Baseball Completes Series Sweep Of VMI With 7-6 Win Saturday

Saturday, April 3

Birmingham, Ala.

1 PM (CT)

Samford University

17-11, 8-1

VMI

6-17, 2-7

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

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Tyler McManus homered and drove in four runs in Saturday's 7-6 win over VMI.

Photo by: Chase Cochran | Samford Athletic

Baseball Completes Series Sweep Of VMI With 7-6 Win Saturday

4.3.21 | Baseball

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Samford baseball team completed a three-game sweep of its series with VMI with a 7-6 win Saturday afternoon at Joe Lee Griffin Field.

THE BASICS
FINAL: Samford 7 | VMI 6
Date/Time: Sat., Apr. 3 | Start 1:02 p.m. | TOG: 2:48
Location: Joe Lee Griffin Field (Birmingham, Ala.)
Records: Samford (17-11, 8-1 SoCon) | VMI (6-17, 2-7 SoCon)

HOW IT HAPPENED

After VMI took an early lead with two runs in the top of the first inning, Samford plated four runs in the bottom of the inning to take a 4-2 lead. Sonny DiChiara hit a three-run home run, and Tyler McManus had an RBI single to give the Bulldogs the lead.
VMI tied the score with two runs in the top of the second inning at 4-4.
Samford took the lead for good at 7-4 with three runs in the bottom of the third inning. McManus hit a three-run home run to center field for a three-run Samford lead.
VMI plated a run in the fourth inning and another in the seventh inning to make the final score 7-6.

ON THE MOUND

Hamp Skinner (2-0) earned the win on the mound for Samford, pitching 3.1 innings, allowing two runs on four hits.
Chase Isbell picked up his fifth save of the season, tossing the final hitless inning.
For VMI, Ben Capehart (0-2) took the loss, pitching 3.0 innings, allowing seven runs on eight hits.

NOTABLES

McManus went 2-for-4 with a home run and four RBI to lead Samford at the plate.
Max Pinto, Garrett Howe and Colton Ledbetter had two hits each for Samford.
DiChiara also homered for the Bulldogs, driving in three runs in a 1-for-4 performance at the plate.
Will Knight went 3-for-5 with a home run and three RBI to lead VMI at the plate.

NEXT UP
Samford will host in-state rival Troy Tuesday, April 6. The game is set for a 6 p.m. start from Joe Lee Griffin Field.

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