Baseball vs Western Carolina on 3/20/2026 - Box Score

3/20/2026

Hennon Stadium

5:05 pm

Samford

9-11

Final

Western Carolina

15-8

Team	1st innning 1	2nd innning 2	3rd innning 3	4th innning 4	5th innning 5	6th innning 6	7th innning 7	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Samford	0	2	5	2	0	2	0	11	12	1
Western Carolina	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2

Win: Lee, Joseph (1-0)Loss: Carter Burnette (2-3)

Scoring Summary

Team	SAM	WCU
2nd Higgins homered to center field, 2 RBI (2-1 BBF); Boykin scored.	2	0
3rd Souders singled through the right side, RBI (0-1 K); Harris advanced to second; Ince advanced to third; Gandy scored.	3	0
3rd Boykin flied out to lf, RBI; Harris scored.	4	0
3rd Higgins homered to left field, 3 RBI; Carr scored; Souders scored.	7	0
4th Ince grounded out to 2b, RBI (0-2 FS); Gandy advanced to second; McDonald scored, unearned.	8	0
4th Souders flied out to cf, SAC, RBI (0-1 F); Gandy scored, unearned.	9	0
6th Gandy singled to right field, advanced to second, RBI (0-2 KF); McDonald scored.	10	0
6th Souders hit by pitch, RBI (0-1 S); Harris advanced to second; Ince advanced to third; Gandy scored.	11	0

Samford


Jeffrey Ince	2B	2	0	1	1	0	0	0
Jackson Harris	1B	3	1	2	0	1	0	0
Jake Souders	CF	2	1	1	3	0	1	0
Cade Carr	C	4	1	0	0	0	0	1
Luke Boykin	LF	4	1	1	1	0	1	2
Trey Higgins	RF	4	2	3	5	0	1	0
Eddie Marshall	DH	3	0	0	0	1	0	0
Cason Hill	PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Parker McDonald	3B	4	2	1	0	0	0	0
Gus Gandy	SS	4	3	3	1	0	0	1
Joseph Lee	P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		30	11	12	11	2	3	4

Batting

2B: Boykin, Luke (1); Higgins, Trey (1); McDonald, Parker (1)

HR: Higgins, Trey (2)

SF: Souders, Jake (1)

Baserunning

HBP: Ince, Jeffrey (2); Souders, Jake (1)

Fielding

E: Ince, Jeffrey (1)

DP: Ince, Jeffrey (1); Harris, Jackson (1); Gandy, Gus (1)

Western Carolina


Jackson Lyda	SS	3	1	0	0	0
Jaylen Jones	CF	2	0	1	0	1
Wyatt Stanley	DH	2	0	1	1	0
Mason Holton	3B	3	0	0	1	1
Walker Fox	LF	2	0	0	1	0
Cole Jones	LF	1	0	0	0	0
Noah Quarless	C	2	0	0	1	0
Trent Turner	2B	2	0	0	1	0
Marshall McGowan	1B	1	0	0	0	0
Trey Spees	PH/1B	1	0	0	1	0
Elijah Smith	RF	2	0	0	1	0
Carter Burnette	P	0	0	0	0	0
Jacob Arnberger	P	0	0	0	0	0
Griffin Guinther	P	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		21	1	2	7	2

Baserunning

CS: Jaylen Jones (1)

Fielding

E: Mason Holton (1); Carter Burnette (1)

DP: Jackson Lyda (2); Mason Holton (1); Noah Quarless (1); Trent Turner (1); Marshall McGowan (2); Elijah Smith (1)

Samford


Joseph Lee	7.0	1	0	0	2	7	1	0	0	0	21	23	4	8	109
Totals		1	0	0	2	7	1	0	0	0	21	23	4	8	109

Western Carolina


Carter Burnette	4.0	9	9	7	0	1	1	20	22	4	6	54
Jacob Arnberger	1.0	3	2	2	1	1	2	5	8	0	1	28
Griffin Guinther	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	5	6	4	0	22
Totals		12	11	9	2	3	3	30	36	8	7	104

Win: Lee, Joseph (1-0)

Loss: Carter Burnette (2-3)

HBP: Carter Burnette (1); Jacob Arnberger (2)

Samford

Final

Western Carolina

Samford - Top of 1st

Plays	SAM	WCU
No play.	0	0
Ince singled to pitcher (1-0 B).	0	0
Harris grounded into double play ss to 2b to 1b (2-2 BKBS); Ince out on the play.	0	0
Souders struck out looking (1-2 FSFFBFK).	0	0
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Error, 0 Left on Base

Western Carolina - Bottom of 1st

Plays	SAM	WCU
Lyda grounded out to 2b (1-1 KB).	0	0
J. Jones walked (3-1 BBFBB).	0	0
Stanley struck out swinging (1-2 KFBFFS).	0	0
J. Jones out at second c to 2b, caught stealing.	0	0
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Error, 0 Left on Base

Samford - Top of 2nd

Plays	SAM	WCU
Carr grounded out to 2b (0-2 KF).	0	0
Boykin doubled to right field (1-2 FBF).	0	0
Higgins homered to center field, 2 RBI (2-1 BBF); Boykin scored.	2	0
Marshall grounded out to p (1-2 FBF).	2	0
McDonald grounded out to p (0-2 FS).	2	0
2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Error, 0 Left on Base

Western Carolina - Bottom of 2nd

Plays	SAM	WCU
Holton struck out looking (3-2 BFSFBBFK).	2	0
Fox grounded out to 1b unassisted (2-2 FBFB).	2	0
Quarless struck out swinging, out at first c to 1b (1-2 FBFS).	2	0
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Error, 0 Left on Base

