BIRMINGHAM, ALA. -- Tyler Filliben homered twice, part of a four-homer barrage by Samford which scored 13 unanswered runs to beat Furman, 13-5, in the final game of a three-game Southern Conference baseball series Sunday afternoon at J.L. Griffin Field.

The win gave the Bulldogs (16-11, 4-2 SoCon) the series victory two games to one over the Paladins (11-17, 2-4 SoCon).

Filliben, who also left the yard twice in Friday's 9-5 series opening win by the Bulldogs, belted a three-run shot in the fifth inning off Paladin starter Jacques de Gruy to give Samford a 6-5 lead after trailing 5-0.  He added a solo shot in the eighth to cap the 13-run outburst by the Bulldogs.

Tripp Martin and Caleb Bryson also went deep for Samford, which only needed nine hits to plate 13 runs.  The Bulldogs were helped along by six walks, including four in the seventh inning when Samford scored six runs to blow open a one-run game and take a 12-5 advantage.

Filliben was the only Samford player to register more than one hit, going 2-for-4 with four RBI and three runs scored.

Furman grabbed a 4-0 lead in the first against Samford starter Adam Milazzo, keyed by Jordan Simpson's RBI single and two-run triple by Chris Ohmstede, who capped the inning by scoring on a wild pitch.

The Paladins made it 5-0 an inning later with an Alex Abrams RBI single that plated Sky Overton, but that would do it offensively for Furman.

Samford began its comeback in the third with Bryson's two-run blast to left field that made it 5-2.

Martin's solo shot in the fourth cut Furman's lead to 5-3, and in the fifth Fillben launched his three-run job to left field off de Gruy to put the Bulldogs up, 6-5.

It remained a one-run game until the seventh when Paladin reliever Ryan Morse walked the first two batters of the inning, and his replacement, Brant Masters, followed with two more free passes to force in a run that set Samford up for the six-run inning.

Patrick McGavin (1-1) was the beneficiary of Samford's three-run fifth inning, earning the victory after working 1 2/3 innings of scoreless relief.

de Gruy (1-2) took the loss, allowing six runs, five of which were earned, on five hits over six innings.  Three of the five hits he surrendered were home runs.  He walked two and struck out seven.

Furman's first three hitters in the lineup — Hunter Burton, Abrams, and Simpson — had two hits apiece to account for six of the Paladins' nine hits.

The Paladins play at Clemson on Tuesday in a 6:30 p.m. game.