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Number 2 seed Samford walked off with a 10-8 win over No. 3 seed Mercer in the second game of the 2021 Southern Conference Baseball Championship Thursday night. With the win, the Bulldogs will face the Catamounts in the winner's bracket at 7 pm on Friday, in Greenville, SC.

When: Friday, April 28, 2021, at 7:00 pm
Where: Fluor Field, Greenville, SC
Radio: Catamount Sports Network
TV/video: ESPN+
Live Stats: Live stats
Samford Fan Message Board: The Dog Pound

Head Coach: Casey Dunn - head coach at Samford since 2004 -
Dunn's Record at Samford: 519-209 Career Record (17th season)
Alma Mater: Auburn

Bobby Moranda's record vs. Samford: 19-24
Casey Dunns record vs. WCU: 24-19

2021 Samford Baseball Record: 33-22 overall, 20-10 SoCon, 20-6 home, 12-16 away, 1-0 neutral
2020 Samford Baseball Record: 13-2 overall, 0-0 conf., 8-0 home, 3-1 away, 2-1 neutral

The Series: The Cats are 19-24 overall against Samford, but win the regular season series against the Bulldogs, 2-1 winning the last two games of the series.

Picked by both the coaches and media polls in preseason #1, the Bulldogs had 7 players on the 1st and 2d all-conference teams, while Samford junior second baseman Brooks Carlson was named the Southern Conference’s Preseason Player of the Year. Carlson batted .500 (25-of-50) in the COVID-shortened 2020 season.

The Bulldogs won the Blue division this season, coming into the tournament as the #2 seed.

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In my opinion, I am glad it is Samford. I don’t know who Coach Moranda was hoping to play, but in my opinion, we match up better against Samford than we do against Mercer. If the bats stay strong, we will beat them. We might have to piece together our pitching, but if we can get 5 or 6 innings from our starter and hit like we have in the last 5 games, we have a great chance to beat Samford.

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May 28, 2021 5:24:51 GMT -5 FLCATAMOUNT said:

In my opinion, I am glad it is Samford. I don’t know who Coach Moranda was hoping to play, but in my opinion, we match up better against Samford than we do against Mercer. If the bats stay strong, we will beat them. We might have to piece together our pitching, but if we can get 5 or 6 innings from our starter and hit like we have in the last 5 games, we have a great chance to beat Samford.

Prior to last week's series with The Citadel, Samford was the last series we won, scoring 24 runs in 3 games or close to our season average of 9/game. We need to keep the bats hot, and hope we choose the right starter.

catgrad15 Freshman Posts: 278	Samford - Semifinals (winners bracket) May 28, 2021 9:51:09 GMT -5 via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by catgrad15 on May 28, 2021 9:51:09 GMT -5 If we win do we play the winner of Wofford and Mercer tomorrow?

The Cats Legacy Posts: 25,670 Member is Online	Samford - Semifinals (winners bracket) May 28, 2021 10:12:40 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by The Cats on May 28, 2021 10:12:40 GMT -5 May 28, 2021 9:51:09 GMT -5 catgrad15 said: If we win do we play the winner of Wofford and Mercer tomorrow? Yes
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FLCATAMOUNT Redhirt Senior Posts: 4,883	Samford - Semifinals (winners bracket) May 28, 2021 10:40:01 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by FLCATAMOUNT on May 28, 2021 10:40:01 GMT -5 May 28, 2021 9:51:09 GMT -5 catgrad15 said: If we win do we play the winner of Wofford and Mercer tomorrow? And, when we win, they have to beat us twice.

wcuthecats1 Boomer Posts: 3	Samford - Semifinals (winners bracket) May 28, 2021 10:43:53 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by wcuthecats1 on May 28, 2021 10:43:53 GMT -5 if we win today, samford will still be in the tourney.....we play the winner out of the losers bracket

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This is correct. The loser of our game plays the winner of the other game. So if we win, we wait on Samford to play the Mercer v Wofford winner. If we lose, we play the winner of that game.

Whoever comes out of the losers bracket would have to beat the winner of our game twice.

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May 28, 2021 10:40:01 GMT -5 FLCATAMOUNT said:

May 28, 2021 9:51:09 GMT -5 catgrad15 said:

If we win do we play the winner of Wofford and Mercer tomorrow?

And, when we win, they have to beat us twice.

Cool so it is still double elimination thanks.

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Post by The Cats on May 28, 2021 10:12:40 GMT -5

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