McManus’s Grand Slam Leads Bulldogs Past Auburn, 6-1

Wednesday, May 12

Birmingham, Ala.

6 PM (CT)

Samford University

28-19

Auburn (Hoover Met)

20-24

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

Tyler McManus hit a grand slam in the third inning to lead the Samford baseball team to a 6-1 win over Auburn Wednesday evening.

Photo by: Chase Cochran | Samford Athletic

McManus’s Grand Slam Leads Bulldogs Past Auburn, 6-1

5.12.21 | Baseball

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HOOVER, Ala. – Samford's Tyler McManus hit a grand slam in the third inning to lead the Bulldog baseball team to a 6-1 win over Auburn Wednesday evening at the Hoover Metropolitan Stadium.

THE BASICS
FINAL: Samford 6 | Auburn 1
Date/Time: Wed., May 11 | Start 6:02 p.m. | TOG: 2:48
Location: Hoover, Ala. (Hoover Metropolitan Stadium)
Records: Samford (28-19) | Auburn (20-24)

HOW IT HAPPENED

Samford jumped on top first when McManus hit a grand slam to left field in the bottom of the third inning to give the Bulldogs a 4-0 lead.
The Bulldogs added another run in the bottom of the fourth inning when Brooks Carlson singled to drive in Will David for a 5-0 Samford lead.
In the sixth inning Samford plated another run when Carlson doubled to right-center field to drive in Taylor Garris to make the score 6-0.
Auburn plated its lone run on a home run by Kason Howell in the eighth inning to cut the lead to 6-1.

ON THE MOUND

Jacob Cravey (1-2) pitched 3.0 innings in relief, giving up no runs on one hit and striking out five batters to earn the win on the mound for Samford.
Jack Sokol (1-1) took the loss for the Tigers, tossing 2.1 innings, allowing two runs on one hit.

NOTABLES

McManus went 2-for-4 with a double, a grand slam and four RBI to lead Samford at the plate.
Carlson went 3-for-4 with a double and two RBI for the Bulldogs.
Max Pinto also had two hits for Samford.
Howell homered in a 1-for-3 performance for Auburn.

NEXT UP
Samford will play host to UNCG in a key Southern Conference series this weekend at Joe Lee Griffin Field. The teams are set to play a doubleheader Friday at 2 p.m., and a single game Saturday at 1 p.m.

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