re: Alabama Baseball Thread -RIP 2014/Stacked for 2015?

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With the Wednesday announcement of the CBS Sports Network college baseball television schedule, the Alabama baseball team will receive two more games as part of the agreement. In addition to the two CBSSN games, the Crimson Tide will also appear on television twice during their trip to Texas A&M and once when they make the trip to play Louisiana-Lafayette.

With the five additional games and the seven previous television games as part of the Southeastern Conference and ESPN television package, the Crimson Tide will now appear on television 12 times during the 2014 season.

Alabama will make its first television appearance of the season on Saturday, March 1, when the Tide plays its second game of the three-game series against nationally ranked Louisiana-Lafayette. The game will be produced by a Lafayette local station, MyKLAF and will also be televised on ESPN3. First pitch will remain at 2 p.m. CT from M.L. "Tigue" Moore Field.

The first two games of the SEC series at Texas A&M will be televised by FSN Southwest and the game times will not be adjusted. First pitch for the series opener in College Station will be at 6 p.m. CT from Blue Bell Park. Game two will also be televised on FSN Southwest, with first pitch coming at 2 p.m.

CBS Sports will cover seven games during the SEC baseball season, with two including the Crimson Tide, first when Alabama hosts nationally ranked Florida on Saturday, May 3. The game time for the second game of the series against the Gators will now be at 3 p.m. CT, up one hour from its original start time. The final series of the season against Mississippi State will now have a second game televised, as CBSSN will produce the middle game of the series, with first pitch remaining at 6 p.m. CT.

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The No. 21-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide (2-1, 0-0 SEC) returns to Sewell-Thomas Stadium for a three-game series against the Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks (2-2, 0-0 SLC) this weekend. First pitch for the series will be 6:05 p.m., on Friday, Feb. 21. Game two of the series will begin at 2:05 p.m. on Saturday and the series wraps up on Sunday with a 1:05 p.m. first pitch.

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Alabama is ranked No. 21 in the Baseball America and Perfect Game USA preseason polls. The Crimson Tide is ranked No. 27 by the NCBWA, No. 28 by Collegiate Baseball News and is receiving 26 votes in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches poll.

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No. 21 Alabama (2-1) vs. Stephen F. Austin (2-2)
Sewell-Thomas Stadium, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Schedule - Friday, 6:05 p.m., Saturday 2:05 p.m., Sunday 1:05 p.m.
Television - None
Steaming - RollTide.com (TIDETv subscription) and ESPN3 (Friday only)
Radio - The Game 99.1 FM (Friday and Saturday), 790 AM WTSK (Sunday only)
Livestats - Rolltide.com

Probable Pitching Matchups
Friday - UA-Spencer Turnbull (Jr., RHP, 0-0, 0.00) vs. SFA-Cameron Gann (Jr., RHP, 1-0, 3.60)
Saturday - UA-Justin Kamplain (Jr., LHP, 0-0, 5.40) vs. SFA-Kyle Cross (Sr., RHP, 0-1, 3.60)
Sunday - UA-Ray Castillo (So., RHP, 0-0, 6.00) vs. SFA-Dillon Mangham (Jr., LHP, 1-0, 1.80

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Alabama Quick Hitters
• The Alabama pitching staff held Saint Louis to a .202 team batting average while posting a 2.33 ERA the first weekend of the season.
• In a total of 16 innings, the Tide bullpen allowed two earned runs, posting a 1.12 ERA.
• The UA bullpen finished the weekend with 14 consecutive innings without allowing an earned run.
• The Tide used a total of 11 pitchers in the three game series, which included three freshmen that combined for seven scoreless innings out of the bullpen.
• Offensively, Alabama had a .234 batting average, while averaging 4.6 runs per game.
• Sophomore shortstop Mikey White paced the Tide with a .400 average against Saint Louis that included a triple, an RBI and scored three runs, including the game-winner in the ninth inning of Saturday's 4-3 win. White also had three walks and finished the weekend with a .600 slugging percentage and a .538 on-base percentage.
• Wade Wass delivered the ninth-inning, game-winning RBI single on Saturday and finished the game 2-for-3 with a double and two RBI. Wass finished the week with a team-high five walks to post a .538 on-base percentage.
• Ben Moore was 3-for-9 in the SLU series and tied for the team lead with three RBI and three runs scored.
• Justin Kamplain logged the most innings pitched, going five inning in his start on Saturday ... after allowing three runs on three hits in the first inning, Kamplain did not allow a hit, while striking out five in his last four innings.
• Friday night starter Spencer Turnbull threw three scoreless innings, allowing a hit with four strikeouts before the rain delay.
• Freshman LHP Thomas Burrows (1-0) got the win in his Crimson Tide debut, when he threw a perfect ninth inning on Saturday against the Billikens.
• Jon Keller (1-0) was the winning pitcher on Sunday versus Saint Louis after throwing four scoreless innings. He allowed one hit and retired the last nine batters he faced.

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About the Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks
• Following a 12-3 loss to Texas A&M on Tuesday night, Stephen F. Austin enters the series against Alabama with a 2-2 record.
• The Lumberjacks opened the season with a 2-1 record in the UTA Invitational, posting wins over UT-Arlington (14-9) and Incarnate Word (12-5), while losing to No. 18 Oklahoma State (3-1).
• SFA returns 16 lettermen, including five position starters and seven pitchers from a 2013 team that posted a 28-29 overall record.
• Stephen F. Austin finished sixth in the Southland Conference with a 15-12 record in 2013.
• Johnny Cardenas is in his sixth season as the head coach at SFA, where he has posted a 150-139 record.
• Through four games, the Lumberjacks are hitting .306 as a team, while averaging 7.5 runs and 11.0 hits per game.
• The SFA pitching staff has an ERA of 6.94 while allowing opponents to hit .329.
• Offensively, Stephen F. Austin is led by designated hitter Mackenzie Handel, who is hitting .462 with a double, a home run and three RBI.
• Nick Ramos is hitting .400 with a double and two RBI and Ricardo Sanchez has a .357 average with a double, a triple and two RBI.
• The team's RBI leader is Joseph Olson with six, Will Vest has five RBI and Dickey Matthew has four.
• Pitchers Cameron Gann and Dillon Mangham have one win each this season. Gann has a 3.60 ERA while Mangham has a 1.80 ERA with a team-high six strikeouts in five innings pitched.
• Kevn Bishop leads the team with 6.1 innings pitched and Chris Hassold leads the team with three appearances out of the bullpen.

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Roll Tide! Lets take another series.

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