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Alabama Baseball not selected for NCAA Tournament, ends season

Alabama Baseball’s season comes to a disappointing end after not being selected for the NCAA Tournament

A solid showing in the SEC Tournament was not enough for Alabama Baseball to land a spot in the NCAA Tournament.

Alabama hoped that making a deep run in Hoover, which included wins over two NCAA Tournament teams in Georgia and Arkansas, would help their stock rise in the eyes of the selection committee. But, as the final name was announced during the Selection Special on ESPN, Alabama did not see its name in the bracket.

With their name not being called for the NCAA Tournament, the season comes to a close for Alabama.

The Crimson Tide join Mississippi State, Missouri, South Carolina, and Kentucky as programs not getting the chance to continue their season. Kentucky’s failure to not become selected is as much of a surprise as Alabama, due to the Wildcats playing five games in Hoover, winning three of them.

The Crimson Tide finish the season with a 31-27 record, and 12-17 in SEC play.

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PHOTO GALLERY: Alabama exits SEC Tournament with loss to Florida

Here are the best photos from Alabama’s 11-6 loss to Florida on Saturday

The magic that Alabama Baseball brought to Hoover ran out on Saturday, as they fell to Florida in an elimination game Saturday morning, 11-6 at the SEC Baseball Tournament.

Alabama erased two Florida leads before the Gators ran away with the game in the 9th inning.

After jumping on Alabama 4-0 before the Tide’s first at-bat, Alabama responded by tying the game 4-4 at the end of the 1st. The first Alabama comeback was headlined by a three-run home run by Zane Denton.

Over the next two innings, Florida would add two more runs. Once again, Alabama responded by tying the game yet again. Down 6-4 in the 3rd inning, Drew Williamson hit a two-run blast to center field to even the score at 6-6.

Florida regained the lead in the 6th inning, and ran away in the 9th inning by posting four runs to secure the win.

Here is a look at the best photos from Saturday’s SEC Tournament game from Jake Crandall of the Montgomery Advertiser.

Alabama vs Texas A&M: How to watch and listen to Friday’s game in Hoover

Two of the leagues hottest teams battle in Hoover on Friday afternoon.

The hottest team of the SEC Tournament will now meet one of the best turnaround stories of the college baseball world in Hoover on Friday.

Alabama, winners of four-straight games including two upset victories at the SEC baseball tournament, will square off with Texas A&M, who won the SEC West after failing to make the tournament one season ago, on Friday at the Hoover Met.

Texas A&M won the first game of its stay in Hoover by defeating Florida, 10-0 in a run-rule win. The Aggies allowed just one hit to the Gators in the game shortened to 7 innings while belting out 12 hits and four home runs. Four batters recorded multiple hits in the game for Texas A&M, Austin Bost led the Aggies by scoring three runs.

Alabama has won their first two games of the tournament in a similar fashion, by jumping out to an early lead and fighting off two late home runs to seal the win.

In Wednesday’s game with No. 3 seeded Arkansas, Alabama grabbed an early 3-0 lead before Arkansas’ Jalen Battles and Chris Lanzilli hit home runs to cut Alabama’s lead to 4-3.

First pitch of this game is still to be determined, as this is scheduled to be the third game of the day.

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Alabama downs Arkansas to keep hot streak alive

Alabama grabbed their second win in the SEC Tournament by striking early and fighting off a comeback effort.

The Alabama Crimson Tide just keeps finding ways to win.

For the second day in a row, Alabama grabbed a win by taking an early lead and fighting off a comeback attempt by their opponent in the SEC Tournament. On Wednesday, the victim was Arkansas, who Alabama defeated, 4-3 at the Hoover Met.

After defeating Georgia on Tuesday to move into the double-elimination portion of the bracket at the SEC Tournament, Alabama got a tough draw in the no. 3 seed Arkansas Razorbacks.

While Arkansas has been a top-10 team all season, they have faltered in recent weeks, especially against Alabama. The Crimson Tide closed the regular season by taking two-of-three games from the Razorbacks in Tuscaloosa and had another shot to keep their momentum going.

Alabama struck first in the 2nd inning. With the bases loaded [autotag]Tommy Siedl[/autotag] reached base with a fielder’s choice, which allowed [autotag]Dominic Tamez[/autotag] to score to give Alabama the 1-0 lead. However, a throwing error by Arkansas allowed an additional run. After [autotag]Zane Denton[/autotag] crossed the plate, the Tide found themselves up, 2-0.

The Tide extended their lead by two runs over the next two innings. [autotag]Caden Rose[/autotag] scored on a sacrifice fly by [autotag]Drew Williamson[/autotag]in the 3rd inning, and another Razorback error led to Siedl scoring, setting up Alabama with a 4-1 lead.

Much like Tuesday’s game with Georgia, Arkansas used the long ball to trim the Tide lead, but it would not be enough. Jalen Battles hit a solo home run to left center in the 3rd inning, and Chris Lanzilli hit a two-run blast in the 6th to cut the lead to 4-3.

In a game that saw just nine hits total by both teams, Drew Williamson recorded two of Alabama’s four hits. Zane Denton and [autotag]Bryce Eblin[/autotag] picked up the other two.

The Crimson Tide used five pitchers in the game, with [autotag]Antoine Jean[/autotag] grabbing the win for Alabama. [autotag]Dylan Ray[/autotag] was instrumental for the second straight day, as he picked up his 8th save of the season by striking out the only batter he faced in the 9th.

Alabama will now await the winner of Tennessee-Vanderbilt. Due to weather yet again altering the schedule, Tennessee will face Vanderbilt at 9:30 a.m. CDT Thursday morning, meaning that Alabama’s next game will be determined at a later time.

