Dominick McIntyre
Drew Barton
3
North Alabama UNA 16-31
12
Winner Samford SAM 32-16
North Alabama UNA
16-31
3
Final
12
Samford SAM
32-16
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
North Alabama UNA 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 6 0
Samford SAM 0 0 8 0 2 0 0 2 X 12 9 3

W: Miller Riggins (1-1) L: Stogner, John Allen (2-6)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball strikes first, but falls to Samford

McIntyre homers, but Lions drop rematch with Bulldogs

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (May 7, 2024) – The University of North Alabama baseball team led early, but ultimately fell to Samford 12-3 in Tuesday's midweek contest in Birmingham. The Lions return to Florence to take on North Florida in the final series at Mike D. Lane Field this weekend.
 
The Lions fall to 16-31 on the season, while Samford improves to 32-16. 
 
In the top of the third inning, Dominick McIntyre launched his sixth home run of the season in solo fashion as UNA took a 1-0 lead. Samford tacked on eight runs in the bottom of the inning and never looked back.
 
John Allen Stogner tossed two scoreless frames, facing the minimum six batters before the third inning Bulldog rally. Stogner picked up a strikeout in his two innings of work. 
 
McIntyre's solo shot is his sixth of the season — the third most on the team. The UNA senior trails just Gehrig Frei (15) and Andrew Knight (8) for the most on the squad. 
 
Leighton Jenkins jumped on a pitch for a one-out double in the fifth inning before Frei walked to put two runners on with two outs. Kyle Machado stepped to the plate and doubled to the right-center field gap to bring home both runners and cut into the Samford lead. 
 
Samford responded in the bottom of the fifth with two runs of their own before adding on a pair in the eighth inning to extend the lead.
 
Machado and Jenkins each tallied two hits on Tuesday, matching one another with a double and a single each. 
 
Justin Battle and Raleigh Claunch both turned in scoreless outings, combining for 1.2 innings with zero hits allowed. Battle struck out two Samford batters in his 13th appearance of the season. 
 
Pitchers of Record
W - Miller Riggins (1-1)
L – John Allen Stogner (2-6)
S – None
 
COMING UP NEXT
 
UNA returns to Florence to host North Florida for the final series at Mike D. Lane Field on May 10-12. North Alabama will celebrate the history of Mike Lane Field on Saturday, May 11 with an alumni reunion and pre-game ceremony for former head coach Mike Lane. 
 
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