Baseball Falls to Georgia on Saturday Afternoon, 8-1

Saturday, April 11

Hoover, Ala.

3:00 p.m

Alabama

17-16, 5-9

Georgia

20-16, 6-8

Georgia

Alabama

Baseball Falls to Georgia on Saturday Afternoon, 8-1

4/11/2015 12:00:00 AM | Baseball

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April 11, 2015

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HOOVER, Ala. -- Alabama baseball fell to Georgia, 8-1, on Saturday afternoon inside the Hoover Met. With the loss, the Crimson Tide moves to 17-16 overall and 5-9 in conference play.

"Today was disappointing all the way around after last night's win," said Alabama head coach Mitch Gaspard. "They beat us in every area today, and I thought their starting pitcher did a good job keeping us off balance for the seven innings he was out there."

Alabama recorded six hits on the afternoon, its lowest total since the March 20 contest against Texas A&M when the Tide collected five knocks. Georgia starter Ryan Lawlor limited the Crimson Tide, tossing 7.0 innings and allowing one earned run on four hits while adding 11 punchouts to claim the victory for the Bulldogs.

Georgia kicked off the scoring this evening, tallying three runs in the top of the third off of two hits and an error. Alabama was able to weather the storm, stranding three Bulldogs to limit the damage.

In the bottom half of the third, the Crimson Tide was able to add one run. Chance Vincent led off the inning with a line drive off the third baseman's mitt that rolled into shallow left field to allow the leadoff man to move to second on the play. With two down and Vincent still on second, Georgie Salem singled to right field to score one and narrow the gap at 3-1.

The Tide would score no more runs on the evening, as Georgia would put together a three-run sixth and then score single tallies in the seventh and eighth innings to move the score to 8-1, the eventual final.

Georgie Salem led the Crimson Tide in hitting with two base-knocks on the afternoon and the team's lone RBI of the game. Kyle Overstreet recorded one hit on the day to extend his streak of reaching base safely to 22 games.

"As bad as today was, you can come back and get the series tomorrow to feel good moving into next week. We just have to regroup and do the little things better in Sunday's game."

Alabama and Georgia will square off to decide the series tomorrow afternoon at 1 p.m. with the game airing on SECN+. The Crimson Tide sends sophomore right-hander Geoffrey Bramblett to the mound while the Bulldogs counter with senior lefty Jared Walsh.

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ALABAMA POSTGAME NOTES

Starting pitcher Will Carter tossed 5.1 IP and has now gone 5.0 innings or more in seven of his nine starts this season.
The Crimson Tide hitters did not record an extra-base hit this evening for just the fourth time this season. The last time it happened to Alabama was the 3-0 loss at South Alabama on March 24.
With his single, Kyle Overstreet has reached base safely in his last 22 contests dating back to the March 3 game vs. Auburn in the Capital City Classic. That streak sets the season high by a Crimson Tide player, surpassing Casey Hughston who collected a 20-game streak through the first 20 games of the year.
Cody Henry's single extended his hitting streak to six games. Over that time, the freshman is batting .565 (13-23) with three doubles, a triple, five RBI, three runs scored and five walks. Henry has put together multi-hit efforts in four of his last five games.
Mikey White finished the night 1-for-4. The junior is batting .405 (32-79) with nine doubles, three triples, two home runs, 18 RBI and 21 runs scored in home games.
J.C. Wilhite's streak of reaching base safely came to an end today. The streak lasted 16 consecutive games dating back to the March 3 Capital City Classic vs. Auburn.