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Tyler Fay No-Hits 18th-Ranked Gators, Tide Wins 6-0
3/21/2026 12:03:00 AM | Baseball
The Crimson Tide right-hander produced the ninth no-hitter in Alabama baseball history on Friday
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Tyler Fay recorded the ninth no-hitter in Alabama program history on Friday night, as the Crimson Tide (16-7, 1-3 SEC) opened its three-game series against No. 18 Florida (19-4, 3-1 SEC) with a 6-0 win over the Gators at Sewell-Thomas Stadium. Fay becomes the first Tide pitcher since Eddie Owcar in 1942 to manage an individual 9.0-inning no-hitter and marks Alabama's first no-hitter of any kind since 2014.
Fay (4-2) was nothing short of brilliant in his sixth start of the season, creating new career highs in innings pitched (9.0) and strikeouts (13). The redshirt junior's only blemishes came in the form of two walks, retiring 27 of the 29 batters he faced. Fay struck out at least one batter in seven of his nine innings on the mound, including at least two punchouts in five of nine innings. Over his last three innings, Fay struck out six of the final nine batters he faced.
Offensively, the Tide relied on a variety of contributors, including Bryce Fowler, who finished 2-for-4 with a double, an RBI, a walk and a run scored. Justin Osterhouse was 2-for-3, adding a double and an RBI to go with a run scored. Brady Neal also closed 2-for-3 while driving in a run with two walks. Luke Vaughn led all Alabama players with two RBI, finishing 1-for-3. Brennan Holt contributed one run batted in and a run scored as part of a 1-for-4 night, while Will Plattner notched a double and two runs scored to encompass his 1-for-3 line.
From Head Coach Rob Vaughn
"Man, what a, just a special night for Tyler (Fay) and his family, just incredible. It came on the heels at a time where I'll just call what it is, we really needed it. Just a masterful effort, just completely smothered the strike zone, mixed pitches. The offense did a great job finally playing the brand we've been looking for. Tyler Fay, obviously the story tonight. I mean, it's why you come back. He had a chance to go sign and move into pro ball, but you come back for nights like tonight because you don't get these memories. Like, throw everything else out the window, the money he's going to make this year, all that, throw all that out. These memories are what makes college baseball so special. Super proud of him, proud of our boys, and now the hard thing, and not to diminish it, but that's one game, right? And we got to come back tomorrow, and it took a lot of energy out of us, we got to come back tomorrow and replicate that against a dang good team."
How It Happened
- B2 | John Lemm led off the inning with a hard single up the middle, later reaching third thanks to Will Plattner's double into left. With two in scoring position, Justin Osterhouse lined a breaking ball into left field, scoring Lemm. Following Osterhouse, Luke Vaugh laid down a perfect sacrifice bunt towards first to drive in Plattner. (2-0, Alabama)
- B4 | Plattner opened the inning with a walk before Osterhouse sent a double into right-center. Vaughn followed Osterhouse with his second RBI of the night, a groundout to shortstop to bring home Plattner. After Vaughn, Brennan Holt bounced a single up the middle to score Osterhouse. Holt eventually stole second, leading to Bryce Fowler's double into the left-center gap, allowing Holt to race home. With two outs, Brady Neal dropped down a bunt single towards third with the throw to first buying enough time for Fowler to impressively score from second. (6-0, Alabama)
Postgame Notes
- Tyler Fay becomes just the sixth Alabama pitcher in program history to record an individual no-hitter, and is the first since Vince Barrantine no-hit Auburn over 7.0 innings on March 22, 1981
- Fay is just the fourth pitcher in Crimson Tide history responsible for an individual nine-inning no-hitter, joining Eddie Owcar (1942), Merritt Wilke (1917) and Melford Pratt (1913)
- Fay is the first pitcher since Tom McMillan of Jacksonville (7.0 IP) on June 1, 1963, to produce a no-hitter against the Gators
- Fay is also the first Tide arm to throw a nine-inning complete game since Dylan Smith against Rider on June 5, 2021
- Fay stands as the first Alabama hurler to record a complete game shutout since Greg Farone at Ole Miss on April 25, 2024
- Friday's contest marks the Tide's first shutout of an opponent since Alabama's 2-0 win at Texas A&M on March 16 of last season
- Luke Vaughn elevated his team-high on-base streak to 19 games
- Bryce Fowler extended his on-base streak to 17 games
- Brady Neal improved his on-base streak to 14 games
- Justin Osterhouse stretched his on-base streak to 11 games
- Jason Torres 10-game on-base streak was snapped on Friday
- ATTENDANCE: 3,610
Up Next
- Alabama will continue its series with No. 18 Florida on Saturday, March 21
- First pitch between the Crimson Tide and Gators is scheduled for 2 p.m. CT, airing on SEC Network+
