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The Crimson Tide and Gamecocks will meet for the 39th time in series history on Tuesday night

5/7/2018

TUSCALOOSA, AL –
Alabama baseball will host Jacksonville State on Tuesday evening at Sewell-Thomas Stadium in the Crimson Tide's final non-conference matchup of the 2018 season. The two teams are set for a 6 p.m. CT first pitch on SEC Network+ with the tandem of Eli Gold and Scott McClanahan on the call.
Tuesday at The Joe will be the Crimson Tide's final "$2 Tuesdays" promotion of the 2018 campaign. Fans can get their tickets for just $2 and will receive a Taco mama coupon at the gate (while supplies last).

FOLLOW THE TIDE
Fans can follow Tuesday's game via the below outlets:


Watch: SEC Network+
Listen: 102.9 FM / CTSN / TuneIn App
Twitter: @AlabamaBSB
Live Stats: RollTide.com

PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUP

UA – Mason Duke (Jr., RHP) vs. JSU – Andrew Naismith (So., LHP)

LEADING OFF

• Alabama and Jacksonville State will square off for the 39th time in series history when the two teams meet in Tuscaloosa on Tuesday evening. Both games of the 2018 pairing will have been played at Sewell-Thomas Stadium.
• The Crimson Tide leads the all-time series 28-10, with UA holding a 24-7 record in games played in Tuscaloosa. Alabama was riding an 11-game winning streak over Jacksonville State going into last season's pair of games in Tuscaloosa. The Gamecocks won each of the two meetings a season ago, marking the third time in the history of the series that JSU has won back-to-back contests against the Tide. Jacksonville State then defeated the Tide, 4-0, on April 3 of this season for the first three-game winning streak over UA in the history of the series.
• In that matchup earlier this season, JSU shut out the Tide, 4-0. Jacksonville State used four arms to combine for the shutout win. The Gamecocks put up four runs in the fifth, the game's only scoring of the night.
• Jacksonville State comes to Tuscaloosa with a 24-20 overall record and a 13-11 mark in Ohio Valley Conference play. The Gamecocks are coming off a weekend that saw the Gamecocks drop the bookend matchups of their three-game set at Morehead State. Prior to the weekend series, JSU fell, 8-2, at Troy in a midweek matchup a week ago.
• Alabama will send junior right-hander Mason Duke to the hill on Tuesday evening. Duke is 2-2 with a 2.83 ERA (9 ER/28.2 IP) on the season across 14 appearances, four of which have come in the starter's role. The righty appeared against the Gamecocks in the April 3 matchup, tossing 2.1 scoreless frames and allowed four hits with three strikeouts.
• Jacksonville State calls on sophomore left-hander Andrew Naismith for the midweek start. The southpaw is 0-1 with a 2.57 ERA (2 ER/7.0 IP) on the season and has made two appearances, both starts.

ABOUT JACKSONVILLE STATE

• Jacksonville State returned 18 letterwinners, including eight positional starters and 10 pitchers, from a 2017 team that finished 30-26 overall and 17-13 in OVC play to wrap up ranked third in the conference. The 2018 roster is without seven lettermen from a season ago, a number that includes four positional starters and five pitchers.
• The Gamecocks were selected to finish third overall in the Ohio Valley Conference in the league's preseason poll, as voted on by the conference's head coaches and sports information directors.
• Jim Case is in his 17th year at the helm of the Jacksonville State program. A 1983 graduate of Louisiana Tech, Case is assisted by Mike Murphree and Evan Bush, a former Alabama standout infielder. Bush played for the Crimson Tide from 2003-06, earning Third Team All-SEC honors from SEBaseball.com in 2004. In his senior season, Bush helped lead Alabama to the Southeastern Conference championship as well as a second straight NCAA Tournament appearance.
• Jacksonville State baseball came into the new season in 2018 with a 1,737-1,008 all-time record. The Gamecocks have been successful under the direction of Case, appearing in four NCAA Tournaments during his tenure, most recently in 2014.
• A regional public co-educational university, Jacksonville State is located in the same city that it holds its namesake from. Founded in 1882, JSU boasts an enrollment of 8,514 students. Originally named Jacksonville State Normal School, JSU changed its name to Jacksonville State Teachers College in 1930 and Jacksonville State College in 1957 before operating as Jacksonville State University beginning in 1967.

ON DECK

The Crimson Tide will hit the road for the final time this season, traveling to Baton Rouge to take on LSU from May 11-13 at Alex Box Stadium. The first two games of the weekend are set for a 7 p.m. CT first pitch with the series finale scheduled for a 2 p.m. start. Games one and three will air on SEC Network+ with the middle contest showing nationally on SEC Network.


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