re: Tide Baseball 31-27 (12-17)

Wow, X men left 17 on base. Just hate it for ‘em :)

some of you guys are Notra Damus

Sweep the series tomorrow, win the lesser in-state battles mid-week, and find a way…anyway…to steal 1 in Texas. That would be a pretty good start to the 2022 season. It’s February baseball…let’s give the coaches a little time to sort out the arms

Baseball Outlasts Xavier, 5-4, on Saturday Afternoon

The Musketeers had the bases loaded in the ninth, but a 4-3 groundout secured the series-clinching win for the Crimson Tide

Alabama baseball held off a late push by Xavier to secure the 5-4 win on Saturday afternoon at Sewell-Thomas Stadium. The series-clinching victory moved the Crimson Tide to 2-0 on the young season.

Xavier took the early lead with a first-inning home run, but Alabama answered with four in the bottom of the second. Both teams went scoreless until the seventh when the Musketeers were able to cross one. Xavier added another tally in the eighth to make it a one-run affair. Alabama then widened the gap with an insurance run in the home half of the eighth thanks to a solo homer from Drew Williamson. That extra run would prove crucial as Xavier was able to plate one in the ninth and reach a pair with two down before a Tide pitching change.

Brock Guffey entered, and delivered, for a second consecutive game, picking up the save on Saturday. The Tide reliever took the hill with runners on first and second and two down. A hit-by-pitch loaded them up, but the redshirt senior managed to get a 4-3 groundout to end the ballgame in UA's favor, 5-4. Hunter Furtado (1-0) picked up the win, tossing 3.0 scoreless innings and striking out four in his Alabama debut.

Zane Denton and Caden Rose led the way on offense, each recording a three-hit day. Denton finished 3-for-5 with a double, an RBI and one run scored while Rose went 3-for-4 with a run. Williamson led the Tide with two RBI and two runs as part of a 2-for-5 showing that included the home run.

From Head Coach Brad Bohannon
"I'm really glad to get a win against a good Xavier team. We got to learn a lot of valuable lessons and still come out on top. We were just efficient enough on both sides of the ball today. I thought after we put up that four-spot in the second inning, we had a couple of chances to create some separation and bust the game open but were unable to do so. Obviously, we didn't pitch it very well today, gave up way too many free passes. We didn't defend in the field particularly well, either. And to still to do all those things against a good team, and come out with a win, we'll take it. We have a lot to work on and get better at, and it all starts tomorrow."

Looking at the schedule I say 34-22 for the season.

Sweep the weekend today! Let’s go!

Is Hayslip hurt or just not gonna play much? I guess I just naively expected to see him in some capacity 2 games in.

Dio with a RBI, 2-0, sacrifice fly from Jarvis, 3-0. Tide looks good today.

Hasn’t looked great, but getting a sweep is always fun. Gotta finish it out today.