Alabama handed the Commodores their first shutout all season
May 16, 2015
HOOVER, AL - A pack of four Crimson Tide pitchers combined to help Alabama baseball shut out the seventh-ranked Vanderbilt Commodores, 1-0, on Saturday afternoon. Following the win, Alabama closes out the regular season at 30-26 overall and 12-18 in the conference.
With the victory, Alabama head coach Mitch Gaspard collected his 200th victory overall as the head man at The University of Alabama. Gaspard also reached the 30-win plateau for the fifth time in his six seasons at the helm thanks to today's shutout performance.
Both teams went scoreless through the first five, but Alabama would use the bottom of the sixth to break the tie. A pair of singles brought Cody Henry to the plate, with the freshman delivering the third single of the inning, this one to left-center field to bring one across for the 1-0, Alabama lead through six full frames. The lone run was all the Crimson Tide would need to hand Vanderbilt its first shutout of the season.
"We didn't have many opportunities today, but Cody'***** was huge," said Gaspard. "We out-hit them, and we were able to muster up just enough offense to get one run. That run was good enough, and that's all it took for the win."
Will Carter earned his second win of the week with 3.0 innings of work, allowing just two hits and striking out one to improve to 4-5 on the season. Geoffrey Bramblett started the game and was followed by Alex Watkins, Carter and Thomas Burrows to limit the Commodores to five total hits. Burrows earned his team-high sixth save of the season with 1.2 innings of work, including a perfect 1-2-3 ninth inning.
"That was an outstanding performance from all of our pitchers today," Gaspard added. "You really can't say enough about Alex Watkins and Will Carter and their ability to bounce back from a lot of innings on Tuesday to pitch for us tonight. I thought Tommy was really sharp, too, and credit has to go to our pitching staff; they were real good all weekend long."
Alabama will take a two-day break before returning to action once again, this time in the 2015 SEC Tournament. The Crimson Tide will enter as the 11 seed in the tournament and face off with sixth-seeded Ole Miss at 9:30 a.m. CT on Tuesday morning. The contest will air on the SEC Network with Tom Hart, Ben McDonald and Laura Rutledge on the coverage.
Get all the latest information on the team by following AlabamaBSB on Twitter and Instagram and on Facebook at Alabama Baseball. General athletic news can be found at UA_Athletics on Twitter and Instagram and AlabamaAthletics on Facebook.
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RTR,
Diamond Tide :biga:
May 16, 2015
HOOVER, AL - A pack of four Crimson Tide pitchers combined to help Alabama baseball shut out the seventh-ranked Vanderbilt Commodores, 1-0, on Saturday afternoon. Following the win, Alabama closes out the regular season at 30-26 overall and 12-18 in the conference.
With the victory, Alabama head coach Mitch Gaspard collected his 200th victory overall as the head man at The University of Alabama. Gaspard also reached the 30-win plateau for the fifth time in his six seasons at the helm thanks to today's shutout performance.
Both teams went scoreless through the first five, but Alabama would use the bottom of the sixth to break the tie. A pair of singles brought Cody Henry to the plate, with the freshman delivering the third single of the inning, this one to left-center field to bring one across for the 1-0, Alabama lead through six full frames. The lone run was all the Crimson Tide would need to hand Vanderbilt its first shutout of the season.
"We didn't have many opportunities today, but Cody'***** was huge," said Gaspard. "We out-hit them, and we were able to muster up just enough offense to get one run. That run was good enough, and that's all it took for the win."
Will Carter earned his second win of the week with 3.0 innings of work, allowing just two hits and striking out one to improve to 4-5 on the season. Geoffrey Bramblett started the game and was followed by Alex Watkins, Carter and Thomas Burrows to limit the Commodores to five total hits. Burrows earned his team-high sixth save of the season with 1.2 innings of work, including a perfect 1-2-3 ninth inning.
"That was an outstanding performance from all of our pitchers today," Gaspard added. "You really can't say enough about Alex Watkins and Will Carter and their ability to bounce back from a lot of innings on Tuesday to pitch for us tonight. I thought Tommy was really sharp, too, and credit has to go to our pitching staff; they were real good all weekend long."
Alabama will take a two-day break before returning to action once again, this time in the 2015 SEC Tournament. The Crimson Tide will enter as the 11 seed in the tournament and face off with sixth-seeded Ole Miss at 9:30 a.m. CT on Tuesday morning. The contest will air on the SEC Network with Tom Hart, Ben McDonald and Laura Rutledge on the coverage.
Get all the latest information on the team by following AlabamaBSB on Twitter and Instagram and on Facebook at Alabama Baseball. General athletic news can be found at UA_Athletics on Twitter and Instagram and AlabamaAthletics on Facebook.
-UA-
RTR,
Diamond Tide :biga:
