BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (2/20/22) – On Sunday at Joe Lee Griffin Field, the Arkansas State baseball team dropped an 11-0 decision to Samford in the finale of its season-opening series.
The Bulldogs (3-0) got a strong start from Jalon Long (1-0), who fanned eight batters in five innings to earn the win, leading a Samford pitching staff that limited A-State (0-3) to just five hits on the afternoon.
Tyler Jeans (0-1) drew the starting nod, working four innings and allowing eight hits. Four pitchers saw the mound in relief, including Jake Algee and Kevin Wiseman, who both recorded a pair of strikeouts in their first appearances of the season.
Daedrick Cail reached base three times on a 2-for-3 day to lead the Red Wolves, while Jacob Hager reached base twice.
Samford scored runs in the first three innings, leading 5-0 after a third-inning two-run homer by Kaden Dreier.
The Bulldogs added three more in the fifth on a homer by Towns King and RBI double by Stephen Klein, who doubled again in the seventh to drive in Michael Hopkinson. A double by Garrett Howe, one of seven extra-base hits for Samford, then plated Garrett Staton and Klein.
Wiseman entered in the eighth and retired the side, before Cail lined a two-out single into left in the top of the ninth. After the Bulldogs made a pitching change with two down, a strikeout swinging ended the contest.
NEXT UP
A-State closes out its season-opening four-game road swing on Tuesday, facing No. 5 Ole Miss at 4 p.m. in Oxford, Miss. The contest can be viewed live on SEC Network+, while the radio broadcast can be heard on The Ticket Radio Network stations 95.3/96.9/104.1 FM and 970 AM.
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