Live Updates: Alabama Baseball vs Samford
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Despite weather being horrific earlier in the day on Tuesday, the skies have cleared and its time for some college baseball in T-Town.
Alabama baseball and Samford are set to start at 6 p.m. CT, with the game being broadcast on SEC Network+. The Crimson Tide is 17-12 overall and is 4-5 in SEC play. Over the last five games, Alabama has won four.
For the Bulldogs, they have started the season 13-12 and have yet to play a conference game. The crown jewel victory on Samford's schedule was a 7-4 10-inning game win over then-No. 10 Florida State back on Feb. 27. Other than a series win at Central Florida, the rest of the Bulldogs' schedule doesn't contain many other noteworthy victories.
Follow along below for live updates as the Crimson Tide will look to win its second midweek game in a row.
Live Updates
Final score: Alabama 10, Samford 1
Top 9
- Three up, three down for Gainey. Ball game.
Bottom 8
- No runs score, and we head to Samford's final three outs.
- Reminder: if Alabama scores one more run to increase its lead to 10 runs, the game will automatically end due to the mercy rule that is in place.
Top 8
- Samford gets a runner all the way to third, but two strikeouts from Holman and a groundout keeps the score the same.
Bottom 7
- Brown final line: 1.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 25 TP.
- New pitcher for Samford: Jacob Newman
Top 7
- Three up, three down for Samford.
- Final line for Leger: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 16 TP
- Luke Holman replaces Leger on the mound.
Bottom 6
- Hayslip flied out to center, Rose scored. 10-1 Crimson Tide.
- Eblin singled to first, then advanced to second on an E7. Portera scored from third. 9-1 Alabama.
Top 6
- Three up, three down for the Bulldogs in the sixth.
Bottom 5
- William Hamiter crushed a home run over the visiting bullpen in right-center field. Three runs score. 8-1 Alabama, still nobody out.
- With runners on first and second, Denton chips one down the right-field line for an RBI-double. Runners now on second and third for Hamiter, nobody out. 5-1 Alabama.
- Final line for Ganley: 0.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 0 K, 15 TP.
- New pitcher for Samford: Colin Ahearn.
Top 5
- A solid scoop by Eblin and a toss to first ends the Bulldogs' side of the fifth.
- Final line for Myers: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 30 TP.
- Jake Leger replaces Myers on the mound. Two out, runners on first and second.
- Samford posts its first run of the game with an RBI-single by Dreier. 4-1 Alabama.
Bottom 4
- The Crimson Tide leaves two runners stranded, but built up a 4-0 lead. All four runs came with two outs on the board.
- Pinckney plops a ball into shallow right field for a single, Seidl and Williamson score. 4-0 Alabama.
- Williamson singles up the middle, Hamiter scores from second. Seidl advances to third. 2-0 Alabama.
- Final line for Lynch: 2.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 3 K, 27 TP.
- New pitcher for Samford: Dominic Ganley.
- Hamiter singles right over the head of Lynch, and Eblin rounds third and crosses the plate for the first run of the game. 1-0 Crimson Tide.
- Alabama finally has its first hit in the bottom of the fourth. An infield single by Eblin puts a runner on first with one out for the Crimson Tide.
Top 4
- After entering the game with the bases loaded and one out, Myers struck out Garner looking and then got out of the jam with a fielder's choice. Still 0-0.
- Final line for Hess: 3.1 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K, 65 TP.
- With the bases loaded and one out, Alabama goes to its bullpen. Ben Hess is replaced by Braylon Myers.
Bottom 3
- Another 1-2-3 inning for Lynch. Nothing doing for the Crimson Tide.
Top 3
- Samford strands a runner on third. We remain scoreless.
Bottom 2
- Three up, three down for Alabama in the second.
- Final line for Hobbs: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K, 7 TP.
- New pitcher for Samford: Will Lynch
Top 2
- No runs on two hits for the Bulldogs as Hess gets out of trouble.
- After King doubled to left field for Samford, he advanced to third on a passed ball. With a full count on Bennett and the infielders in, Bennett reached on a fielder's choice, but a solid throw by Jarvis to Portera at home plate was in time to tag King for the out.
Bottom 1
- Three flyouts for the Crimson Tide, and just like that the inning is over.
Top 1
- A 1-2-3 inning for Hess, and we head to the bottom of the first.
Pregame
- Alabama's starting lineup can be found near the bottom of the page.
- Starting lineup for Samford:
- Today's umpires: Lance Weems (HP), Eric Goshay (1B), Morris Hodges (2B), Danny Cricks (3B).
- Current weather conditions: 77 degrees Fahrenheit, cloudy skies but appears to be clearing up.
- Pregame lineup notes: William Hamiter is once again starting at DH, where he started and had a hand in each of Alabama's wins over Texas A&M. Dominic Tamez is being rested today, with Will Portera playing catcher tonight.
Alabama Starting Lineup:
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