Baseball vs VMI on 3/23/2024 - Box Score - Samford University Athletics

3/23/2024

J.L. Griffin Field

4:06

VMI

12-12, 0-2

Final

Samford

15-7, 2-0

Team	1st innning 1	2nd innning 2	3rd innning 3	4th innning 4	5th innning 5	6th innning 6	7th innning 7	8th innning 8	9th innning 9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
VMI	1	0	0	0	4	2	1	1	0	9	13	1
Samford	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	12	X	16	19	0

Win: Newman, Jacob (2-0)Loss: Marcus Van A (1-2)

Scoring Summary

Team	VMI	SAM
1st Trey Morgan homered to right center, RBI.	1	0
1st Howe singled to left field, RBI, advanced to second on the throw; Staton scored.	1	1
1st Anderson grounded out to ss, RBI; Howe scored.	1	2
3rd Anderson scored on a wild pitch.	1	3
5th Justin Stark singled to right field, RBI; Trey Morgan advanced to second; Kazuya Jorda scored.	2	3
5th Justin Stark advanced to third on a passed ball; Trey Morgan scored on a passed ball, unearned.	3	3
5th Cole Jenkins advanced to second on a balk; Justin Stark scored on a balk.	4	3
5th Brett Cook reached on a fielder's choice, RBI; Cole Jenkins scored.	5	3
6th Trey Morgan doubled to right field, RBI; Kazuya Jorda scored.	6	3
6th Brett Cook reached on a fielder's choice, RBI; Grayson Fitz advanced to second; Justin Stark out at third 3b unassisted; Trey Morgan scored.	7	3
7th Kazuya Jorda homered to left center, RBI.	8	3
7th Anderson singled to center field, RBI; Staton scored.	8	4
8th Ty Swaim singled to center field, RBI; Brett Cook scored.	9	4
8th Carr singled to left field, RBI; Whitney advanced to second; Bennett scored.	9	5
8th Walton homered to left field, 3 RBI; Carr scored; Whitney scored.	9	8
8th Steele walked, RBI; Anderson advanced to second; Howe advanced to third; Staton scored.	9	9
8th Bennett singled to left field, 2 RBI; Steele advanced to third, scored on an error by lf; Anderson scored; Howe scored.	9	12
8th Whitney singled to left field, RBI; Bennett scored.	9	13
8th Staton doubled down the rf line, 3 RBI; Walton scored; Broome scored; Whitney scored.	9	16

VMI


Trey Morgan	CF	4	3	3	2	2	0	0
Justin Stark	C/LF	5	1	3	1	0	1	1
Cole Raile	PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cole Jenkins	RF	4	1	0	0	2	3	2
Grayson Fitz	1B	4	0	1	0	0	1	0
Brett Cook	DH	4	1	0	2	1	0	1
Ty Swaim	2B	4	0	2	1	1	0	2
Owen Prince	LF/C	4	0	2	0	0	1	0
Jed Barrett	SS	5	0	0	0	0	3	6
Kazuya Jorda	3B	2	3	2	1	3	0	0
Will Riley	P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Marcus van A	P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hunter Sipe	P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		37	9	13	7	9	9	12

Batting

2B: Trey Morgan (1)

3B: Kazuya Jorda (1)

HR: Trey Morgan (1); Kazuya Jorda (1)

Baserunning

SB: Trey Morgan (1); Justin Stark (1); Brett Cook (1); Ty Swaim (3); Owen Prince (1); Kazuya Jorda (2)

CS: Ty Swaim (1); Owen Prince (1)

HBP: Grayson Fitz (1); Owen Prince (1)

Fielding

E: Justin Stark (1)

