GREENSBORO, N.C. – Samford's Saxon Butler went 4-5 with two home runs and Josh Martin pitched seven strong innings as Samford downed UNCG, 10-1, on Sunday afternoon at UNCG Baseball Stadium.
Samford (11-5, 2-1 SoCon) scored in each of the first four innings, including six in the fourth inning.
Butler drilled his first of two solo shots in the top of the first to put Samford up, 1-0. The Bulldogs' Tommy Corbin singled down the left field line in the second inning to extend the lead to 2-0.
In his second at-bat of the afternoon, Butler connected with his second blast of the day to make it, 3-0, in the top of the third inning.
The Bulldogs put the game out of reach after Samfords' Zeth Stone scored Corbin with a sacrifice fly to start the scoring in the fourth. Brad Moss then stepped up to the plate and delivered a two-run double down the left field line to make it a 6-0 game.
Butler kept it going for Samford as he struck for the third time on the afternoon with an RBI single, and Phillip Ervin followed with a two-run double to put the Bulldogs up, 10-0.
After an unearned run crossed in the top of the sixth for the Bulldogs, UNCG (10-5, 1-2 SoCon) got on the scoreboard after an RBI double by Thomas Troelstrup that scored Cole Harrison and cut the deficit to 10-1.
Samford starter Josh Martin (4-0) pitched seven innings of four-hit ball with a walk and a strikeout and ended the afternoon right under the century mark, with 99 pitches.
UNCG's
Nick Chapman paced the team with two of the teams' hits as he went 2-3 to increase his batting average to .345.
The Spartans welcome No. 6 North Carolina on Tuesday at 6 p.m. at UNCG Baseball Stadium.
AGATE
Samford 10, UNCG 1
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Samford............. 111 601 000 - 10 13 1 (11-5, 2-1)
UNCG................ 000 001 000 - 1 5 1 (10-5, 1-2)
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Pitchers: Samford - Josh Martin; Arthur Strauss(8); C.K. Irby(9) and Brad Moss. UNCG-Max Povse; Dylan Hathcock(4); Brennen James(5); Jonathan Jones(7); Zach Furl(9) and Trevor Edwards.
Win-Josh Martin(4-0) Loss-Max Povse(1-2) T-2:17 A-213
HR SAM - Saxon Butler 2.
Weather: 56 and sunny
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