The Extra Point: Recapping Alabama Baseball’s Series with No. 1 Tennessee

The Crimson Tide took a visit to Knoxville for a 3 sport collection with the No. 1 Volunteers, and each groups had been on sizzling streaks. Alabama had gained seven straight, and Tennessee was good in SEC play. 

On Friday evening, Alabama surprised the highest workforce within the nation, taking sport one 6-3. Garrett McMillan held the Volunteers to simply three runs via 5.1 innings, and the Crimson Tide bullpen had his again, maintaining Tennessee off the board the remainder of the way in which. Alabama’s scoring effort was punctuated by two residence runs from Owen Diodati and one from Jim Jarvis, in addition to two RBIs from Drew Williamson. 

Alabama’s fortunes on Friday was misfortunes on Saturday, because the Volunteers hit three residence runs on their method to a 9-2 victory. Dominic Tamez had a tricky sport defensively, totaling three throwing errors within the late innings, two of which resulted in runs for Tennessee. 

Tennessee flexed its muscle tissues on Sunday, successful by whopping 15-4. Alabama couldn’t get the bats going because of 14 strikeouts on the day, and the Volunteers added 4 extra residence runs to their weekend to constantly stretch the lead. Alabama starter Grayson Hitt was chased out of the sport early, giving up seven earned runs in 3.2 innings. The bullpen couldn’t maintain the nation’s high workforce down in sport three both, and Alabama in the end misplaced the collection in Knoxville. 

The Crimson Tide will welcome acquainted in-state foe UAB to Tuscaloosa on Tuesday evening at 6 p.m. in Sewell-Thomas Stadium for a midweek contest, adopted by a weekend collection internet hosting the Georgia Bulldogs. Georgia at present sits at No. 14 within the rankings, and Alabama has fallen out of the highest 25 after being No. 24 heading into the Tennessee collection.