Live Updates: Alabama Baseball vs No. 5 Arkansas (Series Finale)
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — It's the regular-season finale for both Alabama baseball and No. 5 Arkansas, with both teams needing a win on Saturday afternoon for different reasons.
For Alabama, a win would solidify its place as a 11-seed in next week's SEC Tournament as well as give it its first SEC series win since its sweep of then-No. 7 Ole Miss back in early April.
For Arkansas, it is looking to cement its status as the 2-seed in the SEC Tournament in stone. While the Tennessee Volunteers have already clinched the top overall seed, the Razorbacks are tied with Texas A&M with an 18-11 record. Arkansas wins the tiebreaker between the two teams, but a loss for Arkansas and a win for Texas A&M would swap them in the standings.
First pitch is scheduled for 1 p.m. CT, with the game being broadcast on SEC Network+.
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Live Updates
Final Score: Alabama 18, Arkansas 5
Top 9
- Lanzilli grounded out to short. Ball Game.
- Bohrofen pinch hit for Moore, then struck out looking. Two out.
- Webb lined out to left field. One out.
- Landon Green replaces Furtado on the mound. Foggo to first base.
Bottom 8
- Alabama leaves three runners on base, and we head to the top of the ninth.
- Foggo pinch hit for Williamson.
- Gabriel Starks takes over for Morris on the mound.
Top 8
- Different inning, same story: Arkansas gets a man on base, but can't get him across the plate.
- Hunter Furtado in to replace Jean on the mound for Alabama.
Bottom 7
- Alabama is unable to capitalize on a runner in scoring position. Inning over.
- Zack Morris replaces Pleimann on the mound.
Top 7
- Nothing doing for Arkansas in the seventh.
- Portera replaces Tamez at catcher.
Bottom 6
- Portera pinch hit for Tamez.
Top 6
- Webb hit a two-run home run to left field. 18-5 Alabama.
Bottom 5
- With the bases loaded, Eblin smashed a grand slam to left field. Four runs score. 18-3 Alabama.
- Denton flied out, Williamson tagged home. 14-3 Alabama. One out, runners on first and second.
- Miller Pleimann replaced Trest on the mound for Arkansas.
- Alabama has once again loaded the bases with no outs.
Top 5
- Jean retires the side 1-2-3.
- Antoine Jean replaces Hitt on the mound for Alabama.
Bottom 4
- Elijah Trest replaces Taylor on the mound for Arkansas.
- Hamiter singled through the left side, Eblin advanced to second, Jarvis and Denton scored. 13-3 Alabama.
- Jarvis reached on an error by the first basemen, all runners advance, Tamez scored. 11-3 Alabama.
- Denton hit by pitch, and with the bases loaded, Williamson is forced across the plate. Bases still loaded, nobody out. 10-3 Alabama.
- Evan Taylor replaced Smith on the mound.
- Tamez reached on a fielder's choice to third base. Williamson advanced to second, Pinckney scored. 9-3 Alabama.
- Hamiter hit a leadoff home run to right field. 8-3 Alabama.
Top 4
- Wallace hit a one-out solo home run to left field. 7-3 Alabama.
Bottom 3
- Eblin struck out swinging, reached first on a wild pitch. All three runners advanced, Diodati scored. 7-2 Alabama. Bases loaded, one out.
Top 3
- For the second inning in a row, Arkansas leaves two runners on base.
Bottom 2
- Hagen Smith replaced Ramage on the mound.
- Pinckney doubled to left, Rose scored. 6-2 Alabama.
- Rose advanced to third, Eblin scored on a wild pitch. 5-2 Alabama.
- Hamiter grounded out to first, all three runners advanced a base, Jarvis scored. 4-2 Alabama. Two out.
- Jaxon Wiggins is replaced on the mound by Kole Ramage for the Razorbacks.
- Eblin reached on a fielder's choice to the pitcher (SAC bunt), Jarvis to third, Diodati scored. 3-2 Alabama.
- Diodati advanced to third on a wild pitch, Tamez score. 2-2 tie.
- Diodati singled to right center, Tamez advanced to third, Williamson scored 2-1 Arkansas. Runners at the corners with nobody out for Denton.
Top 2
- Arkansas gets two men on base, but Hitt gets out of the inning unscathed. Score remains 2-0 Arkansas.
Bottom 1
- Pinckney flied out to center. Inning over.
- Hamiter struck out swinging. Two down.
- Rose grounded out to short. One out.
Top 1
- Leach popped out to short. Three out.
- Turner grounded out to second. Battles advanced to second, Lanzilli to third. Two out.
- Battles singled through the left side, Lanzilli advanced to second, Moore scored. 2-0 Arkansas.
- Lanzilli singled up the middle. Moore advanced to third, Webb scored. 1-0 Arkansas.
- Moore drew a four-pitch walk, Webb advanced to second.
- Webb singled to third base.
- Wallace grounded out to short. One out.
- Hitt's first pitch is a strike, and we are underway.
Pregame
- First pitch is scheduled for 1 p.m. CT, with the game being broadcast on SEC Network+.
- Today's weather conditions: 92 degrees Fahrenheit, cloudy, 15% chance of rain, winds 9 m.p.h. due north
- Today's umpires:
- HP: Clint Fagan
- 1B: Alex Ransom
- 2B: Tyler Simpson
- 3B: Derek Mollica
- Alabama starting lineup posted below.
- Arkansas starting lineup:
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