Alabama baseball’s series against Rhode Island will conclude on Saturday, Feb. 21, instead of Sunday as planned.

UA athletics announced on Saturday morning that the Crimson Tide would play in a double-header due to expected inclement weather on Feb. 22.

Alabama (5-1) picked up a win in game one of the series, run ruling Rhode Island 19-4.

The game will begin at the originally slated time of 2 p.m. CT.

Rhode Island has yet to earn a win in the 2026 season and is currently 0-5.

Zane Adams will pitch game two for the Crimson Tide and freshman Myles Upchurch will start game three.

SEC Network+ will still stream the competition between Alabama and Rhode Island.

Emilee Smarr covers Alabama basketball and Crimson Tide athletics for The Tuscaloosa News. She can be reached via email at esmarr@usatodayco.com.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Alabama baseball coach Rob Vaughn was open about his dissatisfaction with the team’s performance in the 2-1 win over Alabama State on Wednesday. The message was heard, as the Crimson Tide put forth a complete offensive performance, headlined by two Justin Lebron home runs, en route to a 19-4 win.

“Just a relentless approach offensively,” Vaughn said. “I think Lebron’s homer in the first let everybody breathe a little. Once he did that, it was like alright, here we go.”

Lebron’s aforementioned first-inning blast traveled 417 feet, the furthest of the season for the team. Andrew Purdy added an RBI single later in the inning, setting the tone for a dominant offensive afternoon.

“We have a standard here. It’s just like what everyone talks about with Coach Saban. We want to do things a certain way here,” Neal said. “Point blank, we didn’t do it. It was plain and simple. We did not play good, we did not run off tough at-bats, we did not play very good defense. We scored on two runs that they pretty much gave us if we’re being honest. That’s not what we’re about.”

Neal hit his first home run of the season in the third inning. By that point, the Crimson Tide had already held a 12-0 lead and was off to the races. It’s a sharp turnaround for an offense that had been up-and-down at best through the first five games of the season, scoring four runs in the season-opening loss to Washington State, three in Tuesday’s road win over Samford, and two in the Alabama State game. He believes a lot of the issues came down to a lack of focus from the team.

“No offense, but we’ve got a lot of talented guys. When we chase a 70 mile per hour breaking ball in the dirt, it’s focus,” Neal said. “It’s not ‘you’re not talented enough,’ it’s just ‘you’re not focused on what you’re trying to do.’ That’s just when you have to, from experience, say, ‘Okay, I’ve got to reel it in, we’ve got to move on, attack the next pitch.’ I think we handled that tonight.”

Neal has been one of the team’s best hitters to start the season. He moved up to third in the lineup today for the Crimson Tide and delivered, going 3-3 on the day and driving in another run with a sacrifice fly. He has also been one of the leaders in the clubhouse for the team throughout the early struggles.

With the 1-0 series lead and a dominant offensive showing under its belt, Alabama now has to show that it can display consistency on the diamond.

“At 2:00 tomorrow, it’s 0-0 again. None of this matters,” Vaughn said. “Can we keep that same edge? It’s easy to have that edge coming off a tougher game on Wednesday, but when you do have success, learning to handle that success and still showing up with that same edge is going to be vital.”

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The Morgan County honey bun extortion case has resulted in felony charges against a North Alabama corrections veteran with more than two decades of service at the county jail.

Authorities charged Jarvis Moore, a 24-year veteran of the Morgan County Jail, with seven counts of felony extortion connected to incidents involving honey buns and other store items taken from inmates. Moore turned himself in on the charges on Friday.

Moore’s attorney, Scott Morro, said jail officials previously terminated Moore’s employment in September after determining he had taken honey buns and commissary goods from inmates.

Moore has acknowledged removing the items but maintains the actions followed an established internal practice in which commissary products were reassigned after inmate misconduct, including fire-setting incidents.

The investigation into the missing snack items began in August and was later turned over to the district attorney’s office in November, before Moore publicly posted a campaign support video for former Sheriff Ana Franklin.

Moore and his attorney contend the prosecution is retaliatory, though Sheriff Ron Puckett said the charges are “not about honey buns,” and that the case involves more than the pantry staple.

After leaving Morgan County employment, Moore briefly worked at the Madison County Jail but was dismissed after officials there learned of the felony charges. Prosecutors say an assistant district attorney with no prior connection to Moore will handle the case. Court filings have been delayed due to courthouse renovations.

Moore has not yet entered a formal plea. The case remains pending.

Courtesy of 256 Today