⚾ 🥎 ⚾ Arkansas vs Alabama: Sat. win gives UArk the series: GM3, Sunday at 1 CT

No. 8 Alabama baseball returns to action on Friday, April 10, as the Crimson Tide is set to take on No. 22 Arkansas for a three-game series at Sewell-Thomas Stadium. Alabama and Arkansas will meet for the first time since 2024, when the Tide claimed two of three games over the then-No. 1 Razorbacks.

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Location: Tuscaloosa, Ala. Venue: Sewell-Thomas Stadium Friday, April 10 – 6 p.m. CT – SEC Network+ Saturday, April 11 – 4 p.m. CT – SEC Network Sunday, April 12 – 1 p.m. CT – SEC Network+	Friday, April 10 RHP Tyler Fay (UA) vs. LHP Hunter Dietz (ARK) Saturday, April 11 LHP Zane Adams (UA) vs. LHP Cole Gibler (ARK) Sunday, April 12 RHP Myles Upchurch (UA) vs. TBA (ARK)	Live Stats Live Audio (The Varsity Network) Video Links Friday vs. Arkansas (SEC Network+) Saturday vs. Arkansas (SEC Network) Sunday vs. Arkansas (SEC Network+)

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

God fucking dammit Lebron.

Been a long time since I've seen a layer of his talent level hit a wall like he has this season. Though it really started last season.

 

[Bammerboy321]

Been a long time since I've seen a layer of his talent level hit a wall like he has this season. Though it really started last season.

If there's a modicum of confidence in either him or Torres, it vanishes the minute they wake up in the morning to sit and pee.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

If there's a modicum of confidence in either him or Torres, it vanishes the minute they wake up in the morning to sit and pee.

I've tried not to bash the kid, he doesn't deserve that... but Vaughn putting Torres 4th in the order every freaking game just give me this visual...

 

[Bammerboy321]

What is our RISP tonight? It has to be 0-5 or something. This team has some really shitty hitters.

 

[Bammerboy321]

This dude is way into his own head right now. Nothing a coach can do to fix this.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

What is our RISP tonight? It has to be 0-5 or something. This team has some really shitty hitters.

0-8.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

This dude is way into his own head right now. Nothing a coach can do to fix this.

Could start by sitting him on some midweek games. But IMO, they take more of a gloves off approach with him compared to others, when they shouldn't. That approach has hurt him.

 

[Bammerboy321]

Come on Bama

 

[Bammerboy321]

Final out down 7-5 but Hines is up

 

[Bammerboy321]

Stop fucking swinging at every pitch

 

[Bammerboy321]

Hines was incredible tonight but that at bat was miserable.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

Welp, Bama loses 7-5. Bright spots were Fay and Hines. Not much beyond that... we saw the early season (and 2025 version) of Alabama tonight.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

Bottom 3rd… Bama needs a crooked number up there…

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

Not great.

 

[Bammerboy321]

We were up freaking 3-1 and allowed that horse shit again. Unbelievable.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

Tied up…

 

[Bammerboy321]

Please bench Jason Torres

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

Well, tomorrow is going to say a lot about this team. Arkansas is better than their #22 ranking, they've just been in a bit of a swoon lately... basically the opposite of Bama who was riding high in the clouds. The Hogs were always going to find their footing, and it looks like they did it this weekend. But for Bama, they haven't helped themselves. They've regressed to their mean so far this weekend, which isn't a good sign. The timely hitting continues to be an issue. The fielding issues that the team cleared up during their winning stretch has cropped back up (4 errors in their last 2 games now). Lebron is pressing at the plate and is a wild card in the field, playing nowhere near his potential. And to top it all off, the relief pitching has absolutely tanked this weekend.

And re: Torres... I like Vaughn. A lot. But he’s going to have to learn that in the SEC, you gotta make tough decisions. One of those is re: Torres. I don't care what some juiced up analytics calculations says, it's a detriment to the team to have him in the #4 spot. It was like that last year and Vaughn finally moved him some late in the season. Nothing has changed this season. If he's in the lineup at all, he should be in the 7th or 8th spot. That's it. Just today alone... he came up every inning with at least 1 runner on base and went 0-5 with a K and 2 DP's. And I hate shitting on him because it's not his fault he's in there every day. And he does at least play hard. Bottom line, Vaughn has to make the move. There are other guys who are struggling as well, but there is a massive hole in the middle of the lineup that is keeping a lid on this offense.

 

[Bammerboy321]

Dave Van Horn just showed Vaughn why he's an elite coach and the realism in the SEC. Arkansas came in struggling, yet hungry.

Unfortunate series but our bullpen got wrecked in back to back games in the 8th. Feel like once momentum barely shifted Arkansas' way, that's when you started seeing way more fielding errors.

Oh well. Just have to rebound and hopefully get back to playing well again. Still think this team could potentially go to Omaha.