Samford - Top of 3rd

Plays	SAM	WCU
Gandy singled through the right side (0-1 F).	2	0
Ince hit by pitch (0-0); Gandy advanced to second.	2	0
Harris singled to center field (1-0 B); Ince advanced to second; Gandy advanced to third.	2	0
Souders singled through the right side, RBI (0-1 K); Harris advanced to second; Ince advanced to third; Gandy scored.	3	0
Carr reached on a fielder's choice (1-0 B); Souders advanced to second; Harris advanced to third; Ince out at home 3b to c.	3	0
Boykin flied out to lf, RBI; Harris scored.	4	0
Higgins homered to left field, 3 RBI; Carr scored; Souders scored.	7	0
Marshall flied out to cf.	7	0
5 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Error, 0 Left on Base

Western Carolina - Bottom of 3rd

Plays	SAM	WCU
Turner struck out looking (2-2 FBBSK).	7	0
McGowan grounded out to ss (0-0).	7	0
Smith struck out swinging (1-2 KSFBFS).	7	0
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Error, 0 Left on Base

Samford - Top of 4th

Plays	SAM	WCU
McDonald reached on a throwing error by 3b, advanced to second (0-1 K).	7	0
Gandy singled, bunt (0-0); McDonald advanced to third.	7	0
Ince grounded out to 2b, RBI (0-2 FS); Gandy advanced to second; McDonald scored, unearned.	8	0
Harris singled through the right side (1-0 B); Gandy advanced to third.	8	0
Souders flied out to cf, SAC, RBI (0-1 F); Gandy scored, unearned.	9	0
Harris failed pickoff attempt, advanced to second on a throwing error by p.	9	0
Carr popped up to 1b (2-0 BB).	9	0
2 Runs, 2 Hits, 2 Error, 1 Left on Base

Western Carolina - Bottom of 4th

Plays	SAM	WCU
Lyda singled through the left side (1-2 FKB).	9	0
J. Jones flied out to rf (2-2 FSBB).	9	0
Stanley walked (3-1 FBBBB); Lyda advanced to second.	9	0
Holton grounded into double play ss to 2b to 1b (1-1 SB); Stanley out on the play.	9	0
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Error, 1 Left on Base

Samford - Top of 5th

Plays	SAM	WCU
Arnberger to p for Burnette.	9	0
Boykin struck out swinging (2-2 FBSBS).	9	0
Higgins doubled to left field (1-1 BF).	9	0
Marshall grounded into double play 3b to 1b to ss (0-1 F); Higgins out on the play.	9	0
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Error, 0 Left on Base

Western Carolina - Bottom of 5th

Plays	SAM	WCU
Fox struck out swinging, out at first c to 1b (2-2 FFBBFS).	9	0
Quarless lined out to 1b (0-2 KF).	9	0
Turner flied out to cf to right center (3-1 BBKB).	9	0
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Error, 0 Left on Base

Samford - Top of 6th

Plays	SAM	WCU
McDonald doubled to left field (2-2 BFBF).	9	0
Gandy singled to right field, advanced to second, RBI (0-2 KF); McDonald scored.	10	0
Ince hit by pitch (0-1 S).	10	0
Harris walked (3-2 KBBBSB); Ince advanced to second; Gandy advanced to third.	10	0
Souders hit by pitch, RBI (0-1 S); Harris advanced to second; Ince advanced to third; Gandy scored.	11	0
Guinther to p for Arnberger.	11	0
Carr flied out to rf (1-2 FBS).	11	0
Boykin flied into double play rf to c, assist by rf (0-2 FK); Ince out on the play.	11	0
2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Error, 2 Left on Base

Western Carolina - Bottom of 6th

Plays	SAM	WCU
Spees pinch hit for McGowan.	11	0
Spees struck out looking (3-2 SBBBFK).	11	0
Smith grounded out to 2b (0-0).	11	0
Lyda reached on a fielding error by 2b (2-2 BKFB).	11	0
Lyda advanced to second on a wild pitch.	11	0
J. Jones grounded out to 1b unassisted (3-2 BKBSB).	11	0
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Error, 1 Left on Base

Samford - Top of 7th

Plays	SAM	WCU
Spees to 1b.	11	0
Jones to lf for Fox.	11	0
Higgins struck out swinging (1-2 KBSS).	11	0
Marshall walked (3-0 BBBB).	11	0
Hill pinch ran for Marshall.	11	0
McDonald flied out to rf (1-2 KSB).	11	0
Gandy flied out to lf to left center (1-1 BK).	11	0
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Error, 1 Left on Base

Western Carolina - Bottom of 7th

Plays	SAM	WCU
Stanley out at first 1b to p (2-2 KBSB).	11	0
Holton fouled out to 1b (1-1 KB).	11	0
Jones out at first 2b to p (3-2 BKSBBFF).	11	0
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Error, 0 Left on Base

	Stats
Hitting
30	At Bats	21
11	Runs	0
12	Hits	1
3	Doubles	0
0	Triples	0
2	Home Runs	0
11	RBI's	0
2	Walks (BB)	2
3	Strikeouts	7
Pitching
1	Hits	12
0	Runs	11
0	Earned Runs	9
2	Walks	2
7	Strikeouts	3
23	Batters Faced	36
1	Errors	2
Fielding
21	Putouts	21
10	Assists	10
.969	Fielding %	.939
1	Double Plays	3