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

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Series Sweep Secured as Baseball Holds Off Murray State for 5-4 on Sunday

The Racers scored one in the ninth and had the tying and go-ahead runs aboard but a flyout ended things in favor of the Crimson Tide

Alabama baseball stalled a late rally by Murray State to secure the 5-4 win on Sunday afternoon at Sewell-Thomas Stadium. The Crimson Tide claimed the series sweep with the win in the finale and is now 9-4 on the season.

Alabama and Murray State traded blows throughout the afternoon. The Crimson Tide was first to strike with two in the first. The Racers came right back with three runs in the third to gain the lead before the Tide matched them at three apiece with one run in the home half of the fourth. Alabama added a pair in the bottom of the sixth thanks to an Eric Foggo two-run home run.

Both teams then went scoreless until the ninth. Murray State was able to cut the lead to one and had the tying and go-ahead runners on base with two down, but Hunter Hoopes got a flyout to end the ballgame in Alabama's favor. Hoopes picked up his second save of the season with 0.2 an inning that included a huge strikeout after entering from the bullpen with a 3-0 count on the batter. The right-hander battled back for the K before getting the final out one batter later. Brock Guffey (2-0) picked up the win on Sunday, tossing 3.0 scoreless, hitless innings with one strikeout.

Foggo's home run came as part of his 2-for-3 effort on the day that included two RBI, one run and a walk. Also contributing multi-hit efforts were Jim Jarvis and Dominic Tamez, who each finished 2-for-4. Jarvis recorded a double and one run while Tamez contributed an RBI.

From Head Coach Brad Bohannon
"I'm really glad to get a sweep today against a good Murray State team. They're going to do really well in their league, and they competed really well all weekend. Today we made a lot of mistakes, and it is good to face some adversity. It's good that we got to play through some of that stuff, and we're just really glad we did enough to get a win and to get a sweep. It's hard to beat anybody three times and equally as hard to win four in a row."

Rick Pendley @alagrandslammer·47m

Pitching
Jacob McNairy
ERA: 0.69 (7th)
Wins: 2 (T4th)

Garrett McMillan
Opposing BA: .161 (T9th)
Innings Pitched: 18.0 (5th)

Brock Guffey
Wins: 2 (T4th)

Hunter Furtado
Wins: 2 (T4th)

Hunter Hoopes
Saves: 2 (T4th)

INDIVIDUAL
Hitting
Tommy Seidl
Hitting: .405 (12th)
Hits: 17 (T11th)
Stolen Bases: 4 (T4th)

Drew Williamson
Hits: 17 (T11th)
Doubles: 5 (T6th)
Total Bases: 28 (T12th)

Jim Jarvis
Hits: 17 (T11th)

Zane Denton
Doubles: 6 (T3rd)

Andrew Pinckney
Triples: 2 (T2nd)

BAMA BASEBALL IN SEC
Batting: .300 (T8th)
ERA: 2.84 (7th)
Fielding: .983 (T6th)

I wonder if McNairy gets a look at a weekend start. He’s been solid. Of course none of the starters have been bad. Jean hasn’t gone deep in games.

dio had those same type stats last year but fans go gaga over the long ball and dont realize how many times he wiffs with men in scoring position and how many games we could win if he does not whiff. Probably lowest BA on the team. My lease favorite player

Ben Hess on Wednesday!

Double Midweek for Baseball Pits the Tide against Middle Tennessee, North Alabama

The Crimson Tide and Blue Raiders will meet on Tuesday with the Lions coming to The Joe on Wednesday

Alabama baseball is set to host a pair of midweek matchups at Sewell-Thomas Stadium. The Crimson Tide will first welcome Middle Tennessee to town on Tuesday with North Alabama making the trip to Tuscaloosa the following day on Wednesday. Both contests can be seen live on SEC Network+.

The Tuesday matchup with Middle Tennessee will resume the Crimson Tide's '$2 Tuesday' promotion sponsored by Zeigler Meats. The deal is one of Alabama's season-long promotions at Sewell-Thomas Stadium. Tuesday's contest will feature $2 reserved tickets for all fans. Once inside The Joe, those in attendance can take advantage of $2 hot dogs at all concession stands.

Follow the Tide

Fans can follow the midweek games via the below outlets:
Watch: SEC Network+
Listen: 100.9 FM / CTSN / The Varsity App
Twitter: @AlabamaBSB
Live Stats: RollTide.com

Probable Starting Pitching Matchups

TUESDAY: UA – Jacob McNairy (Sr., RHP) vs. MT – Jaden Hamm (So., RHP)
WEDNESDAY: UA – Ben Hess (Fr., RHP) vs. UNA – Austin Nichols (Sr., RHP)

The Extra Point: Alabama Baseball's Pitching Staff Finding Success (SI)

In their three-game sweep of Murray State, the Alabama pitching staff gave up a total of four earned runs.

Supposed to be the ‘real deal’

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Ben Hess

Any chance this one gets postponed or are we for sure playing ball today?

They just posted about it so all signs point to a ‘go’ for today:

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Alabama Athletics@UA_Athletics·8m
Midweek game: Round 2

vs North Alabama
The Joe
3:00 PM/CT

#RollTide | @AlabamaBSB

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