re: Bama Baseball 33-24 (13-17) (2023-24)

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Alabama baseball secured the series with a 15-0 victory over Manhattan on Saturday afternoon at Sewell-Thomas Stadium. With the win, the 17th-ranked Crimson Tide improved to 2-0 on the young season.

Alabama's offense came out hot early, tallying a run in the first before a pair of four-run frames in the second and third inning. The Tide crossed another run in the fourth and posted a five-spot in the home half of the fifth to push the score to 15-0, the eventual final.

The Crimson Tide offense finished with 12 hits and eight walks on the way to 15 runs. TJ McCants and Mac Guscette led UA at the plate, both recording three-hit efforts. McCants went 3-for-5 with two doubles, two RBI, a pair of runs scored, one walk and a stolen base, while Guscette finished a perfect 3-for-3 with two runs, a hit-by-pitch and a team-high four RBI. William Hamiter also contributed a multi-hit effort, going 2-for-2 with a double and one run scored off the bench.

Riley Quick (1-0) picked up the win in his first career start. The sophomore worked 3.0 innings, striking out five and walking one while not allowing a hit. Quick handed the ball off to the bullpen, with a collection of four arms combining for five punchouts while allowing just one hit and no walks across the final 4.0 frames.

From Head Coach Rob Vaughn
"We didn't just go out and slug, slug, slug today – that's coming. The beautiful thing about today is that we were able to execute at a really high level. Some guys had really good days offensively just by battling through tough at-bats and taking what they were given. This has been a really good start to the year, but we have got to come out and finish tomorrow."

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