Citadel to complete the sweep of the weekend Southern Conference series Sunday afternoon at Joe Lee Griffin Field.

THE BASICS
FINAL: Samford 8 | The Citadel 4
Date/Time: Sun., Apr. 11 | Start 1:02 p.m. | TOG: 3:08
Location: Joe Lee Griffin Field (Birmingham, Ala.)
Records: Samford (21-11, 11-1 SoCon) | The Citadel (8-19, 1-10 SoCon)

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Citadel plated a run in the first inning and three more in the second to take a 4-1 lead.
Samford took the lead for good with five runs in the fourth inning. Kaden Dreier, Taylor Garris, Sonny DiChiara and Tyler McManus drove in a run each in the inning for Samford. Ryan Crockett also scored on a wild pitch as Samford took a 6-4 lead.
Samford added a run in the sixth inning to push the lead to 7-4. McManus singled through the left side of the infield to drive in Max Pinto for a three-run Samford lead.
In the seventh inning, Dreier doubled down the left-field line to drive in Blake Bortak to give Samford an 8-4 advantage.

ON THE MOUND

Hamp Skinner (3-0) pitched 5.2 innings in relief, giving up no runs on five hits to earn the win on the mound for Samford. Skinner struck out seven batters without allowing a walk.
Cameron Reeves (2-6) tossed a third of an inning, giving up two runs to take the loss for The Citadel.

NOTABLES

McManus went 2-for-3 with three RBI to lead Samford at the plate.
Dreier was 2-for-4 with a double and two RBI for Samford.
Ryan McCarthy went 4-for-5 with three doubles for The Citadel.

NEXT UP
Samford will play at Alabama on Tuesday, April 13. The game is set for a 6 p.m. start from Tuscaloosa, Ala.

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