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Will David vs Mercer 2021
Chase Cochran | Samford Athletic
5
Winner Mercer MER 23-16, 10-5 SoCon
4
Samford SAM 23-17, 13-5 SoCon
Winner
Mercer MER
23-16, 10-5 SoCon
5
Final
4
Samford SAM
23-17, 13-5 SoCon
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Mercer MER 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 5 9 1
Samford SAM 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 8 0

W: Luke Sutko (3-3) L: Skinner, Hamp (3-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Falls To Mercer In Series Finale, 5-4

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Samford baseball team dropped a 5-4 decision to the Mercer Bears in the final game of the teams' three-game series Saturday afternoon at Joe Lee Griffin Field.
 
THE BASICS
FINAL: Mercer 5 | Samford 4
Date/Time: Sat., Apr. 24 | Start: 11:32 a.m. | TOG: 3:06
Location: Birmingham, Ala. (Joe Lee Griffin Field)
Records: Samford (23-17, 13-5 SoCon) | Mercer (23-16, 10-5 SoCon)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • After Mercer took a 1-0 lead in the top of the second inning on a home run by Angelo DiSpigna, Samford answered with two runs in the bottom of the inning to take a 2-1 lead. Ryan Crockett homered to left-center field to tie the score. Towns King later singled to drive in Tyler McManus to give Samford the lead.
  • Mercer tied the game when DiSpigna hit his second homer of the game in the top of the fourth.
  • Samford added two more runs in the bottom of the fourth inning to take a 4-2 lead. Kaden Dreier singled to drive in McManus for the first run of the inning. Taylor Garris later singled to drive in Crockett for a two-run Samford lead.
  • Mercer knotted the score at 4-4 with two runs in the top of the fifth inning. DiSpigna drove in the first run of the inning with a single, and Garett Delano later scored on a wild pitch to tie the game.
  • Mercer's R.J. Yeager doubled to drive in David Burke for the eventual game-winning run in the top of the sixth inning, giving Mercer a 5-4 lead.
 
ON THE MOUND
  • Hamp Skinner (3-1) pitched 1.1 innings in relief, giving up three runs on four hits to take the loss on the mound for Samford.
  • Luke Sutko (3-3) tossed 4.1 innings in relief, allowing no runs on two hits to earn the win for the Bears.
 
NOTABLES 
  • Dreier went 2-for-4 with an RBI to lead Samford at the plate.
  • Crockett homered, driving in one run in a 1-for-4 performance.
  • For Mercer, DiSpigna went 3-for-4 with two home runs and three RBI.
 
NEXT UP 
  • Samford will play a three-game Southern Conference series at Wofford, April 30 and May 1. The teams are set to play a single game Friday at 4 p.m. (CT), and a doubleheader Saturday at 1 p.m. (CT).
 
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