Baseball Completes Sweep Of VMI With 18-1 Win Saturday

Saturday, May 8

Lexington, Va.

12 PM (CT)

Samford University

27-19, 0

VMI

13-27, 0

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Samford	3	2	0	1	2	5	5	18	15	0
VMI	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2

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Brooks Carlson homered and drove in three runs in Saturday's 18-1 win at VMI.

Photo by: Chase Cochran | Samford Athletics

Baseball Completes Sweep Of VMI With 18-1 Win Saturday

5.8.21 | Baseball

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LEXINGTON, Va. – The Samford baseball team completed a three-game sweep of VMI with an 18-1 win in seven innings Saturday afternoon at Gray-Minor Stadium.

THE BASICS
FINAL: Samford 18 | VMI 1 (7 inn.)
Date/Time: Sat., May 8 | Start 1:00 p.m. | TOG: 2:41
Location: Lexington, Va. (Gray-Minor Stadium)
Records: Samford (27-19, 17-7 SoCon) | VMI (13-27, 9-15 SoCon)

HOW IT HAPPENED

Samford jumped out to an early lead when Ryan Crockett hit a three-run home run to left-center field in the top of the first inning to give the Bulldogs a 3-0 lead.
VMI came back with a run in the bottom of the first inning on a home run by Will Knight to cut the Samford lead to 3-1.
In the top of the second inning, Brooks Carlson hit a two-run home run to left-center field to push the Samford lead to 5-1.
The Bulldogs added a run in the top of the fourth inning when Taylor Garris scored on a passed ball to make the score 6-1.
In the top of the fifth inning, Tyler McManus led the inning off with a home run to push the Samford lead to 7-1. Garrett Howe later singled to drive in Crockett to make the score 8-1.
Samford added five runs in the sixth inning to push its lead to 13-1. Ayrton Schafer hit a three-run home run, and McManus and Kaden Dreier drove in a run each in the inning.
The Bulldogs scored five more runs in the seventh inning to make the score 18-1.

ON THE MOUND

Zach Hester (2-3) earned the win on the mound for Samford, pitching 5.0 innings, allowing one run on three hits.
Tyler Bradt (1-2) took the loss for the Keydets, tossing 5.0 innings, allowing eight runs on seven hits.

NOTABLES

Carlson went 2-for-5 with a home run and three RBI to lead Samford at the plate.
Crockett went 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBI for the Bulldogs.
McManus also went 2-for-5 with a homer and three RBI.
Schafer also homered for Samford, a three-run shot, and he drove in four total runs in the win.
For VMI, Knight hit a home run for the Keydets' lone run in the game.

NEXT UP
Samford will host Auburn Tuesday, May 11. The game is set for a 6 p.m. start from the Hoover Metropolitan Stadium.

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