Live Updates: Alabama Baseball Opens Series with No. 1 Texas
Alabama baseball (5-0) has turned some heads to begin the season, displaying its versatility as a team throughout its first five wins. Now, Alabama will get a good look at how it matches up with the top teams in the country, as the Crimson Tide plays its first road game at No. 1 Texas.
The Longhorns have more than impressed to begin the 2022 season, outscoring opponents 53-7 through their first five games. Texas features six hitters batting over the .300 mark, and the Longhorns team ERA is 0.60. Alabama will have its hands full with Texas beginning at 4:30 p.m. CT Friday at UFCU Disch-Falk Field in Austin, Texas.
Alabama defeated in-state foes Jacksonville State and Alabama State in its two midweek games, and the Crimson Tide got some valuable experience along the way. The veterans as well as the newcomers have produced for Alabama, and it will take a whole team effort to start off this weekend series on the right foot.
"I'm just excited to see how we respond to that environment and getting punched in the mouth a little bit," Alabama head coach Brad Bohannon said this week. "I'm really confident in our club. I think we can play really high-level baseball and compete with most anybody."
Follow along here for live updates throughout game one of Alabama's series at No. 1 Texas:
Game One Stats
Live Updates
(most recent update at the top)
Top 9
- Denton pops out, and Texas takes game one.
- Tamez is struck out after a stretch of foul balls. Two down.
- Passed ball advances Williamson to third.
- Williamson doubles to the fence in right for his second hit of the game. Tying run in scoring position for Alabama.
- Rose flies out to right center. Two outs left for Alabama.
Bottom 8
Ray: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 4 K, 1 Wild pitch on 43 pitches
- Seidl makes a diving play in left to end the inning.
- Melendez sends a fly ball down the line in right, and Hamiter cannot make the sliding play. One-out double for Texas.
Top 8
- Hodo strikes out looking on a breaking ball, and Alabama is unable to push any runs across.
- A four-pitch walk loads the bases for Alabama. Will Hodo will pinch hit for Pinckney.
- Seidl pops out to second. Two out with still two on.
- Texas will look to the bullpen again, bringing in RHP Aaron Nixon.
- Diodati drops a single into left field, and the Crimson Tide has two on.
- Hamiter earns a one-out walk.
- Denton is sat down on strikes.
- Jared Southard is on to pitch for the Longhorns.
Bottom 7
END 7: Texas 1, Alabama 0
- Ray strikes out the side. Texas breaks the tie, though.
- Ray comes back to get the strikeout. Two outs with a man on third.
- Back-to-back balls get by Tamez, and Texas is on the board following the wild pitch. 1-0 Longhorns.
- The breaking ball gets out of Ray's control and it hits Faltine. Two on with one out.
- Ray gets a strikeout to begin the inning, and Texas gets a single to center from the second batter in the inning.
- Dylan Ray is now on the mound for Alabama.
Top 7
- Tamez rolls to third to retire the side.
- Williamson lines out to center. Two out.
- Rose is walked on a full count, bringing up Williamson with one out.
- Pinckney strikes out swinging on a high fastball.
Bottom 6
McMillan: 6.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 3 K on 87 pitches
- Another fly out, and Texas is retired in order by McMillan.
- Picnkney reads a line drive and secures it for the out.
- Landon Green and Dylan Ray are in the bullpen for Alabama.
- Melendez skies out to Seidl in left.
Top 6
- Sthele stabs a Jarvis ground ball and flips to first to end the Alabama sixth.
- Seidl hustles for an infield single, diving to get to the bag before the pitcher. He looks to the Alabama dugout to pump up the crew.
- Diodati rolls out on the first pitch. Two outs.
- Hamiter flies out to the warning track in right.
- Travis Sthele is on to pitch for Texas.
Bottom 5
McMillan: 5.0 IP, 3 H, 2 BB, 3 K on 73 pitches
- A fly out and a ground out keep the game scoreless.
- A one-out single is ripped to Seidl in left.
- McMillan strikes out Faltine looking to begin the inning.
Top 5
MID 5: Alabama 0, Texas 0
Hansen: 5.0 IP, 4 H, 1 BB, 8 K on 86 pitches
- Denton flies out to right, and Alabama leaves three on base in the fifth.
- Tamez is walked on a full count, and the bases are loaded with Denton at the dish.
- Williamson strikes out looking on a fastball outside. Two out.
- Rose lines it right back through the middle for a single, and Alabama has its first multi-hit inning of the game.
- Pinckney singles with a ground ball up the middle.
- Jarvis is struck out, the seventh strikeout of the day for Hansen.
Bottom 4
McMillan: 4.0 IP, 2 H, 2 BB, 2 K on 60 pitches
- Seidl squeezes a fly ball to end the inning, as McMillan retires the side in order.
- Denton dives to spear a line drive, stealing a hit. Two out.
- Jarvis handles a short hop for out number one.
Top 4
Hansen: 4.0 IP, 2 H, 6 K on 58 pitches
- Seidl grounds back to the mound, and Alabama leaves one on base in the fourth.
- Diodati skies it to the outfield, and no one can track it down for Texas. He stands at second with two outs.
- Denton is thrown out on a nice play from the Longhorn shortstop.
Bottom 3
- The threat is ended with a lineout to Hamiter.
- Melendez is walked on a full count.
- Fielder's choice to Rose at second nabs the lead runner. Two out.
- McMillan gets another strikeout looking, this time on a curveball.
- Stehly legs out an infield single on a deep ground ball to Jarvis.
Top 3
MID 3: Alabama 0, Texas 0
- Tamez smokes a ball to third, but it is speared and fired to first for the last out.
- Williamson connects for a double down the right field line.
- Rose whiffs on a ball in the dirt. Two outs.
- Pinckney bounces out to first.
Bottom 2
McMillan: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 1 BB, 1 K on 27 pitches
- Ground ball to Jarvis ends the second.
- McMillan issues a four-pitch walk with two outs.
- Pinckney displays his speed, running down a liner in the right center field gap.
- McMillan gets his first strikeout of the day, painting the outside corner with a fastball.
Top 2
Hansen: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 5 K on 23 pitches
- Jarvis is cut down on strikes on a full count to end the inning.
- Seidl rips a double down the line in left for Alabama's first hit today.
- Diodati is sat down on strikes as well. That's 4 strikeouts for Pete Hansen.
- A four-pitch strikeout gets Hamiter to leadoff the inning.
Bottom 1
END 1: Alabama 0, Texas 0
- Daly stings one into the gap, but Seidl is able to track it down to end the inning.
- Melendez pops out to Hamiter in right. Two outs.
- Kennedy drops a single in front of Pinckney to give Texas a one-out baserunner.
- Pinckney camps under a high fly ball for the first out.
Top 1
MID 1: Alabama 0, Texas 0
- Denton strikes out swinging on a breaking ball, and Alabama is retired in order to start the game.
- Dominic Tamez grounds out to second.
- Drew Williamson is struck out on three pitches to open the game.
- It is a cold day in Austin, so that will affect Alabama and Texas today. Texas leads the all-time series 8-1. The Crimson Tide will look to make up some ground on that this weekend.
Alabama Starting Lineup
Alabama Athletics
Alabama Athletics
Alabama Athletics
Alabama Athletics
