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Chase Cochran | Samford Athletics
Ryan Crockett homered twice and drove in five runs in Samford's 9-8 win at Wofford Friday night.
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Winner Samford SAM 24-17, 14-5 SoCon
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Wofford College WOF 24-16, 12-7 SoCon
Winner
Samford SAM
24-17, 14-5 SoCon
9
Final
8
Wofford College WOF
24-16, 12-7 SoCon
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Samford SAM 0 0 7 1 0 0 0 1 0 9 14 0
Wofford College WOF 0 1 1 0 2 0 3 1 0 8 12 0

W: Cupo, Carson (7-0) L: Josh Vitus (3-3) S: Isbell, Chase (7)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Crockett Powers Baseball To 9-8 Win At Wofford

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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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