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Sonny DiChiara vs UNCG 2021
Chase Cochran | Samford Athletic
Sonny DiChiara homered in both games of Friday's doubleheader against UNCG.
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UNCG UNCG 25-22, 10-15 SoCon
8
Winner Samford SAM 29-19, 18-7 SoCon
UNCG UNCG
25-22, 10-15 SoCon
3
Final
8
Samford SAM
29-19, 18-7 SoCon
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
UNCG UNCG 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 6 1
Samford SAM 0 0 1 2 1 2 2 0 X 8 8 0

W: Strickland, Samuel (5-2) L: Austin Koehn (4-3)

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Winner UNCG UNCG 26-22, 11-15 SoCon
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Samford SAM 29-20, 18-8 SoCon
Winner
UNCG UNCG
26-22, 11-15 SoCon
11
Final
4
Samford SAM
29-20, 18-8 SoCon
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
UNCG UNCG 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 3 11 10 1
Samford SAM 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 5 3

W: Austin Parsley (8-2) L: Skinner, Hamp (3-2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Splits Doubleheader With UNCG

GAME 1 BOX SCORE (PDF)
GAME 2 BOX SCORE (PDF)

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Samford baseball team split its Southern Conference doubleheader with UNCG Friday at Joe Lee Griffin Field. The Bulldogs took the first game, 8-3, before falling in game two by a score of 11-4.
 
THE BASICS—GAME 1
FINAL: Samford 8 | UNCG 3
Date/Time: Fri., May 14 | Start 2:02 p.m. | TOG: 2:13
Location: Birmingham, Ala. (Joe Lee Griffin Field)
Records: Samford (29-19, 18-7 SoCon) | UNCG (25-22, 10-15 SoCon)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • UNCG jumped on top first with two runs in the top of the third inning when Greg Hardison singled to drive in two runs for a 2-0 Spartan lead.
  • Samford plated its first run in the bottom of the third when Max Pinto scored when Brooks Carlson reached base on an error to cut the lead to 2-1.
  • Samford took the lead for good with two runs in the fourth inning. Will David singled up the middle to drive in Kaden Dreier and Ryan Crockett for a 3-2 Samford lead.
  • The Bulldogs added a run in the fifth inning when Sonny DiChiara hit his 11th home run of the season to make the score 4-2.
  • In the sixth inning, Samford's David hit a two-run homer to push the Samford lead to 6-2.
  • Crockett added a two-run home run in the seventh inning to make the score 8-2.
  • UNCG's David Flores hit a solo home run in the eighth inning to make the final score 8-3.
 
ON THE MOUND
  • Samuel Strickland (5-2) earned the win on the mound for Samford, pitching 7.0 innings, giving up just two runs on four hits.
  • Austin Koehn (4-3) tossed 5.1 innings, giving up five runs on five hits to take the loss for the Spartans.
 
NOTABLES 
  • David led Samford at the plate, going 2-for-4 with a home run and four RBI.
  • Crockett went 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBI for the Bulldogs.
  • DiChiara also homered for Samford in a 1-for-3 performance.
  • Hardison went 2-for-4 with two RBI to lead UNCG at the plate.
 
THE BASICS—GAME 2
FINAL: UNCG 11 | Samford 4
Date/Time: Fri., May 14 | Start 5:02 p.m. | TOG: 3:03
Location: Birmingham, Ala. (Joe Lee Griffin Field)
Records: Samford (29-20, 18-8 SoCon) | UNCG (26-22, 11-15 SoCon)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • UNCG plated two runs in the first inning and two more in the fourth to take a 4-0 lead.
  • Samford came back with four runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to knot the score at 4-4. The first three runs of the inning came on a three-run home run by Carlson. DiChiara then hit a solo home run, his 12th of the season, to tie the game.
  • UNCG answered with two runs in the sixth inning, two runs in the eighth inning and three more runs in the ninth inning to make the final score 11-4.
 
ON THE MOUND
  • Hamp Skinner (3-2) took the loss on the mound for Samford, pitching 1.0 inning in relief, giving up two runs on two hits.
  • Austin Parsley (8-2) pitched 5.0 innings in relief, allowing one run on three hits to earn the win for the Spartans.
 
NOTABLES 
  • Carlson homered and drove in three runs in a 1-for-5 performance at the plate for Samford.
  • DiChiara also homered for Samford, going 1-for-4 in the game,
  • For UNCG, Corey Rosier went 3-for-3 with two home runs and six RBI.
 
 NEXT UP 
Samford and UNCG will wrap up their series with a single game Saturday. The game is set for a 1 p.m. start from Joe Lee Griffin Field.
 
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