Live Blog: Alabama Baseball vs. Miami (Hattiesburg Regional Game 1)

HATTIESBURG, Miss.— For the third straight year, Alabama baseball heard its name among those chosen for the NCAA Tournament. This time around, the Crimson Tide traveled to a fairly familiar venue for its regional.

The Crimson Tide plays at Pete Taylor Park, home of Southern Miss, every other year during the regular season. The Golden Eagles are the No. 16 national seed in the 2025 bracket, whereas Alabama is the No. 2 seed in Hattiesburg.

Alabama (41-16) takes on No. 3 seed Miami (31-24), Crimson Tide third baseman Jason Torres' former team. Torres played 39 games for the 2024 Hurricanes. First pitch is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. CT, with the contest airing nationally on ESPN2.

The winner of Friday afternoon's game will advance to the winners' bracket, and perhaps more crucially, stave off the losers' bracket and having to play extra, at least for the time being. Preservation of depth is as important as any factor in postseason baseball.

Starting Lineups

Alabama's lineup:
1. Bryce Fowler, right field
2. Justin Lebron, shortstop
3. Kade Snell, left field
4. Richie Bonomolo Jr., center field
5. Will Hodo, first base
6. Jason Torres, third base
7. Brady Neal, catcher
8. Brennen Norton, second base
9. Coleman Mizell, designated hitter
P: Riley Quick (RHP)

Miami's lineup:
1. Jake Ogden, shortstop
2. Max Galvin, left field
3. Daniel Cuvet, third base
4. Dorian Gonzalez Jr., second base
5. Derek Williams, designated hitter
6. Renzo Gonzalez, first base
7. Tanner Smith, catcher
8. Fabio Peralta, right field
9. Michael Torres, center field
P: AJ Ciscar (RHP)

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Final Score: Miami 5, Alabama 3

Bottom 9 -Alabama Batting

Kade Snell smoked a shot into deep center field, but Michael Torres made the final out, catching the fly ball at the wall to end the game. Snell's hit was a few feet shy of becoming a walk off home run.

Brian Walters is too careful with Justin Lebron, working into a 3-1 count. Walters ended up putting a 94-mile per hour fast ball into the shoulder, putting Alabama runners on first and second with two outs. Kade Snell represents Alabama's winning run.

Justin Lebron steps into the batter's box as Alabama's tying run. Lebron is 2-of-4 on the day with a double and a single.

Fowler's worked a 14-pitch at bat with nine foul balls. He hit up the line to the first baseman, but Renzo Gonzalez Jr. couldn't handle it and Fowler reached base on the error.

Bryce Fowler works into a full count, fouling off seven balls as he does his best to keep the Crimson Tide alive.

Mizell grounds out on a chopper to second base. Alabama is on its last out as Bryce Fowler steps in. Fowler is 1-of-4 on the day with a single in the third inning.

Norton watches strike three go by him. The called third strike looked well outside but the call remains and now Coleman Mizell steps into the box. Mizell is 0-of-2 on the day with a walk, a groundout and a strikeout looking.

Alabama brings the bottom of the order to the plate in the final frame. The Crimson Tide needs two runs to extend the contest and turns to Brennen Norton to get the inning started. Norton is 1-of-3 on the day with a double, a strikeout and a groundout.

Miami brings in Brian Walters as he looks to secure AJ Ciscar's win and notch a save for himself.

Top 9 - Miami Batting

Michael Torres grounds out to Brennan Norton. Jake Ogden gets underneath a Heiberger pitch for two quick outs in the inning. Max Galvin grounds out to Norton to end the inning. Norton scooped the ground ball with his glove and underhanded it out of his glove to Will Hodo for the final out in the inning.

Bottom 8 - Alabama Batting

Rob Evans strikes out Brady Neal in four pitches and the Crimson Tide strands both runners.

Rob Evans enters the game in relief for Carson Fischer. Fischer gave up a walk and a hit and is responsible for both runners on base.

