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

Alabama wins!

What a fricking squad

AD has got to get better. Even the outs are often “loud” and he’s just not missing many bats. Lots of foul balls with batters having a pretty good read on him.

Edit: Not to mention, control issues.

Love the fight in the team. Heads up play by Heiberger to get the final out when the third base runner tried to steal home. Another big game today.

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Alabama baseball traded blows with Arizona all afternoon on Saturday, with the Tide getting the upper hand for a 7-6 win at Riders Field. The 15th-ranked Tide is now 11-0 on the year and 2-0 in the Frisco Classic.

Arizona was first on the board on Saturday, putting up a four-spot in the fourth thanks to a pair of two-run homers. The Tide answered immediately with a three-run fifth and tied things up in the sixth thanks to a solo homer from Will Hodo. Alabama then took the lead for the first time with a run in the seventh, but the Wildcats came right back with a two-spot following the seventh inning stretch. The Tide, once again, rallied to retake the lead with a two-run eighth before holding off a late push from Arizona for the 7-6 victory.

The hits for Alabama were spread across the order on Saturday afternoon with seven of the nine starters contributing at least one knock. Hodo and Bryce Eblin each homered with Eblin's accounting for two runs, the team-high mark for RBI. The Tide second baseman also contributed two runs scored and was matched by Evan Sleight for the team lead in that category.

Reliever Alton Davis II (1-0) picked up the win with 2.0 scoreless innings of work that included one hit, a walk and three strikeouts. He was followed by Matthew Heiberger, with the freshman earning his first career save thanks to a scoreless ninth that included one hit and one strikeout.

From Head Coach Rob Vaughn
"What a crazy game that was. It was back and forth, but our guys didn't panic. I talk about it a lot with the team that I want them to expect to have success. We put a lot of emphasis on having shutdown innings and trying to make sure that when we score, they don't – and vice versa, when we give up runs, we answer. Whether that's 1, 4, 6 runs, always answering, that's just what winning baseball looks like. Our guys played a really professional ballgame tonight."

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Get your Sunday chores done and gather around the computer again today at 4 pm for the final game of the Frisco Classic.

Sunday Baseball vs #23 Dallas Baptist 4 p.m. CT

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Arizona beat Indiana, 12-1.

1-1 in the 2nd.

3-2

Justin Lebron with a no doubter.

5-2

We’ve it into 27 double plays this weekend.