Baseball: at Samford this weekend

The Catamounts travel to Samford for a three-game Southern Conference series this weekend at Bulldog's Joe Lee Griffin Field. The teams are scheduled to play Friday at 7 p.m., Saturday at 3 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. (EDT).
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Western Carolina leads Samford 9-8 all-time, with all 17 meetings played since Samford joined the Southern Conference in the 2009 season. Last season, the teams met four times, with the Catamounts winning all four meetings. The Cats swept the three regular-season games by scores of 9-8, 21-7 and 5-2. The teams also met in the first round of the SoCon Tournament, with WCU taking a 13-7 win.

The Bulldogs are 25-16 overall, and are in fourth place with a 9-6 SoCon record, just 2.5 games behind the Catamounts. The Bulldogs have won four of their last five games.

Projected starters
Western Carolina
Friday: RHP Jeremy Null (5-1, 1.79 ERA)
Saturday: LHP Bryan Sammons (6-2, 4.02 ERA)
Sunday: RHP Jordan Smith (6-3, 3.50 ERA)

Samford
Friday: RHP Alex Ledford (6-2, 5.12 ERA)
Saturday: RHP Jared Brasher (2-2, 5.23 ERA)
Sunday: TBD

All three games can be viewed online via Samford Sports TV at www.samfordsports.com/showcase. Live stats will also be available at www.samfordsports.com.

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