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SERIES RECAP: Alabama sweeps Ole Miss to end regular season on a strong note

Alabama baseball sweeps Ole Miss to finish 2023 regular season in emphatic fashion!

Amidst the turmoil of the Brad Bohannon gambling drama, the Alabama baseball team has somehow managed to begin to play some of its best ball of the 2023 season. The Crimson Tide wrapped up a series sweep of the Ole Miss Rebels on Friday night to finish the 2023 regular season with back-to-back SEC series wins.

In fact, since the firing of coach Bohannon, the Alabama baseball team is 8-2 and currently owns a five-game winning streak. Over the course of said winning streak, the Crimson Tide has outscored its opponents 44-5.

Let’s quickly recap Alabama’s series sweep of the Rebels as the Tide now prepares for the SEC tournament!

Alabama Baseball continue offensive success in 13-6 win over Samford

The Tide carried their success at the plate into Tuesday’s game against Samford, which Alabama won 13-6.

The Alabama baseball team continued its winning streak with a 13-6 victory over Samford on Tuesday evening. The Tide have now won four games in a row.

Alabama was led offensively by seniors Ed Johnson and Tommy Seidl. The two combined to go 4-for-6 at the plate and drove in seven runs. Both of them contributed in a timely manner with a solo homerun and a three-run home run respectively.

Freshman Colby Shelton continued to mash at the plate with his 16th home run of the season. Shelton hit a three-run home run in the sixth inning.

Aden Moza received the win on the mound after going 1.1 innings of one hit ball and allowing just one run.

Alabama improved to 30-12 with the win while the Bulldogs fell to 22-19 on the season.

The Tide will travel to Baton Rouge for a three-game series against LSU starting on Friday.

Roll Tide Wire will continue to follow the Alabama baseball program as the season progresses.

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Alabama Baseball defeats Columbia 6-2 to even up the series

No. 18 Alabama defeated Columbia 6-2 on Saturday. The Tide lost Game 1 of the series 10-7.

The Alabama baseball team suffered its first loss of the season last night to Columbia. On Saturday, the Tide returned to the Joe and took Game 1 of the day 6-2.

Alabama was led offensively by graduate-senior Ed Johnson and freshman Colby Shelton.

Shelton went 1-for-5 at the plate while hitting a two-run home run in the fifth inning. He has hit ten home runs so far this season.

Johnson contributed in the fifth inning with a home run of his own. The Tennessee Tech transfer hit a grand slam to put the Tide ahead 6-1.

In the end, the Tide’s pitching was enough to pick up the win. Sophomore Ben Hess picked up the win on the mound. Hess threw five innings allowing just one run on three hits. He also struck out seven batters.

In relief, freshman Riley Quick contributed on the mound as well. Quick threw three innings allowing one run and striking out five batters.

Alabama improved to 15-1 while the Lions fell to 3-6 on the season.

Game 3 of the series was moved to Saturday with the potential for bad weather in the area on Sunday.

Roll Tide Wire will continue to follow the Alabama baseball program as the season progresses.

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Alabama Baseball fends off UIC to take series sweep with 9-7 win

No. 20 Alabama defeated UIC 9-7 on Sunday to take the series sweep. The Tide will travel to Samford to take on the Bulldogs on Tuesday night.

The Alabama baseball team continued to stay hot at the plate en route to a 9-7 win over UIC. The Tide swept the Flames in the three-game series over the weekend.

Alabama was led offensively by freshman Colby Shelton, junior Mac Guscette, and sophomore Will Hodo.

Shelton finished the afternoon 2-for-5 at the plate while driving in five runs. Hodo went 3-for-4 and scored one run for the Tide.

Guscette provided a timely two-run homerun and finished 1-1 at the plate.

On the mound, graduate senior Jacob McNairy struggled to find his groove as he allowed six runs in 3.2 innings pitched. Zane Probst and Braylon Myers helped out of the bullpen by pitching 2.2 innings of scoreless ball.

Alabama improved to 12-0 while the Flames fell to 4-6 on the new season. Brad Bohannon’s squad will return to action for a midweek matchup on the road against Samford. The first pitch is scheduled for 6:00 p.m. CST and airing on ESPN+ on Tuesday night.

Roll Tide Wire will continue to follow the Alabama baseball program as the season progresses.

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Alabama Baseball dominates UIC en route to 11-1 win

No. 20 Alabama defeated UIC on Friday by a final score of 11-1. The Tide scored 11 runs on nine hits in Game 1 of the series.

The Alabama baseball team continued to put on an offensive display at the plate with an 11-1 win over UIC on Friday evening.

The Tide were led offensively by freshman Colby Shelton and graduate senior Tommy Seidl.

Seidl went 2-for-3 and drove in six runs. Four of Seidl’s RBIs came from a grand slam in the first inning.

Shelton finished the game going 2-for-4 at the plate with two home runs.

Junior Grayson Hitt picked up his first win of the season on the mound after allowing just one run on four hits.

Alabama improved to 10-0 while the Flames fell to 4-4 on the season. The two teams will return to The Joe for Game 2 of the series on Saturday afternoon. The first pitch is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. CST and will air on SEC Network+.

Roll Tide Wire will continue to follow the Alabama baseball program as the season progresses.

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