Crockett Powers Baseball To 9-8 Win At Wofford

Friday, April 30

Spartanburg, SC

4 PM (CT)

Samford University

24-17, 14-5

Wofford

24-16, 12-7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Samford	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	1	0	9	14	0
Wofford College	0	1	1	0	2	0	3	1	0	8	12	0

Box Score (PDF)

Ryan Crockett homered twice and drove in five runs in Samford's 9-8 win at Wofford Friday night.

Photo by: Chase Cochran | Samford Athletics

4.30.21 | Baseball

Box Score

BOX SCORE (PDF)

SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Samford right fielder Ryan Crockett homered twice and drove in five runs and the Bulldog baseball team held on for a 9-8 win in the first game of a Southern Conference series at Wofford Friday evening at Russell C. King Field.

THE BASICS
FINAL: Samford 9 | Wofford 8
Date/Time: Fri., Apr. 30 | Start: 5:08 p.m. |TOG: 3:47
Location: Spartanburg, S.C.. (Russell C. King Field)
Records: Samford (24-17, 14-5 SoCon) | Wofford (24-16, 12-7 SoCon)

HOW IT HAPPENED

Wofford took the lead first with a run in the bottom of the second inning for a 1-0 advantage.
Samford took control of the game with seven runs in the third inning. Tyler McManus singled to drive in Max Pinto to tie the score. Crockett then hit a grand slam to center field for a 5-1 Samford lead. Towns King later hit a two-run homer to right-center field to make the score 7-1.
After Wofford plated a run in the bottom of the third inning, Samford's Crockett hit a solo homer to left field in the top of the fourth inning to push Samford's lead to 8-2.
Wofford came back with two runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to cut the Samford lead to 8-4.
In the bottom of the seventh inning, Wofford plated three runs to cut the lead to 8-7, but a double play with the bases loaded by the Samford defense prevented the Terriers from tying the game.
Samford added a run in the top of the eighth inning on an RBI double by Sonny DiChiara to make the score 9-7.
Wofford added one final run in the bottom of the eighth inning to cut the lead to 9-8.
Samford closer, Chase Isbell, however, came on to shut down Wofford for the final inning and a third to secure the win for the Bulldogs.

ON THE MOUND

Carson Cupo (7-0) pitched 2.0 innings, giving up two runs on four hits to earn the win for the Bulldogs.
Isbell tossed the final 1.1 innings without allowing a hit to pick up his seventh save of the season.
Josh Vitus (3-3) pitched 2.0 innings, allowing seven runs on seven hits to take the loss for the Terriers.

NOTABLES

Crockett went 3-for-5 with two home runs and five RBI to lead Samford at the plate.
Brooks Carlson went 3-for-4 with a run scored for Samford.
King also homered, driving in two runs in a 1-for-5 performance at the plate.
For Wofford, Colin Davis homered, driving in three runs, going 2-for-4 at the plate.

NEXT UP

Samford and Wofford will wrap up their series with a doubleheader Saturday. The first game is set for a 1 p.m. (CT) start.

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