⚾ 🥎 ⚾ Alabama @ #12 Southern Miss: USM beats Bama 14-4 in 8 innings.

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Location: Hattiesburg, Miss. Venue: Pete Taylor Park Tuesday, Feb. 24 at No. 12 Southern Miss – 6:00 p.m. CT – ESPN+	Tuesday, Feb. 24 RHP JT Blackwood (UA) vs. RHP Dylan Causey (USM)	Live Stats Live Audio (The Varsity Network) Video Links Tuesday, Feb. 24 at No. 12 Southern Miss (ESPN+)

 

[TerryP]

In May of last year Bama set a program record finishing the season undefeated in mid-week games: 13-0. Last week they pushed that record to 15-0.

And tonight...going for another against one of the best teams in the nation; on the road.

Blackwood had a good outing the last time ...

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

Tonight's game should have an SEC matchup feel to it. Bama beat USM in Tuscaloosa last season during a midweeker, but then USM got the last laugh and beat UA in a very close game to eliminate them from the Hattiesburg regional. The Golden Eagles are coming into this one hot, having won 6 in a row, including a win last weekend over a good Oregon State squad. USM is starting freshman Dylan Causey on the mound... his first collegiate start (he's appeared in 3 games this season... 2 IP, 0 ER). Neither team comes into this one with very hot bats... Bama is dead last in the SEC in BA. If USM was in the SEC, they'd be 2nd to last.

On Bama specifically... after I mentioned a week ago that Jason Torres was maybe looking like he'd turned the corner at the plate, he's reverted back to 2025 Jason Torres (which is a bad thing). Bad for him and bad for the UA lineup, because Vaughn is unlikely to sit him if history is any indication of his intentions. This Bama squad really needs a couple of the vets to get going with the bat and they also need Sam Chritiansen and Logen Davenport to heal up and get healthy ASAP.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

Well, the Golden Eagles found their bats. Currently up 12-4, top 5th. 2 GSHR's on the evening for USM. One issue Bama hasn't had yet this season is the pitching staff walking a lot of batters. Well, they can check that one off the list. They've (4 different pitchers) given up 6 walks in 4 innings, 5 of which scored.

 

[Bammerboy321]

Bama looks so bad. I hate saying it so early in the season, but this team looks like it might miss the post season.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

Mercifully, this one is over. USM wins 14-4 via run rule in 8 innings. The game ended on a throwing error by Bama, which pretty much sums up the game for UA. This team has a lot to figure out and a short runway to do it at this point (before the unforgiving SEC slate begins).

 

[BamaFan334]

Georgia Tech got beat by Georgia State tonight. These tend to happen.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

Georgia Tech got beat by Georgia State tonight. These tend to happen.

They happen all the time... Arkansas St beat Arkansas. McNeese beat LSU. My issue with the Bama right now isn't them losing to a better team, it's the fact they are fiddle fucking around too much. It's about how they played, tonight, and leading up to tonight, that concerns me. This was a game that I know Vaughn has had circled since getting ousted from the Regionals last year, and they showed up flat and bumfuzzled. This, after a less than stellar string of performances to begin the season.

 

[alabama mike]

Cant win them all, better luck on the next game.

 

[BamaFan334]

They happen all the time... Arkansas St beat Arkansas. McNeese beat LSU. My issue with the Bama right now isn't them losing to a better team, it's the fact they are fiddle fucking around too much. It's about how they played, tonight, and leading up to tonight, that concerns me. This was a game that I know Vaughn has had circled since getting ousted from the Regionals last year, and they showed up flat and bumfuzzled. This, after a less than stellar string of performances to begin the season.

Yeah, I guess my message was acting as if I was ok with us dropping one, but it was meant to be a separate comment. 14-4 does not inspire much confidence as you stated with how we played. I get it.

This is why I posed the question about grading Byrne and some people spoke to the health and direction of the baseball program. Just asking questions, because when I see this after optimism, you just wonder.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

Yeah, I guess my message was acting as if I was ok with us dropping one, but it was meant to be a separate comment. 14-4 does not inspire much confidence as you stated with how we played. I get it.

This is why I posed the question about grading Byrne and some people spoke to the health and direction of the baseball program. Just asking questions, because when I see this after optimism, you just wonder.

I'm not giving up hope on them by any means, they've just frustrated me a bit to begin this season. Knowing that even playing their best, they are going to likely end up mid level in the SEC this season, they just can't afford to bring their C games every single time. Do that, and they'll absolutely miss the postseason. I really like some of the younger guys, but I think most are a year away from really being able to consistently help. And the vets and transfers (for the most part) have been stuck in the mud up to this point. They really a few of those guys, like Osterhouse for example, to get going.

On the pitching end, as it stands right now, I'm a bit concerned with what I've seen from Fay up to this point. I'm hopeful that he's just adjusting to the role and as things move along and the weather and arm warm up, he will settle in. Adams has the stuff, but he's got to overcome the inconsistency issues that plagued him last season. So far, he's thrown fairly well, but this weekend and that opening Kentucky series may tell us a lot more. I will say his command looks better. Upchurch is going to be a stud in time, and pitching well now, but he's going to have his rough moments as a freshman in the SEC. Hopefully Fay can figure it out and settle in though... gonna need quality starts from him and Adams as much as possible, especially from Fay on Friday nights.

 

[BamaFan334]

I'm not giving up hope on them by any means, they've just frustrated me a bit to begin this season. Knowing that even playing their best, they are going to likely end up mid level in the SEC this season, they just can't afford to bring their C games every single time. Do that, and they'll absolutely miss the postseason. I really like some of the younger guys, but I think most are a year away from really being able to consistently help. And the vets and transfers (for the most part) have been stuck in the mud up to this point. They really a few of those guys, like Osterhouse for example, to get going.

On the pitching end, as it stands right now, I'm a bit concerned with what I've seen from Fay up to this point. I'm hopeful that he's just adjusting to the role and as things move along and the weather and arm warm up, he will settle in. Adams has the stuff, but he's got to overcome the inconsistency issues that plagued him last season. So far, he's thrown fairly well, but this weekend and that opening Kentucky series may tell us a lot more. I will say his command looks better. Upchurch is going to be a stud in time, and pitching well now, but he's going to have his rough moments as a freshman in the SEC. Hopefully Fay can figure it out and settle in though... gonna need quality starts from him and Adams as much as possible, especially from Fay on Friday nights.

You hate to waste a talent like LeBron and not see the postseason or a deep run knowing he can change a game at any point.

 

[BamaFan334]