Samford


Garrett Staton	3B	6	3	6	3	0	0	0
Garrett Howe	SS	6	2	2	1	0	1	3
John Anderson	2B	5	2	3	2	0	1	0
Josh Rodriguez	LF	5	0	1	0	0	3	2
Blake Bortak	LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lucas Steele	C	3	1	0	1	2	0	0
Andrew Bennett	RF	5	2	3	2	0	0	1
Jackson Harris	1B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cullen Horowicz	1B	3	0	1	0	0	2	0
John Whitney	PH/RF	1	2	1	1	1	0	0
Cade Carr	DH	4	1	1	1	1	0	1
Brayden Broome	PR	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Aaron Walton	CF	4	2	1	3	1	2	0
Brooks Rice	P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Evan Steckmesser	P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alex Gaeto	P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jacob Newman	P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		42	16	19	14	5	9	7

Batting

2B: Staton, Garrett (2); Anderson, John (1)

HR: Walton, Aaron (1)

Baserunning

SB: Staton, Garrett (1); Whitney, John (2); Broome, Brayden (1)

Fielding

DP: Staton, Garrett (1); Howe, Garrett (1); Anderson, John (1); Harris, Jackson (1)

VMI


Will Riley	7.1	12	7	7	2	8	4	33	35	5	8
Marcus van A	0.1	6	8	8	2	1	0	7	9	0	0
Hunter Sipe	0.1	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	3	0	1
Totals		19	16	16	5	9	4	42	47	5	9

Samford


Brooks Rice	4.0	5	4	3	5	3	1	0	0	15	20	5	2
Evan Steckmesser	2.0	4	3	3	1	3	0	1	1	11	13	0	3
Alex Gaeto	1.0	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	4	5	0	0
Jacob Newman	2.0	2	1	1	2	1	1	0	1	7	10	1	3
Totals		13	9	8	9	9	2	1	2	37	48	6	8

Win: Newman, Jacob (2-0)

Loss: Marcus van A (1-2)

HBP: Steckmesser, Evan (1); Newman, Jacob (1)

PB: Steele, Lucas (1)

VMI

Final

Samford

VMI - Top of 1st

Plays	VMI	SAM
Trey Morgan homered to right center, RBI.	1	0
Justin Stark singled to center field.	1	0
Cole Jenkins walked; Justin Stark advanced to second.	1	0
Cole Jenkins advanced to second on a wild pitch; Justin Stark advanced to third on a wild pitch.	1	0
Grayson Fitz struck out swinging.	1	0
Brett Cook popped into double play 2b to ss; Cole Jenkins out on the play.	1	0
1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Error, 1 Left on Base

Samford - Bottom of 1st

Plays	VMI	SAM
Staton singled to shortstop.	1	0
Staton stole second.	1	0
Howe singled to left field, RBI, advanced to second on the throw; Staton scored.	1	1
Howe advanced to third on a wild pitch.	1	1
Anderson grounded out to ss, RBI; Howe scored.	1	2
Rodriguez singled up the middle.	1	2
Steele flied out to cf.	1	2
Bennett reached on a fielder's choice; Rodriguez out at second ss unassisted.	1	2
2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Error, 1 Left on Base

VMI - Top of 2nd

Plays	VMI	SAM
Ty Swaim walked.	1	2
Owen Prince fouled out to 3b.	1	2
Ty Swaim out at second c to ss, caught stealing.	1	2
Jed Barrett struck out swinging, out at first c to 1b.	1	2
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Error, 0 Left on Base

Samford - Bottom of 2nd

Plays	VMI	SAM
Horowicz singled to third base.	1	2
Carr reached on a fielder's choice; Horowicz out at second 2b to ss.	1	2
Walton struck out swinging.	1	2
Staton singled through the left side; Carr advanced to second.	1	2
Howe reached on a fielder's choice; Staton out at second 2b to ss.	1	2
0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Error, 2 Left on Base

VMI - Top of 3rd

Plays	VMI	SAM
Kazuya Jorda walked.	1	2
Kazuya Jorda stole second.	1	2
Trey Morgan flied out to lf.	1	2
Justin Stark grounded out to 2b; Kazuya Jorda advanced to third.	1	2
Cole Jenkins struck out looking.	1	2
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Error, 1 Left on Base

