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Will David vs UAB 2022
Chase Cochran | Samford Athletics
8
Winner UAB UAB 16-7
4
Samford SAM 12-10
Winner
UAB UAB
16-7
8
Final
4
Samford SAM
12-10
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
UAB UAB 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 8 11 0
Samford SAM 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 10 1

W: Aidan Moza (1-0) L: Westbrooks, Brody (2-1) S: Collin Taylor (4)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Bulldogs Drop Home Game To UAB

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Samford University baseball team fell at home to cross-town rival UAB, 8-4 Tuesday evening at Joe Lee Griffin Field.
 
With the loss, Samford falls to 12-10 on the season. UAB improves to 16-7 with the win.
 
Samford was led at the plate by Colton Ledbetter, going 2-for-5. Andrew Bennett homered and drove in two runs, going 1-for-3, while Kaden Dreier hit a solo home run, going 1-for-4 with one RBI. Brody Westbrooks (2-1) pitched 3.2 innings, giving up six runs on five hits to take the loss on the mound for the Bulldogs.
 
For UAB, Darryl Buggs went 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBI. Christian Hall homered and drove in two runs, going 2-for-5 at the plate. Aidan Moza (1-0) pitched 2.0 innings, giving up two runs on two hits to earn the win on the mound. Collin Taylor got the final out to pick up his fourth save of the season.
 
UAB jumped on top first with two runs in the top of the first inning. Matthew Golda hit a sacrifice fly to center field to drive in Hall for the first run of the inning. Tyler Waugh then grounded out to drive in Caleb Floyd for a 2-0 Blazer lead.
 
Samford tied the game with two runs in the bottom of the second inning. Bennett hit a home run to left field with Towns King on base to knot the score at 2-2.
 
The Blazers took the lead again with two runs in the top of the third inning. Hall hit a home run to right field with Josh Sears on base for a 4-2 UAB lead. UAB's Buggs hit a two-run home run to left-center field in the top of the fourth inning to push the Blazers' lead to 6-2.
 
In the bottom of the fourth inning, Samford's Dreier hit a solo home run to left field to cut the UAB lead to 6-3.
 
UAB plated two runs in the top of the eighth inning with Buggs and Jon Marc Mullins having an RBI each to push the Blazers' lead to 8-3. Samford's Will David singled up the middle to drive in Garrett Staton in the bottom of the ninth inning to make the final score 8-4.
 
Samford will play host to Missouri State in a three-game series this weekend. The teams are set to play Friday at 6 p.m., Saturday at 2 p.m. and Sunday at 12 p.m. at Joe Lee Griffin Field.
 
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