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Headed to Bottom of 7th, Alabama 1-0. Pitching is looking good. Wonder if coach lets him go 8?
| BSB/SB ⚾#25 Alabama vs. #1 Arkansas - Bama wins series versus #1 Arkansas with 5-0 win, Sunday.
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BamaFan334
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Two run bomb. 3-0 Alabama bottom of 7.
BamaFan334
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5-0, headed to Top of 9. Boys are amped up, as they should be.
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5-0, Alabama wins! Great game. Giving Arkansas their first series loss and first rubbermatch of the year the commentators said.
Bammerboy321
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Man a much needed series win and huge win for the program.
Huge series win. This team rides the waves but also plays really well at home. Some of those Hog fans sitting near us were a bit stunned.
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This weekend provided a bounty of storylines to follow around the country. The top two ranked teams in the Top 25 both lost a series in the same weekend for the first time since March 11-13, 2022, as Arkansas lost at Alabama and Clemson lost to NC State. A top-five series ended in a comprehensive sweep. There were rivalries and hot streaks and series that will shape conference title races.
In short, it was a lot of fun. Here are 15 takeaways from around the country on the weekend that was in college baseball.
1. Arkansas came into this weekend’s series at Alabama ranked No. 1 and riding a 10-game winning streak. It had lost just three games all season and just once since the start of March. The Crimson Tide, meanwhile, had lost four straight and five of their last six games.
Because this is the 2024 college baseball season, Arkansas of course won Friday’s opener, 5-3, behind a strong start from Hagen Smith (6 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 6 K) and then lost the next two games. Alabama evened the series Saturday with a 4-3 victory in 10 innings and then won the finale, 5-0, as freshman Zane Adams (8 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 5 K) and Alton Davis II combined for a four-hit shutout. It was the first series loss of the season for the Razorbacks (30-5, 12-3) and knocked them from atop the rankings.
Alabama (24-12, 6-9) won the series by beating Arkansas at its own game. The Razorbacks have the best pitching staff in the nation and while they didn’t have their best weekend on the mound, they still gave up just 12 runs in a road SEC series. But the Tide’s pitching staff outdueled them, holding the Razorbacks to just eight runs on the weekend. Sunday’s shutout was the first time Arkansas had been shutout since Mississippi’s Dylan DeLucia threw a four-hit shutout against them in the bracket final of the 2022 College World Series.
Alabama didn’t get the best outing Friday night from righthander Ben Hess (5 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 3 BB, 8 K). But Adams on Sunday was outstanding and lefthander Greg Farone (5 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 3 K) was solid Saturday. The bullpen held the Razorbacks to two runs on three hits and three walks in 10 innings.
Alabama has been solid on the mound this season, despite some injuries and Hess, a Preseason All-American, not at his best (3-3, 6.41, 65 K, 23 BB, 39.1 IP). This weekend was a reminder of how high the ceiling is on the mound for the Tide.
Adams was brilliant yesterday.
Also, I really like that the same weekend that Vaughn made some lineup adjustments, Bama goes out and takes 2 of 3 from Arky and did so with some timely hits. IMO, he sticks with that, or especially if he tweaks it a bit more, it will be very beneficial. And you can see having Ben Eblin back is a big boost. Side note, briefly spoke with Evan Sleight after the game while waiting on some kids we had with is to get some autographs... That dude is the real deal in terms of how genuinely nice he is. Said he absolutely loves "it here" and is glad he transferred in.
Ha, BRYCE Eblin. Much like Ben, Bryce is very underrated/underappreciated though.
Congratulations to the men for taking down a top program.
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