Samford - Bottom of 3rd

Plays	VMI	SAM
Anderson doubled to right field.	1	2
Rodriguez struck out swinging.	1	2
Steele out at first 2b to p; Anderson advanced to third.	1	2
Anderson scored on a wild pitch.	1	3
Bennett singled, out at first ss to 1b.	1	3
1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Error, 0 Left on Base

VMI - Top of 4th

Plays	VMI	SAM
Grayson Fitz grounded out to 2b.	1	3
Brett Cook walked.	1	3
Ty Swaim fouled out to c.	1	3
Owen Prince singled through the right side; Brett Cook advanced to third.	1	3
Owen Prince stole second.	1	3
Jed Barrett popped up to ss.	1	3
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Error, 2 Left on Base

Samford - Bottom of 4th

Plays	VMI	SAM
Horowicz struck out swinging.	1	3
Carr grounded out to ss.	1	3
Walton struck out swinging, out at first c to 1b.	1	3
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Error, 0 Left on Base

VMI - Top of 5th

Plays	VMI	SAM
Kazuya Jorda walked.	1	3
Trey Morgan singled through the right side; Kazuya Jorda advanced to third.	1	3
Justin Stark singled to right field, RBI; Trey Morgan advanced to second; Kazuya Jorda scored.	2	3
Steckmesser to p for Rice.	2	3
Justin Stark stole second; Trey Morgan stole third.	2	3
Justin Stark advanced to third on a passed ball; Trey Morgan scored on a passed ball, unearned.	3	3
Cole Jenkins walked.	3	3
Cole Jenkins advanced to second on a balk; Justin Stark scored on a balk.	4	3
Grayson Fitz grounded out to 1b unassisted; Cole Jenkins advanced to third.	4	3
Brett Cook reached on a fielder's choice, RBI; Cole Jenkins scored.	5	3
Ty Swaim singled to left field; Brett Cook advanced to second.	5	3
Owen Prince struck out looking.	5	3
Ty Swaim stole second; Brett Cook stole third.	5	3
Jed Barrett struck out looking.	5	3
4 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Error, 2 Left on Base

Samford - Bottom of 5th

Plays	VMI	SAM
Staton singled to left field.	5	3
Howe flied out to cf.	5	3
Staton advanced to second on a wild pitch.	5	3
Anderson struck out swinging.	5	3
Staton advanced to third on a wild pitch.	5	3
Rodriguez struck out swinging.	5	3
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Error, 1 Left on Base

VMI - Top of 6th

Plays	VMI	SAM
Kazuya Jorda tripled to right field.	5	3
Trey Morgan doubled to right field, RBI; Kazuya Jorda scored.	6	3
Justin Stark singled through the right side; Trey Morgan advanced to third.	6	3
Cole Jenkins struck out swinging.	6	3
Grayson Fitz hit by pitch; Justin Stark advanced to second.	6	3
Brett Cook reached on a fielder's choice, RBI; Grayson Fitz advanced to second; Justin Stark out at third 3b unassisted; Trey Morgan scored.	7	3
Ty Swaim reached on a fielder's choice; Brett Cook out at second ss to 2b.	7	3
2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Error, 2 Left on Base

Samford - Bottom of 6th

Plays	VMI	SAM
Steele walked.	7	3
Bennett flied out to rf.	7	3
Horowicz struck out swinging.	7	3
Carr fouled out to c.	7	3
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Error, 1 Left on Base

VMI - Top of 7th

Plays	VMI	SAM
Gaeto to p for Steckmesser.	7	3
Owen Prince singled up the middle.	7	3
Owen Prince out at second c to 2b, caught stealing.	7	3
Jed Barrett struck out looking.	7	3
Kazuya Jorda homered to left center, RBI.	8	3
Trey Morgan walked.	8	3
Justin Stark struck out looking.	8	3
1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Error, 1 Left on Base

