Diamond Notes : Alabama's SEC Tournament Run Ends against Vanderbilt

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Crimson Tide falls to the Commodores, 16-1, in seven innings

May 22, 2015

HOOVER, AL -
Alabama baseball's tournament run ended, as the seventh-ranked Vanderbilt Commodores used an eight-run fourth inning to help secure a 16-1 victory in the quarterfinals of the 2015 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament Friday afternoon.

"It was unfortunate to finish out the tournament that way," said Alabama head coach Mitch Gaspard. "Sometimes the game just doesn't work in your favor, and today was one of those days."

The second-seeded Commodores recorded an SEC Tournament record-tying eight doubles and posted 19 hits for 16 total runs in the seven-inning victory. Vanderbilt scored 14 of its 16 with an eight-spot in the fourth and three runs apiece in the fifth and sixth innings en route to advancing to the SEC semifinals.

Vandy scored one in the first using a leadoff single and a stolen base to get the runner in scoring position. A single with the runner moving on the pitch brought across the game's first run. The Crimson Tide bounced right back, using a leadoff single and then a double from Georgie Salem to put two in scoring position. A deep flyout to right allowed Chandler Avant to score from third and tied things back up after one full.

The Commodores would plate their second run of the game in the second inning, using a leadoff walk paired with an error and a sac bunt to put two in scoring position. A 6-3 groundout allowed the runner to come across and gave Vanderbilt the lead once again, 2-1. After a hot start early, the two teams would go scoreless in the third before Vandy put together 14 of its 16 runs across in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings.

"Today's game doesn't take away from our team," Gaspard added. "No one can understand what this group has been through this year. To make a run at the end, after all we've been through -- that's something I'm proud of. I'm very proud of the class that these guys showed throughout the course of the season."

With the loss, Alabama will await its postseason fate in the hopes of making an NCAA Regional, which will be revealed on Monday at 11 a.m. CT on ESPNU.

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