Samford used four big scoring innings to defeat Alabama State 18-7 Tuesday night at the Wheeler-Watkins Baseball Complex.
 
The Hornets (10-8) scored in the first inning on an RBI groundout by Carlos Ocasio, scoring Yamil Pagan who led off with a single.
 
After Samford (10-7) scored four in the second, Alabama State tied the game in the third. With one out, Pagan singled to left field and Edgardo Rivera doubled to left center. Following a walk to Ocasio to load the bases and the second out of the inning, Angel Alicea was hit by a pitch, scoring Pagan. Chris Biocic walked, scoring Rivera, and Ocasio scored on a wild pitch to tie the game 4-4.
 
In the fifth, Ocasio singled to lead off the inning, and moved to second on a one-out single by Joseph Estrada. Biocic singled up the middle, scoring Ocasio for a 5-4 Alabama State lead.
 
After Samford scored four times in the sixth to regain the lead 8-5, the Hornets cut the deficit in the seventh. Estrada tripled to center, and scored on a Biocic groundout to pull to within 8-6. 
 
However, Samford broke the game open with four runs in the eighth, and six runs in the ninth.
 
Biocic drove in three runs, and Pagan, Ocasio, and Estrada each had two hits for Alabama State, which returns to action Wednesday in a 4 p.m. game against Florida A&M at the Wheeler-Watkins Baseball Complex.
 

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