Samford - Bottom of 7th

Plays	VMI	SAM
Justin Stark to lf.	8	3
Owen Prince to c.	8	3
Walton lined out to 2b.	8	3
Staton doubled down the lf line.	8	3
Howe struck out swinging.	8	3
Anderson singled to center field, RBI; Staton scored.	8	4
Rodriguez reached on a fielder's choice; Anderson out at second ss to 2b.	8	4
1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Error, 1 Left on Base

VMI - Top of 8th

Plays	VMI	SAM
Newman to p for Gaeto.	8	4
Cole Jenkins struck out swinging.	8	4
Grayson Fitz singled to center field.	8	4
Brett Cook reached on a fielder's choice; Grayson Fitz out at second ss to 2b.	8	4
Brett Cook advanced to second on a wild pitch.	8	4
Ty Swaim singled to center field, RBI; Brett Cook scored.	9	4
Ty Swaim stole second.	9	4
Owen Prince hit by pitch.	9	4
Ty Swaim stole third.	9	4
Jed Barrett flied out to rf.	9	4
1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Error, 2 Left on Base

Samford - Bottom of 8th

Plays	VMI	SAM
Steele grounded out to 3b.	9	4
Bennett singled through the left side.	9	4
Whitney pinch hit for Horowicz.	9	4
Whitney walked; Bennett advanced to second.	9	4
Carr singled to left field, RBI; Whitney advanced to second; Bennett scored.	9	5
Marcus Van a to p for Will Riley.	9	5
Walton homered to left field, 3 RBI; Carr scored; Whitney scored.	9	8
Staton singled, bunt.	9	8
Howe singled to right field; Staton advanced to second.	9	8
Anderson singled to right field; Howe advanced to second; Staton advanced to third.	9	8
Rodriguez struck out looking.	9	8
Steele walked, RBI; Anderson advanced to second; Howe advanced to third; Staton scored.	9	9
Bennett singled to left field, 2 RBI; Steele advanced to third, scored on an error by lf; Anderson scored; Howe scored.	9	12
Whitney singled to left field, RBI; Bennett scored.	9	13
Whitney stole second.	9	13
Whitney stole third.	9	13
Carr walked.	9	13
Hunter Sipe to p for Marcus Van a.	9	13
Broome pinch ran for Carr.	9	13
Broome stole second.	9	13
Walton walked.	9	13
Staton doubled down the rf line, 3 RBI; Walton scored; Broome scored; Whitney scored.	9	16
Howe grounded out to 2b.	9	16
12 Runs, 9 Hits, 1 Error, 1 Left on Base

VMI - Top of 9th

Plays	VMI	SAM
Bortak to lf for Rodriguez.	9	16
Harris to 1b for Bennett.	9	16
Whitney to rf.	9	16
Kazuya Jorda walked.	9	16
Kazuya Jorda stole second.	9	16
Trey Morgan walked.	9	16
Cole Raile pinch hit for Justin Stark.	9	16
Cole Raile grounded into double play 3b to 1b; Trey Morgan advanced to second; Kazuya Jorda out on the play.	9	16
Cole Jenkins out at first 1b to p.	9	16
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Error, 1 Left on Base

Samford - Bottom of 9th

Plays	VMI	SAM
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Error, 0 Left on Base

	Stats
Hitting
37	At Bats	42
9	Runs	16
13	Hits	19
1	Doubles	3
1	Triples	0
2	Home Runs	1
7	RBI's	14
9	Walks (BB)	5
9	Strikeouts	9
Pitching
19	Hits	13
16	Runs	9
16	Earned Runs	8
5	Walks	9
9	Strikeouts	9
47	Batters Faced	48
1	Errors	0
Fielding
24	Putouts	27
10	Assists	10
.971	Fielding %	1.000
0	Double Plays	2

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