Jason Torres draws a two-out walk to extend the inning. Brady Neal becomes Alabama's go-ahead run. Neal is 0-3 on the day with a sacrifice fly.

Miami third baseman Daniel Cuvet makes a diving stop towards the foul line. Cuvet throws out Will Hodo at first, while Bonomolo Jr. advances to second. Cuvet's stop prevented a sure fire hit into the outfield.

Richie Bonomolo Jr. reaches safely on a fielder's choice. Miami tried to turn two but could only erase Snell at second base. It's his second fielder's choice of the game.

Kade Snell leads off the inning with a single just over the outstretched arms of the Miami third baseman. Snell is Alabama's third leadoff batter to reach base. The Crimson Tide scored in the fourth inning after the leadoff man reached safely, but failed in the fifth.

The Crimson Tide is down to its last six outs as the team looks to stay in the winner's side of the NCAA Regional.

Miami is bringing Carson Fischer in relief of AJ Ciscar. Ciscar finishes his day with seven innings of action, allowing three runs on six hits. He gave up one walk and hit one batter, but also struck out eight Crimson Tide batters to keep a lid on the Alabama offense.

Top 7 - Miami Batting

Justin Lebron fields a ground ball and fires to first base to end the inning.

Heiberger gets a close strike-three call. Tanner Smith started to walk to first, but the umpire rang him up for the third strikeout of Heiberger's day.

Renzo Gonzalez Jr. draws his third walk of the game. He's also singled, putting him on base in all four plate appearances this afternoon. Gonzalez Jr. advances to second on a wild pitch.

Matthew Hieberger makes it two strikeouts in a row, setting down the leadoff man.

Bottom 7 - Alabama Batting

Coleman Mizell strikes out to open the inning and Bryce Fowler follows grounding out. Alabama's got two quick outs as AJ Ciscar continues to deal. Justin Lebron pops out to end the inning and the Miami starter is through seven innings on 97 pitches.

Middle 7: Miami 5, Alabama 3

Top 7 - Miami Batting

The Crimson Tide reliever fans Dorian Gonzalez Jr. to give Alabama its second 1,2,3 inning of the game.

Heiberger gets a quick two outs, forcing a groundout and fly out in his first seven pitches.

Alabama brings Matthew Heiberger in from the bullpen, officially ending Quick's day.

Bottom 6 - Alabama Batting

Brady Neal strikes out as AJ Ciscar continues to frustrate Alabama batters. Outside of a big fourth inning the Crimson Tide's offense has largely been shut down. Ciscar forces Brennan Norton to ground out to end the inning.

Former Miami player Jason Torres opens the inning getting underneath a pitch and popping out on the edge of the infield for Alabama.

Top 6 - Miami Batting

Quick's day surely is over after 6 innings of work and 108 pitches. He's allowed five runs on eight hits with four walks and six strikeouts. The four extra base hits loom large as the Crimson Tide trails by two.

Justin Lebron saves a run by fielding a slow roller up the middle for the third out in the inning. Miami had been three-for-three scoring in all three innings it put its leadoff batter on. Alabama ended that streak in the sixth inning, preventing Renzo Gonzalez from coming around to score after opening the inning with a walk.

Quick goes right after Michael Torres and gets a huge strikeout. Quick is up to six strikeouts on the afternoon and now faces Jake Ogden with two men on and two outs in the frame.

Fabio Peralta doubles just past the first baseman, putting Miami runners on second and third with one out in the frame. Jason Jackson heads to the mound to check in with Riley Quick.

Riley Quick fans his fifth batter of the day for Miami's first out in the frame.

Renzo Gonzalez draws a six pitch walk to open the inning. Matthew Heiberger and Braylon Myers are both getting loose in the bullpen.

Riley Quick returns to the mound for Alabama despite being up to 85 pitches thrown.

Bottom 5 - Alabama Batting

Will Hodo gets underneath a pitch and flies out to right field to end the inning. Alabama strands Bonomolo Jr. and still trails by two runs.

