The right fielder finished 2-for-3 with a pair of homers to power the Tide to the midweek victory
5/7/2024
TROY, AL – Alabama baseball outlasted 21st-ranked Troy, 7-6, on Tuesday evening at Riddle-Pace Field. With the midweek victory, the 25th-ranked Crimson Tide is now 30-18 overall and finishes 20-4 in non-conference play during the regular season.
Alabama built a 3-0 lead after three innings and added two more in the fourth, highlighted by a solo home run from William Hamiter. Troy was able to get on the board with one in the bottom of the fourth before adding four in the fifth to tie things up at 5-5 through five. Hamiter helped UA regain the lead with a solo homer to start the sixth, a run that would prove key as both teams were able to cross one apiece in the eighth for the 7-6 final.
Hamiter led the Tide offense, finishing 2-for-3 with the two solo shots, two RBI, three runs and two walks. Will Hodo matched him in RBI with two as part of a 1-for-3 day that included a run, one walk and a hit-by-pitch. The win went to Aidan Moza (3-2) while Braylon Myersnotched his second save of the season with a scoreless ninth that included one punchout.
From Head Coach Rob Vaughn
"You saw the energy start to come back in our guys the more that we played tonight. When we showed up to the yard today some guys were still a little bit dehydrated, and we were still missing some guys out there. But what a gritty effort by us against a really good Troy team."
How It Happened
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5/7/2024
TROY, AL – Alabama baseball outlasted 21st-ranked Troy, 7-6, on Tuesday evening at Riddle-Pace Field. With the midweek victory, the 25th-ranked Crimson Tide is now 30-18 overall and finishes 20-4 in non-conference play during the regular season.
Alabama built a 3-0 lead after three innings and added two more in the fourth, highlighted by a solo home run from William Hamiter. Troy was able to get on the board with one in the bottom of the fourth before adding four in the fifth to tie things up at 5-5 through five. Hamiter helped UA regain the lead with a solo homer to start the sixth, a run that would prove key as both teams were able to cross one apiece in the eighth for the 7-6 final.
Hamiter led the Tide offense, finishing 2-for-3 with the two solo shots, two RBI, three runs and two walks. Will Hodo matched him in RBI with two as part of a 1-for-3 day that included a run, one walk and a hit-by-pitch. The win went to Aidan Moza (3-2) while Braylon Myersnotched his second save of the season with a scoreless ninth that included one punchout.
From Head Coach Rob Vaughn
"You saw the energy start to come back in our guys the more that we played tonight. When we showed up to the yard today some guys were still a little bit dehydrated, and we were still missing some guys out there. But what a gritty effort by us against a really good Troy team."
How It Happened
- T3 | Gage Miller drew a leadoff walk and was followed by a hit-by-pitch for Justin Lebron. Will Hodo then singled to left to score Miller and put Lebron on third. After a pitching change, Kade Snell singled up the middle to score one and put men on the corners before a grounder to third by TJ McCants brought Hodo in. (3-0, Alabama)
- T4 | William Hamiter started the frame with a solo shot to left. Bryce Eblin followed with a double and moved to third on a flyout before a 4-3 groundout brought him across. (5-0, Alabama)
- B4 | A pair of walks and a wild pitch put runners in scoring position for the Trojans before a fielder's choice allowed the man from third to cross. (5-1, Alabama)
- B5 | Three walks and a pair of hits led to four runs for Troy. (5-5)
- T6 | Hamiter hit his second solo homer of the night. (6-5, Alabama)
- T8 | The Tide loaded the bases with two down before a walk to Hodo pushed a run across. (7-5, Alabama)
- B8 | A two-out double followed by a pinch-hit single for Troy cut the lead to one. (7-6, Alabama)
- Tuesday's win extended the Crimson Tide's winning streak to eight straight over Troy.
- Alabama has homered in 35 games this season and has hit two-or-more roundtrippers in 27 of those matchups.
- William Hamiter hit two home runs in tonight's game. It was the first two-homer game of his career and the Tide's eighth multi-homer effort this season. The last two-homer game came from Justin Lebron in game two of the doubleheader with Texas A&M on April 19.
- Lebron extended his hitting streak to 12 games. During that stretch, the freshman is batting .415 (22-53) with three doubles, six home runs, 14 RBI, 16 runs, one walk and four hit-by-pitch.
- Kade Snell has now recorded a hit in 10 straight contests. Over the streak, the redshirt junior is batting .395 (17-43) with two doubles, one homer, 10 RBI, eight runs scored, one walk and a hit-by-pitch.
- Snell has also reached base safely in each of his last 14 games.
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