The Crimson Tide totaled 16 hits and 16 combined free passes in the series-clinching win
2/15/2025
TUSCALOOSA, AL – Alabama baseball posted another impressive offensive performance, earning a 19-3 win over Bradley on Saturday afternoon at Sewell-Thomas Stadium. The victory clinched the series and moved the Tide to 2-0 on the young season.
Alabama used 16 hits and a combined 16 free passes to finish with 19 runs on the afternoon. The Crimson Tide scored in five separate innings with at least two runs in each of those frames, highlighted by a six-run third to put the game out of reach early. All nine starters recorded at least one hit with five starters notching two total hits.
Garrett Staton led the charge, finishing 2-for-3 with a grand slam, a hit-by-pitch, two runs and a team-high six RBI. Will Hodo, Kade Snelland Coleman Mizell each added two RBI apiece with Mizell also homering on the day. Hodo tied for the team-high in runs scored with three, matching Justin Lebron.
In his first game back since Opening Weekend 2024, Riley Quick (1-0) picked up the win on a pitch-count shortened outing. The redshirt sophomore tossed 3.0 scoreless frames with two hits and four strikeouts. Hagan Banks followed in his first game back from injury, working 1.2 scoreless with two walks and a pair of punchouts. Alabama
From Head Coach Rob Vaughn
"Yeah, it was just a good win. I thought we played a much better baseball game than we did yesterday. Really, yesterday we did some good things, it just got a little messy late. Really proud of our effort. It's good to have Riley Quick back. It was good for him to get out there and compete a little bit. I thought we ran the bases at a really high level today, so I'm really happy with the group."
How It Happened
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2/15/2025
TUSCALOOSA, AL – Alabama baseball posted another impressive offensive performance, earning a 19-3 win over Bradley on Saturday afternoon at Sewell-Thomas Stadium. The victory clinched the series and moved the Tide to 2-0 on the young season.
Alabama used 16 hits and a combined 16 free passes to finish with 19 runs on the afternoon. The Crimson Tide scored in five separate innings with at least two runs in each of those frames, highlighted by a six-run third to put the game out of reach early. All nine starters recorded at least one hit with five starters notching two total hits.
Garrett Staton led the charge, finishing 2-for-3 with a grand slam, a hit-by-pitch, two runs and a team-high six RBI. Will Hodo, Kade Snelland Coleman Mizell each added two RBI apiece with Mizell also homering on the day. Hodo tied for the team-high in runs scored with three, matching Justin Lebron.
In his first game back since Opening Weekend 2024, Riley Quick (1-0) picked up the win on a pitch-count shortened outing. The redshirt sophomore tossed 3.0 scoreless frames with two hits and four strikeouts. Hagan Banks followed in his first game back from injury, working 1.2 scoreless with two walks and a pair of punchouts. Alabama
From Head Coach Rob Vaughn
"Yeah, it was just a good win. I thought we played a much better baseball game than we did yesterday. Really, yesterday we did some good things, it just got a little messy late. Really proud of our effort. It's good to have Riley Quick back. It was good for him to get out there and compete a little bit. I thought we ran the bases at a really high level today, so I'm really happy with the group."
How It Happened
- B1 | A hit-by-pitch and a double from Justin Lebron put two in scoring position before a wild pitch advanced the pair 90 feet to score the leadoff man. Will Hodo wrapped up his at-bat with a walk before a groundout advanced him to second. With two in scoring position, Garrett Staton roped a two-out, two-run single to center. (3-0, Alabama)
- B3 | The Tide batted around in the frame, scoring six runs on five hits and an error. An RBI-single from Jason Torres followed by a two-run double by Kade Snell started the rally. One batter later, Coleman Mizell delivered an RBI-single with a Will Plattnergroundout tacking on one more. The inning's scoring was capped with a fielder's choice groundout from Bryce Fowler to widen the gap. (9-0, Alabama)
- B4 | Hodo, Torres and Snell loaded them up to start the frame before Staton cleared the bases with a grand slam. Mizell immediately followed with a homer of his own. (14-0, Alabama)
- T6 | A solo home run from pinch-hitter CJ Trask got the Braves on the board. (14-1, Alabama)
- B6 | The Tide loaded the bases to start the inning once again with a walk by Hodo pushing a run across. A double play in the next at-bat scored one more before a pinch-hit RBI-single from Peyton Steele added to the advantage. (17-1, Alabama)
- B7 | With runners on the corners and two down, Hodo singled through the right side to plate one and put men on the corners once again. A passed ball on a walk to Torres in the next at-bat added another to the tally. (19-1, Alabama)
- T8 | A pair of errors and a hit-by-pitch loaded the bases for Bradley before a one-out single scored two. (19-3, Alabama)
- Saturday extended Alabama's Opening Weekend winning streak to 18 straight games.
- Alabama tallied double-digit runs for a second consecutive afternoon with 19 today. UA totaled double-digit runs in 20 contests a season ago.
- The 19 runs were the most in a game since March 9, 2024, when the Tide finished with 20 against Lipscomb.
- The Crimson Tide drew 13 walks, its most in a game since June 4, 2023, against Boston College. The Tide had 13 free passes in that Regional-clinching victory over the Golden Eagles.
- Alabama rallied for 16 hits to post double-digit knocks for a second consecutive day. The Tide accumulated double-digit hits in 35 games last season.
- All nine starters recorded at least one hit with five of the nine contributing two hits apiece.
- Garrett Staton recorded the first grand slam of the season for the Crimson Tide and the first since Mac Guscette against Texas A&M on April 20 of last season.
- Staton finished with six RBI for the first six-RBI performance since Guscette in game two of the doubleheader with Texas A&M on April 19 last season.
- Staton and Coleman Mizell hammered back-to-back home runs in the fourth inning, the first time UA has gone back-to-back since Gage Miller and TJ McCants last season on April 3 at Samford.
- With his 2-for-4 afternoon, Kade Snell extended his hitting and on-base streaks to seven games, dating back to last season. Over that stretch, Snell is batting .310 (9-29) with a double, two home runs, nine RBI, four runs, four walks and a hit-by-pitch.
- In his five career Opening Weekend contests, Justin Lebron is 8-for-12 (.750) with a double, one home run, eight RBI, seven runs scored and seven walks.
- Among position players, freshmen Sean Griggs, Andre Modugno, Peyton Steele, JoJo Williamson and Jon Young Jr. all made their collegiate debuts on Saturday.
- Steele provided an RBI single in his first Alabama plate appearance, while Young Jr. also managed a base-hit in his first collegiate at-bat. Modugno reached base with a walk in his lone trip to the plate.
- Freshman right-hander Anthony Pesci took the mound for the first time at the collegiate level, picking up a strikeout in a perfect one-inning appearance.
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