Pitching Shines on Both Sides in Baseball’s 3-2 Loss at Southern Miss

Wednesday, March 16

Hattiesburg, Miss.

6 p.m.

Alabama

12-6

Southern Miss

11-6

Alabama

Southern Miss

Pitching Shines on Both Sides in Baseball’s 3-2 Loss at Southern Miss

3/16/2022 10:07:00 PM | Baseball

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The Tide used six pitchers to combine for 13 strikeouts on the night

HATTIESBURG, Miss. – Alabama baseball suffered a 3-2 loss at Southern Miss on Wednesday evening at Pete Taylor Park. The loss moves the Crimson Tide to 12-6 entering Southeastern Conference play.

Alabama was first to strike with a solo home run from Zane Denton in the first. Southern Miss knotted things up with a solo shot of their own in the bottom of the second and took the lead with a pair of runs in the fourth. The two teams would go scoreless until the top of the eighth when Alabama was able to score one. The Tide had the tying and go-ahead runs on base with two down before a check-swing strike-three call ended the rally.

Southern Miss reliever Tyler Stuart (2-0) picked up the win with 2.2 scoreless innings. Hagan Banks (0-1) suffered the loss, allowing two runs on one hit and a walk across 1.2 relief frames. Banks was followed by Jake Leger, Hunter Furtado, Hunter Hoopes and Hunter Ruth with the group combining for 4.1 scoreless innings and 11 strikeouts to keep the Tide within striking distance all evening.

From Head Coach Brad Bohannon

"Tonight was a great college baseball game in an awesome atmosphere at Southern Miss. Both teams pitched at a really high level, especially out of the bullpen. Credit to Southern Miss for getting the big hit that we didn't get."

How It Happened

T1 | Zane Denton got the Crimson Tide on the board with a solo home run. (1-0, Alabama)
B2 | A solo home run from Danny Lynch tied things up at one apiece. (1-1)
B4 | The Golden Eagles took their first lead of the night with a two-out, two-run double to right-center. (3-1, Southern Miss)
T8 | Alabama cut the lead to one thanks to a fielder's choice groundout from Tommy Seidl. The senior brought in Andrew Pinckney, who led off the inning with a single and moved to third on a single from Jim Jarvis. (3-2, Southern Miss)

Postgame Notes

Alabama's pitchers combined for 13 strikeouts in tonight's game. Tide pitchers have now recorded double-digit punchouts in eight games this season.
Zane Denton tallied his sixth home run of the season with his first-inning roundtripper. Denton also homered in Sunday's series finale with Binghamton and has now homered in back-to-back games on three occasions this season. He also homered on March 1-2 and March 9-11.
Denton along with Eric Foggo (3/11-12) have combined for the Tide's four back-to-back home run games.
The 2-for-3 effort from Denton extended his hitting streak to five games. Over that stretch, the junior is batting .556 (10-18) with a double, four home runs, nine RBI, seven runs scored and six walks.
With his 1-for-4 evening, Jim Jarvis has recorded a hit in nine straight games. Over the streak, the junior is batting .378 (14-37) with a double, two triples, one home run, an RBI, nine runs scored, three walks, one hit-by-pitch and three stolen bases.
Drew Williamson's streak of reaching base came to an end at 16 consecutive games. The senior has gotten aboard in 16 of the Tide's 18 contests so far this season.

The Crimson Tide will now return to Tuscaloosa for a weekend series with ninth-ranked Florida to start Southeastern Conference play. Games one and two are scheduled for a 6 p.m. CT first pitch at Sewell-Thomas Stadium with the series finale on Sunday scheduled for 1 p.m. All three games will air live on SEC Network+.

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