BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Between the resumption of Friday's game and the regularly scheduled Sunday matinee, the Memphis Tigers (9-4) dominated Sunday's matchups with the Samford Bulldogs (7-7). The Tigers plated three runs in their only trip to the plate in the resumption of Friday's game, an 8-5 win, and Memphis then run-ruled the Bulldogs 14-3 in eight innings in the regularly scheduled matchup.
Game 2, 7 Innings, resumption of suspended game
Memphis: 8, Samford: 5
WP: Blake Wimberley (1-1)
LP: Carson Hobbs (1-1)
SV: None
How it happened:
- Resuming Friday's suspended game, Wimberley remained in the game and stranded the go-ahead run in scoring position in the sixth inning, which kept the game tied 5-5
- Samford went to Hobbs to start the seventh, but after he retired the first man he faced, five straight Tigers reached base
- Memphis took the lead on an RBI groundout by LF Braden Webb and added runs on a double by CF Zach Wilson and sacrifice fly by SS Ben Brooks to lead 8-5
- The Bulldogs nearly got the tying run to the plate in the bottom of the seventh, as 2B Garrett Staton singled with one man on but was thrown out trying to turn a single into a double
- Staton was thrown out at second base even though he wasn't the tying run, as the Bulldogs left the tying run walking up to the plate
Game 2, 8 Innings
Memphis: 14, Samford: 3
WP: Logan Gartman (2-0)
LP: Jalon Long (2-1)
SV: N/A
How it happened:
- Both sides went scoreless over the first two innings, as Long retired the first seven batters that he faced, while Gartman allowed just a one-out second inning single
- The Tigers struck first, as they loaded the bases on a single and two walks before RF Blake Daniels and Brooks each connected with an RBI single
- C Taylor Howell put Memphis in front 4-0 two batters later with a two-run single, while 3B Logan Kohler made it 5-0 with Memphis' fifth hit of the inning
- Samford answered in the bottom of the third, as a HBP and BB put two on for SS Garrett Howe, who homered and cut Memphis' lead to 5-3
- Gartman followed the Howe home run by retiring 14 consecutive batters and finished with 7 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 3 ER, BB, 5 K
- Memphis blew the game open with the long ball, with four home runs across the fourth, fifth, and sixth innings
- 1B Chris Swanberg hit a two-run home run in the fourth, Howell hit a two-run blast in the fifth, Kohler made it back-to-back home runs in the fifth, and Daniels hit a two-run home run in the sixth, as Memphis led 12-3 after 5.