The Tide scored four in the fourth and three apiece in the fifth and seventh innings for the win
4/2/2022
TUSCALOOSA, AL – A wild back-and-forth contest saw Alabama baseball outlast the Texas A&M Aggies, 10-9, on Saturday afternoon at Sewell-Thomas Stadium. The Crimson Tide evened the series up with the win and is now 16-12 overall, 3-5 in Southeastern Conference play.
Both teams posted crooked numbers for a majority of their runs on Saturday afternoon. Alabama's offense recorded four runs in the fourth to go with three runs apiece in the fifth and seventh on the way to 10 runs, while A&M used a seven-run sixth to go with single tallies in the fourth and eighth for nine runs. The Aggies had the tying run at third with one down in the eighth but two huge strikeouts from Dylan Ray ended the rally. Texas A&M also reached the tying and go-ahead runs in the ninth and had both runners in scoring position with two down, but another inning-ending strikeout from Ray sealed the 10-9 win for Alabama.
Ray earned his third save of the season, working the final 2.0 innings and allowing one run on four hits with five strikeouts. The win went to Tide reliever Antoine Jean (2-1), with the junior contributing 2.0 innings and allowing two unearned runs on one hit and a walk with one strikeout.
Alabama's offense was led by Caden Rose who finished a perfect 2-for-2 with two walks, a run and a team-high three RBI from the nine-hole. Andrew Pinckney and William Hamiter also contributed multi-RBI efforts at two apiece with Hamiter delivering a two-run single in the seventh for what would prove to be the difference on Saturday.
From Head Coach Brad Bohannon
"It's safe to say it was a pretty wild day at the ballpark. It's pretty rare that you can give up a seven spot in an inning and still win the game, but both teams made a lot of mistakes today after playing a really clean game last night. Jacob McNairy gave us a great start, just had a little bit of bad luck in the sixth and hit a wall, but his first five innings were especially outstanding. Antoine (Jean) did a good job of holding them, and then (Dylan Ray) did a great job of closing it out. (William Hamiter) had a big hit along with Caden Rose and Bryce Eblin. I'm really glad to get a win, and I told the kids we have to come to the ballpark tomorrow like we won three of our last four."
How It Happened
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4/2/2022
TUSCALOOSA, AL – A wild back-and-forth contest saw Alabama baseball outlast the Texas A&M Aggies, 10-9, on Saturday afternoon at Sewell-Thomas Stadium. The Crimson Tide evened the series up with the win and is now 16-12 overall, 3-5 in Southeastern Conference play.
Both teams posted crooked numbers for a majority of their runs on Saturday afternoon. Alabama's offense recorded four runs in the fourth to go with three runs apiece in the fifth and seventh on the way to 10 runs, while A&M used a seven-run sixth to go with single tallies in the fourth and eighth for nine runs. The Aggies had the tying run at third with one down in the eighth but two huge strikeouts from Dylan Ray ended the rally. Texas A&M also reached the tying and go-ahead runs in the ninth and had both runners in scoring position with two down, but another inning-ending strikeout from Ray sealed the 10-9 win for Alabama.
Ray earned his third save of the season, working the final 2.0 innings and allowing one run on four hits with five strikeouts. The win went to Tide reliever Antoine Jean (2-1), with the junior contributing 2.0 innings and allowing two unearned runs on one hit and a walk with one strikeout.
Alabama's offense was led by Caden Rose who finished a perfect 2-for-2 with two walks, a run and a team-high three RBI from the nine-hole. Andrew Pinckney and William Hamiter also contributed multi-RBI efforts at two apiece with Hamiter delivering a two-run single in the seventh for what would prove to be the difference on Saturday.
From Head Coach Brad Bohannon
"It's safe to say it was a pretty wild day at the ballpark. It's pretty rare that you can give up a seven spot in an inning and still win the game, but both teams made a lot of mistakes today after playing a really clean game last night. Jacob McNairy gave us a great start, just had a little bit of bad luck in the sixth and hit a wall, but his first five innings were especially outstanding. Antoine (Jean) did a good job of holding them, and then (Dylan Ray) did a great job of closing it out. (William Hamiter) had a big hit along with Caden Rose and Bryce Eblin. I'm really glad to get a win, and I told the kids we have to come to the ballpark tomorrow like we won three of our last four."
How It Happened
- T4 | The Aggies got on the board with a two-out single to center to score the game's first run. (1-0, Texas A&M)
- B4 | Tommy Seidl and Drew Williamson started the frame with back-to-back bunts to put runners on the corners for Andrew Pinckney. A fielding error on a ball hit to third brought in the tying run and left two on for UA. A sac bunt moved both runners into scoring position before a walk to Bryce Eblin loaded them up for Caden Rose. The Tide center fielder took advantage of the opportunity, dropping a single in front of his A&M counterpart to score one. Jim Jarvis followed with an RBI-single of his own followed by a sacrifice fly from Eric Foggo to widen the gap. (4-1, Alabama)
- B5 | Seidl led off the inning with a single and moved into scoring position on a wild pitch. A single from Williamson put runners on the corners for Pinckney, who brought one in and reached himself on a fielder's choice. The Aggies then recorded out No. 2 to bring Eblin to the plate. He was able to single through the right side and move to second on the throw, putting a pair in scoring position for Rose. Rose delivered with a two-run single through the left side to add to the Tide lead. (7-1, Alabama)
- T6 | The Aggies pulled back in front with seven runs on four hits, a walk and two errors. (8-7, Texas A&M)
- B7 | An error to start the inning put Williamson on with the first baseman advancing to second on a sac bunt. After a pop fly went for out No. 2, Eblin tied things up with an RBI-single. Two consecutive walks followed to load them up for William Hamiter, with the junior delivering a two-run single up the middle to give the Tide the lead once again. (10-8, Alabama)
- T8 | A leadoff double followed by a single for the Aggies cut the lead to one. (10-9, Alabama)
- Alabama pitchers struck out 12 in tonight's contest and have punched out 10-or-more hitters in 14 games this season, including each of the last three contests and six of the last seven matchups overall.
- The Alabama hitters totaled 11 hits on the day and have recorded double-digit hits in 15 contests so far this season.
- Jim Jarvis has reached base safely in 18 straight SEC games dating back to May 2 of last season against Missouri.
- Dominic Tamez' hit streak in SEC play came to an end at six games. Over that stretch, the junior batted .321 (9-28) with a double, four RBI, and a run scored during that stretch.
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