GAME NOTES–SAMFORD AT WESTERN CAROLINA (PDF)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.
– The Samford University baseball staff will open Southern Conference play with a three-game collection at Western Carolina this weekend. The groups are scheduled to play Friday at 4 p.m. (CT), Saturday at 1 p.m. (CT) and Sunday at 12 p.m. (CT). The Friday and Sunday video games might be seen dwell on ESPN+.
Samford and Western Carolina have met 58 earlier occasions, with Samford proudly owning a 33-25 collection lead. Last season, Western Carolina gained two-of-three video games in a collection at Joe Lee Griffin Field.
Since becoming a member of the Southern Conference previous to the 2009 baseball season, Samford has posted a file of 237-172 in SoCon video games. Last season, Samford went 13-8 in convention video games. The Bulldogs gained the SoCon common season title in 2019 and 2023.
Samford comes into the week with a file of 8-11. The Bulldogs earned a dramatic, 7-6, come-from-behind win at Jacksonville State Tuesday night after dropping two-of-three video games to Little Rock over the weekend.
Samford is scheduled to start out right-handed pitcher Joseph Lee (0-0, 4.57 ERA) on Friday and right-hander Mason Blasche (0-4, 7.02 ERA) on Saturday. Samford has not named a beginning pitcher for Sunday but.
Samford has been led on the plate up to now this season by Jake Souders, hitting .420 (29-of-69) with three residence runs and 11 RBI. Luke Boykin and Eddie Marshall share the staff lead in residence runs with 5 every, whereas Boykin leads the squad in RBI with 17. Gus Gandy is hitting .333 (21-for-63) with three doubles, two residence runs and 5 RBI. Cade Carr has a .302 (19-of-63) common with three doubles, three residence runs and 16 RBI.
Western Carolina enters the weekend with a mark of 15-7. The Catamounts earned an 8-4 win over Gardner-Webb Wednesday night time. Over the weekend, WCU gained three-of-four from Morehead State.
WCU has listed right-handed pitcher Carter Burnette (2-2, 4.00 ERA), left-handed pitcher Davis Wright (1-1, 7.48 ERA) and lefty Evan Myers (2-1, 3.43 ERA) as its beginning pitchers for the collection.
Western Carolina has been led on the plate up to now this season by Jackson Lyda, hitting .333 (23-for-69) with 4 doubles, two residence runs and 14 RBI. Wyatt Stanley is hitting .320 (24-for-75) with three doubles, 4 residence runs and 18 RBI.
Friday’s and Sunday’s video games might be seen dwell on ESPN+ and dwell stats may also be out there for all three video games. For hyperlinks to observe all of Samford’s video games this season, click on on the next hyperlink: 2026 SCHEDULE.
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