Alabama baseball upsets No. 9 Florida in walk-off fashion

Alabama avoids the sweep against Florida in Game 3

Alabama baseball had a rough start against Florida in their first SEC series, dropping Game 1 6-4 and Game 2 13-6, but was able to avoid the sweep today at home in Game 3 following an 8-7 win.

Zane Denton managed to put a dart through the right field to get the winning score across the plate in the bottom of the ninth for the win on getaway day.

The game was back and forth throughout, with the Tide and Gators trading the lead continuously throughout for the third consecutive game.

The game was tied up at four apiece after four full innings, with the Tide gaining a 5-4 advantage in the fifth thanks to Denton’s first RBI-single of the day.

The Gators pulled back in front in the eighth with Jud Fabian putting UF ahead with a two-run home run. A single and a stolen base then placed a runner in scoring position before a two-out single through the right side added one more. The Tide was able to cut the lead to one thanks to a solo homer from Denton in the home half.

Denton’s second RBI-single of the game gave the Tide the win in the bottom half of the ninth to secure the win in walk-off fashion and improve their overall record to 13-8 and 1-2 in the Southeastern Conference.

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Alabama baseball can’t get it done against No. 1 Texas; Tide loses 1-0

It was a close one, but Alabama can’t get it done against No. 1 Texas in Game 1.

Alabama baseball fought hard against the No. 1-ranked team in the nation on Friday night in its first matchup of the three-game series against the Texas Longhorns.

The only run scored in the game came from a wild pitch off the hand of Alabama reliever Dylan Ray in the bottom of the 7th, who was fresh off the bench to take his spot on the mound.

 

Garrett McMillan got the nod to start for the Crimson Tide on the mound on Friday night, and he did not disappoint after pitching 6.0 innings and allowing just three hits and two walks through 84 pitches.

The Crimson Tide had several opportunities to put runs on the board in this one, including a bases loaded situation at the top of of the 8th inning. Unfortunately, Alabama couldn’t capitalize and drops Game 1 in Austin.

The Tide will try again on Saturday night in Game 2 of this highly-anticipated series.

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Alabama baseball improves to 5-0 after win over Alabama State

Alabama is off to a hot start on the diamond.

The Alabama Crimson Tide is off to a great start on the baseball diamond this season. The Tide remains perfect five games into the season following its win against the Alabama State Hornets on Wednesday afternoon.

Alabama combined for a season-high 14 hits and scored nine runs in the blowout 9-2 victory over the Hornets at Sewell-Thomas Stadium.

Alabama was led offensively by Jim Jarvis. The third-year shortstop finished 2-for-4, including his first career home-run, to go with a career-high three runs scored and team-high tying two RBIs. Also homering in the game was Drew Williamson with the senior matching Jarvis in RBIs and adding a run and a walk to his totals.

The Crimson Tide saw six different pitchers put in work in the win, combining for just two runs (one earned) and seven strikeouts. Hunter Ruth grabbed the win after 2.0 scoreless innings and three strikeouts.

Alabama played its last home game of February as they will travel to Austin for a weekend series against the No. 1-ranked Texas Longhorns.

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Alabama baseball sweeps Xavier in season-opening series

Alabama baseball earned its fourth season-opening sweep in five years under head coach Brad Bohannon.

The Crimson Tide, under head coach Brad Bohannon, was able to complete its fourth sweep in a season-opening series in five years.

On Friday, Alabama’s baseball team was able to defeat the Musketeers with a walk-off home run by outfielder Owen Diodati by a score of 5-4.

On Saturday, the Tide won with an identical score thanks to a four-run second inning to increase their series lead to 2-0.

Sunday afternoon, the Tide completed the three-game sweep in a big 9-4 win propelled by a four-run third inning.

Pitchers Brock Guffey, Hunter Furtado and Grayson Hitt each earned wins in their series debuts, while Guffey also recorded a save in the second game of the series.

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Multiple Alabama baseball players selected in 2021 MLB draft

From Tuscaloosa to the MLB!

The Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team saw four star players selected in the 2021 MLB draft, all players going to different teams.

Just because they were drafted doesn’t mean they are guaranteed to sign with the organization, but it is very likely Alabama fans can say goodbye to these four.

The MLB draft can sometimes be overlooked, even by baseball fans, because players go into hiding within the organization’s minor league teams for a few seasons before getting an invite to the majors. However, these guys could soon join the nine other active MLB players that once called Alabama their home.

The first Crimson Tide player drafted was second baseman Peyton Wilson in the second round with pick No. 66 overall to the Kansas City Royals.

In Round 3 with pick No. 74, the Detroit Tigers selected right-handed pitcher Dylan Smith.

Then, three rounds later in the sixth, with pick No. 164, the Texas Rangers selected right-handed pitcher Chase Lee.

Most recently, in Round 6 with pick No. 179, the Miami Marlins selected catcher Sam Praytor.

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WATCH: Alabama outfielder makes unreal catch to rob home run

Alabama defeated Troy easily today, but what fans are talking about is this unreal catch made by right fielder Andrew Pinckney.

Alabama baseball is 8-1 after defeating Toy at home in a one-game series with a final score of 9-1. However, what fans are talking about is an unbelieveable play made by redshirt-freshman outfielder Andrew Pinckney.

With the Crimson Tide up by eight in the top of the ninth inning, a ball is hit high and deep to right field for what looks like a Troy home run.

Pinckney had other plans for the ball.

He locates the ball and follows it to the warning track, where he then jumps up and reaches his glove over the fence.

The ball appears to hit his glove, out of play, then bounce back up into the field of play. Pinckney relocates the ball and catches it.

Troy thinks it is a home run and Pinckney is unsure whether to just toss the ball back or try and get the runner, who is still rounding the bases.

It’s called an out and the play will likely be a web gem.