Friday's Baseball Roundup

Samford Baseball Powers Past Wofford For 14-0 Game One Win
The Samford University baseball team jumped out to an early lead and never looked back on its way to a 14-0, seven-inning win over Wofford in the first game of a three-game Southern Conference series Friday evening at King Field. With the win, Samford improved its record to 15-15 overall and 2-2 in Southern Conference play. Wofford dropped its record to 21-10 overall and 2-2 in league play.

Wofford Baseball Drops Opener Against Samford
The Wofford baseball team fell 14-0 to Samford in the series opener Friday night at Russell C. King Field. The Bulldogs scored four in the first inning and never looked back. The Terriers are 21-10 (2-2 SoCon) after the contest as Samford improves to 15-15 (2-2 SoCon). Three Terriers toed the rubber with starter  Branton Little  (4-3) suffering the loss. He surrendered eight runs in 1.1 innings.  Dylan Rhadans  hurled 2.2 innings of relief before  Grant Comstock  tossed the final 3.0 frames, his longest outing as a Terrier. Comstock notched three strikeouts and allowed just one run.

Bucs roll past UNCG, 17-3
The ETSU baseball team rolled past UNC Greensboro by a score of 17-3 in seven innings on Friday evening from Thomas Stadium. Friday's win boosts ETSU's record to 22-7 overall and 3-1 in conference action. Every Buccaneer that started Friday's matchup played a part in the 17-run outburst. All nine ETSU players in the starting lineup scored at least one run and eight of the nine picked up at least one hit. ETSU's top two home run hitters added to their respective totals on Friday.  Grant Gallagher  slugged his Division I-leading 16th homer of the 2025 campaign, while  Cooper Torres  squared one up for his 14th of the campaign.

UNCG Baseball Falls Against ETSU in Series Opener
The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) baseball team was handed a 17-3 loss in seven innings by the East Tennessee State (ETSU) Buccaneers on Friday evening during action in The Southern Conference (SoCon) slate at Thomas Stadium. The Spartans and Buccaneers traded a run each to get the scoring started in the second inning. After  Luke Jenkins  doubled for UNCG, he was bunted over to third by  Jose Perez  and then scored after he tagged up on a sacrifice lineout to the shortstop by  Jacob Budzik . Cooper Torres then homered for ETSU in the bottom half of the second to even the score, 1-1.

Bears Blast Six Home Runs To Take Down VMI|
The Mercer baseball team used six home runs to put up their highest offensive output since 2023 on Friday, taking down VMI by a score of 22-2. The 20-run victory was the Bears' largest margin of victory since a 22-0 win over Saint Peter's on March 13, 2022, while the six-homer day was the highest single-game total for the Bears since February 26, 2022. Ty Dalley  (3-for-5, 6 RBI) and  Brant Baughcum  (4-for-5, 5 RBI) homered twice, while  Bradley Frye  (4-for-5, 5 RBI) hit a grand slam and  Parker Lester  (1-for-4) hit a solo shot to lead the Bears at the plate.  Colton Cosper  tossed his third career complete game (4-1) to pick up the win, while Evan Parmer took the loss for VMI (2-3).  

Keydets start series with loss to Bears
VMI Baseball had a tough loss to Mercer Friday afternoon at Lamore Field at Gray-Minor Stadium to begin the Southern Conference series. The Keydets (19-12, 3-4 SoCon) drop the series opener to the Bears, 22-2, in seven innings. Due to potential rainy weather on Sunday, VMI-Mercer will play a doubleheader on Saturday, with game one starting at Noon and game two following.
 
Stanley Records Career-High in Strikeouts in 7-4 Victory.
The Citadel had seven runs on nine hits. Two Bulldogs recorded a multi-hit day, including Aryan Patel going 3-for-3 at the plate. His second straight three-hit game in a row. Patel posted two doubles and drove in a run. Travis Elliott recorded two hits and posted an RBI. Phillips Daniels led the Bulldogs with two RBIs. Andrew Stanley (2-2) recorded a dominant start for The Citadel after throwing 6.0 innings with a career-high 11 strikeouts on four hits. Stanley's 11 strikeouts are the most since 2017 when JP Sears struck out 20. CJ Van Slooten (S, 1) posted his first save of the season after throwing the final three innings, allowing three hits on zero earned runs. Ty McKinstry (1-6) received the loss after throwing 5.0 innings, allowing two earned runs on six hits.

Western Carolina 9, Gardner-Webb 5