| BSB/SB ⚾#14 Alabama at Southern Miss - Late Rally Not Enough in Bama's 9-7 Loss at Southern Miss

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

Last tune up before SEC play and the Vols come to town this weekend...

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

Bama scored 5 in the 9th to make it interesting, but that was it...

 

[UA Press Release]

Late Rally Not Enough in Baseball’s 9-7 Loss at Southern Miss - University of Alabama Athletics

Alabama baseball's late comeback came up just short in the Crimson Tide's 9-7 loss to Southern Miss on Tuesday evening at Pete Taylor Park.

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The Crimson Tide plated five in the ninth and had the tying run at the plate but could not complete the comeback

HATTIESBURG, Miss. – Alabama baseball's late comeback came up just short in the Crimson Tide's 9-7 loss to Southern Miss on Tuesday evening at Pete Taylor Park. Following the midweek, the 13th-ranked Tide is now 15-2 on the season.

Southern Miss gained a four-run advantage after two innings before Bryce Eblin got the Tide on the board in the third with a solo homer. The Golden Eagles added one more in the fifth before a solo shot from Evan Sleight made it a 5-2 affair. Southern Miss came right back with two in the home half of the sixth and another two in the seventh to set the score at 9-2 headed to the ninth.

The Alabama ninth saw Eblin and Gage Miller each reach to start the frame. One out later, a single loaded the bases before a Sleight triple cleared them. Kade Snell homered in the next at-bat to cut the lead to two before a Mac Guscette single forced a USM pitching change. The new arm was able to get out of the jam with a groundout and a lineout ending things at 9-7 in favor of Southern Miss.

Colby Allen (2-0) picked up the win with Kros Silvey securing his first save of the season for the Golden Eagles. Zane Adams (1-1) suffered the loss.

From Head Coach Rob Vaughn​

"The fight was there; we competed our tails off. We just didn't make enough plays against a good team in a hostile environment on the road. Our two losses this year are to two teams who are going to play in the postseason and maybe host, and the effort from our guys has been there in both. We brought the tying run to the ninth in both games, and with a 9-2 lead in the ninth here, that's tough to do. So, I was proud of the fight, we just didn't execute enough early."