Over the weekend, the Crimson Tide baseball team traveled to Las Vegas, Nevada to take on UNLV in a 3 game series in which Alabama won every single game.
3⃣ games in Vegas 🎲 | 7⃣ wins in a row 💪https://t.co/QboG3LODTm#RollTide pic.twitter.com/L0PMyAxyU9
— Alabama Baseball (@AlabamaBSB) February 23, 2020
On Friday, Alabama won both games by scores of 8-0 and 5-4. And then on Sunday, the Tide completed the series with a 5-1 victory over UNLV.
Game 1 for the Tide was led by Connor Prielipp who struck out a season-high eight and walled one while retiring 14 straight. Offensively for Alabama, recorded nine hits, including three solo home runs. Eedshirt sophomore Sam Praytor had 2 of the 3 solo home runs.
Game 2 was more of a struggle, but the Tide came out on top as they executed an impressive comeback. A ninth inning game ending home run by junior Jackson Tate is what sealed the game for Alabama. On the mound, three different pitchers rotated. The tide started with Casey Cobb who pitched 2 innings and had 4 strikeouts. Next up was Brock Guffey who recorded his first win while only needing 10 pitches to get out of the inning. Lastly, Chase Lee had one strikeout and 2 grand-outs to end the game for Alabama.
Game 3 was all Alabama on Sunday. The Tide was led by Junior Tyler Gentry who recorded 2 home runs while finishing 2-for-4 with a career-high tying four RBI and two runs score. On the mound in game 3 was Antoine Jean who in 4 innings only allowed one run. Jacob McNairy and redshirt freshman Landon Green combined had 5 scoreless frames while allowing only 2 hits, 1 walk, and had 3 strikeouts.
Next up for Alabama (7-0) is UT-Martin on Tuesday, Feb. 25 followed by Middle Tennessee on Wednesday. Both will start at 3PM CT and will be on SEC Network+.
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