GREENSBORO, N.C. – The Samford baseball team plated six runs in the final three innings to pull away for a 9-4 win in the second game of a three-game series at UNC Greensboro Saturday afternoon at the UNCG Baseball Stadium.
 
With the win, Samford secured the series win over the Spartans. The Bulldogs improved their record to 19-18 overall and 7-4 in Southern Conference play. UNCG fell to 15-24 overall and 2-9 in league play.
 
Mason Blasche started the game on the mound for Samford, pitching 4.2 innings, giving up three runs on eight hits. John Whitney gave up one unearned run on two hits over 1.1 innings in relief. Andrew Marble (2-2) earned the win, tossing 1.0 inning, allowing no runs on one hit. Austin Tommasini picked up his fourth save of the season, tossing 2.0 innings, giving up no runs on one hit.
 
"This was just a great job by our guys all the way around," Samford head coach Tony David said. "This was another tight one. Mason started and threw well early after we took the lead. He did a good job of pitching out of trouble when they tied it back up. It was a game filled with really big defensive plays for us and big swings late. Middle relief did a great job today. Whitney came in and did a good job, Marble got his inning and then Tommasini on the back end."
 
At the plate for Samford, Cade Carr went 2-for-5 with a home run and two RBI. Jake Souders went 2-for-5 with a double and an RBI. Gus Gandy went 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI, while Luke Boykin went 2-for-5 with a double.
 
For UNCG, Jacob Dilley went 3-for-4 with two doubles and an RBI. Ethan Brittain went 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI, while Brantley Truitt went 3-for-5 at the plate. Pitcher Thomas Hester (0-4) took the loss for the Spartans, pitching 2.1 innings, giving up one run on five hits.
 
Samford jumped on top first with two runs in the top of the second inning. Pierce Dutton hit a sacrifice fly for the first run of the inning and Parker McDonald scored on an error to give Samford a 2-0 lead. UNCG knotted the score at 2-2 with two runs in the bottom of the second inning and then took a 3-2 lead with a run in the third inning.
 
In the top of the fifth inning, Gandy singled to drive in a run to tie the score at 3-3. UNCG then took a 4-3 lead with a run in the sixth inning.
 
In the top of the seventh inning, Samford's Trey Higgins scored on an error to once again tie the score at 4-4. In the eighth inning, Souders scored on another UNCG error for a 5-4 Samford lead.
 
Samford took control of the game with four runs in the top of the ninth inning. McDonald singled to drive in Gandy for the first run of the inning, giving Samford a 6-4 lead. Souders then doubled to drive in McDonald to make the score 7-4. Carr then hit a two-run home run to left field to make the final score 9-4.
 
The teams will conclude the series with a game on Sunday at 12 p.m. (CT). Fans can follow the game online via live stats. For links to follow all of Samford's games this season, click on the following link: 2026 SCHEDULE.
 
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