re: Alabama Baseball (16-7 (1-3)) (Schedule & Roster 2026)

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The Crimson Tide right-hander produced the ninth no-hitter in Alabama baseball history on Friday

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Tyler Fay recorded the ninth no-hitter in Alabama program history on Friday night, as the Crimson Tide (16-7, 1-3 SEC) opened its three-game series against No. 18 Florida (19-4, 3-1 SEC) with a 6-0 win over the Gators at Sewell-Thomas Stadium. Fay becomes the first Tide pitcher since Eddie Owcar in 1942 to manage an individual 9.0-inning no-hitter and marks Alabama's first no-hitter of any kind since 2014.

Fay (4-2) was nothing short of brilliant in his sixth start of the season, creating new career highs in innings pitched (9.0) and strikeouts (13). The redshirt junior's only blemishes came in the form of two walks, retiring 27 of the 29 batters he faced. Fay struck out at least one batter in seven of his nine innings on the mound, including at least two punchouts in five of nine innings. Over his last three innings, Fay struck out six of the final nine batters he faced.

Offensively, the Tide relied on a variety of contributors, including Bryce Fowler, who finished 2-for-4 with a double, an RBI, a walk and a run scored. Justin Osterhouse was 2-for-3, adding a double and an RBI to go with a run scored. Brady Neal also closed 2-for-3 while driving in a run with two walks. Luke Vaughn led all Alabama players with two RBI, finishing 1-for-3. Brennan Holt contributed one run batted in and a run scored as part of a 1-for-4 night, while Will Plattner notched a double and two runs scored to encompass his 1-for-3 line.

From Head Coach Rob Vaughn
"Man, what a, just a special night for Tyler (Fay) and his family, just incredible. It came on the heels at a time where I'll just call what it is, we really needed it. Just a masterful effort, just completely smothered the strike zone, mixed pitches. The offense did a great job finally playing the brand we've been looking for. Tyler Fay, obviously the story tonight. I mean, it's why you come back. He had a chance to go sign and move into pro ball, but you come back for nights like tonight because you don't get these memories. Like, throw everything else out the window, the money he's going to make this year, all that, throw all that out. These memories are what makes college baseball so special. Super proud of him, proud of our boys, and now the hard thing, and not to diminish it, but that's one game, right? And we got to come back tomorrow, and it took a lot of energy out of us, we got to come back tomorrow and replicate that against a dang good team."

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