Baseball Battles Auburn Before Falling, 6-4 On The Road

Tuesday, April 20

Auburn, Ala.

6 PM (CT)

Samford University

22-15

Auburn

15-18

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

Box Score (PDF)

Photo by: Grace Schinsing / AU Athletics

Baseball Battles Auburn Before Falling, 6-4 On The Road

4.20.21 | Baseball

Box Score

BOX SCORE (PDF)

AUBURN, Ala. – The Samford baseball team dropped a hard-fought contest at Auburn, 6-4, Tuesday night at Plainsman Park.

THE BASICS
FINAL: Auburn 6 | Samford 4
Date/Time: Tues., Apr. 20 | Start 6:02 p.m. | TOG: 2:38
Location: Plainsman Park (Auburn, Ala.)
Records: Samford (22-15) | Auburn (15-18)

HOW IT HAPPENED

Auburn took an early 2-0 lead with two runs in the bottom of the first inning.
Samford answered with three runs in the top of the second inning to take a 3-2 lead. Ryan Crockett hit a two-run home run to left field to tie the game. Kaden Dreier then hit a solo homer to left to give the Bulldogs the lead.
Two home runs and an RBI ground out for Auburn in the bottom of the third inning plated four runs, giving the Tigers a 6-3 lead.
In the top of the fifth inning, Sonny DiChiara singled up the middle to drive in Max Pinto and cut the Auburn lead to 6-4.

ON THE MOUND

Jacob Cravey (0-2) pitched 3.0 innings, giving up six runs on six hits to take the loss for the Bulldogs.
Logan Jones, Blake Bortak, Charles Crosby, Gene Hurst, Carson Cupo and Chase Isbell also saw time on the mound for Samford.
Peyton Glavine (1-1) tossed 2.0 innings, allowing one run on two hits to earn the win for the Tigers.
Cody Greenhill picked up his first save of the season, pitching the final hitless inning for Auburn.

NOTABLES

Crockett homered and drove in two runs in a 1-for-4 performance at the plate.
Dreier also had a home run and one RBI, going 1-for-4 for the Bulldogs.
DiChiara also drove in a run for Samford.
Tyler Miller, Rankin Woley and Steven Williams each homered for Auburn.

NEXT UP
Samford will host Mercer in a three-game series this weekend at Joe Lee Griffin Field. The teams are scheduled to play a single game Friday at 4 p.m., and a doubleheader Saturday at 1 p.m.

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