Baseball Trades Leads All Night with UAB, Falls 7-6 on Tuesday

Tuesday, April 19

Tuscaloosa, Ala.

6 p.m.

Alabama

23-15

UAB

23-13

UAB

Alabama

Baseball Trades Leads All Night with UAB, Falls 7-6 on Tuesday

4/19/2022 10:47:00 PM | Baseball

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The Crimson Tide pulled even or got out front four times on the night

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Alabama baseball suffered a 7-6 loss to UAB on Tuesday evening at Sewell-Thomas Stadium. The loss moves the Crimson Tide to 23-15 on the season.

The two teams traded runs all evening. Alabama was first on the board with three runs in the bottom of the third thanks to a bases loaded walk by William Hamiter and a two-out, two-run single from Andrew Pinckney. UAB would answer with a grand slam in the top of the fourth to take their first lead. The Tide posted single tallies in the fourth and fifth to pull back in front, before a two-run sixth gave the Blazers the advantage once again. Alabama pulled even with one run in the seventh, but another UAB run in the eighth put the Blazers in front for good.

UAB reliever Aidan Moza (2-0) recorded the win for UAB with 2.2 scoreless frames. Brock Guffey (2-1) was charged with the loss, allowing one run over 2.1 frames with four punchouts. Tommy Seidl led the Alabama offense with a 4-for-5 night that included two runs and a stolen base.

From Head Coach Brad Bohannon

"It starts at the top, and obviously, I'm doing an incredibly poor job of getting us ready on Tuesdays. We've tried everything. We've tried taking a day off before; we've tried the light practice; we've tried a hard practice; and even the couple times we've won on Tuesday we really haven't played well. We played poorly again tonight. We didn't deserve to win."

How It Happened

B3 | The Crimson Tide loaded the bases to start the inning before William Hamiter worked a walk to score the game's first run. Andrew Pinckney then followed with a single to left to plate a pair and add to the Tide lead. (3-0, Alabama)
T4 | A grand slam by Matthew Golda gave the Blazers their first lead of the night. (4-3, UAB)
B4 | Tommy Seidl picked up his third hit with a one-out single through the right side. After advancing to second on a wild pitch, the Tide left fielder came around to score on an RBI-single to left from Drew Williamson. (4-4)
B5 | Bryce Eblin hit a sacrifice fly to center to score Dominic Tamez and retake the lead for UA. The Tide backstop led off the inning with a single to center and advanced to third on a pair of walks before coming in to score. (5-4, Alabama)
T6 | A bases loaded walk followed by an infield single scored two and gave the Blazers the lead once again. (6-5, UAB)
B7 | Hamiter led off the frame with a single to left and moved into scoring position on a sacrifice bunt from Eblin. With two-away in the inning, Hamiter used a wild pitch to come in for the tying run. (6-6)
T8 | A fielder's choice with one down crossed the go-ahead run for the Blazers. (7-6, UAB)

Postgame Notes

Alabama's pitchers finished with 13 strikeouts in the contest. The Crimson Tide has struck out 10-or-more batters in 20 games this season.
Brock Guffey made his 69^th career appearance on the mound Tuesday evening. The redshirt senior is now tied for 10^th on the career appearances list, matching Al Drumheller (1991-93).
Alabama finished with 11 hits in the game. The Tide has recorded 10-plus hits in 21 games this season.
Zane Denton has recorded a hit in seven straight games. Over that streak, the junior is batting .357 (10-28) with a double, four home runs, 10 RBI, six runs and five walks.
Denton has reached base safely in 10 straight games dating back to April 3.
Tommy Seidl recorded a season-high four hits. His previous best for hits in a game was three, which he had on six previous occasions and most recently against Binghamton on March 12.
Seidl's four hits match Bryce Eblin for the Tide's season-high total for hits in a game. Eblin recorded four hits against Texas A&M on April 3.
Drew Williamson has reached base safely in 14 straight games dating back to March 27.
Bryce Eblin's on-base streak ended at 14 games.
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Alabama will continue the current four-game homestand with a weekend series against the 10^th-ranked Georgia Bulldogs. Game one is set for a 6 p.m. CT first pitch at Sewell-Thomas Stadium, with games two and three starting at 2 p.m. and 1 p.m., respectively. The first two matchups will air on SEC Network+ with the series finale gaining a national audience on ESPN2.

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