Richie Bonomolo Jr. grounds into a fielder's choice to third base. Lebron is out at second, while Bonomolo Jr. makes it to first with two outs.

Kade Snell strikes out swinging. The left fielder took a big hack but came up empty for the first out in the inning.

Justin Lebron opens the inning by working the count full and singling up the middle. Alabama has the leadoff runner on for the second consecutive inning.

Middle 5: Miami 5, Alabama 3

Top 5 - Miami Batting - Miami leads 4-3 as the inning begins

Jason Jackson and Alabama opt to keep Quick in the game. Quick is looking for the third out in the inning. Brady Neal saves Quick's arm a bit as he guns down Dorian Gonzalez at second base.

Dorian Gonzalez grounds out for the second out in the inning, but Derek Williams keeps the inning alive by drawing a two-out walk. Quick is up to 84 pitches on the day and looks like he may be done.

Alabama calls timeout to bring fluids to Riley Quick on the mound. Quick appears to be stretching his legs a bit as he labors through this outing.

Quick bounces back from the home run by striking out Daniel Cuvet. Cuvet is the Hurricane's home run leader and already took Quick deep once, but the big right hander went right at him to get the first out in the inning.

Max Galvin smokes a 393-foot home run over the right-center field wall to open the inning for Miami. His solo home run makes Miami's lead 5-3. Quick's allowed two big bombs into almost the same place in the parking lot.

Bottom 4 - Alabama Batting

Fowler pops out to left field to end the inning, but the Crimson Tide strike for three runs on three hits after Kade Snell led the inning off taking a pitch in the leg.

Alex Giroux is beginning to get loose in the Miami bullpen.

Coleman Mizell draws a walk, extending the inning futher. Alabama sees men on first and second with two outs as Bryce Fowler steps into the box. Fowler singled his last time at the plate and a base hit could tie the game.

Brennan Norton pokes a ball over the third baseman's head all the way into the left field corner at the wall. Norton's hit scores Torres and Hodo, cutting the Miami lead to 4-3. Norton stands on second and Mizell steps into the box.

Norton's base hit is Alabama's second extra base hit of the game and brings the Crimson Tide's tally to five on the day.

Kade Snell did get his foot under the tag at home scoring a run for Alabama, making the score 4-1 with Brennan Norton stepping into the batter's box with two outs.

Brady Neal grounds out to the first baseman. Renzo Gonzalez fired the ball into home plate to save a run, but the call on the field is safe. Miami is challenging the call, looking to get out of the inning without any damage. If the call stands the Crimson Tide gets a run, making the score 4-1 Alabama with runners on second and third.

Former Miami Hurricane Jason Torres continues the Crimson Tide's offensive effort with a bloop single just in front of the centerfielder. Alabama now has the bases loaded with only one out in the inning. Miami's pitching coach comes out to the mound to speak with AJ Ciscar and Brady Neal steps into the batter's box for the Tide. It's a huge opportunity for Alabama to cut into the Miami lead.

Will Hodo keeps the inning going with a base hit off the Miami shortstop's diving glove. The ball gets past the infield, giving Alabama runners on first and second with one out. It's the first time in the game the Crimson Tide has had multiple runners on base.

Bonomolo Jr. strikes out looking on three pitches. The Crimson Tide's approach at the plate has been less than desirable thus far.

Kade Snell becomes Alabama's first leadoff man to get on base as he's hit by a pitch. Alabama trails 4-0 and could use this to build momentum with Richie Bonomolo Jr. stepping into the batter's box.

Top 4- Miami Batting

Riley Quick gets his first 1,2,3 inning of the contest, forcing Torres to fly out in foul territory and Ogden to ground out to second base.

Riley Quick gets his third strikeout, fanning Fabio Peralta to open the fourth frame.

Bottom 3 - Alabama Batting

Justin Lebron goes down swinging, leaving Fowler stranded on first. AJ Ciscar has thrown 33 pitches and struck out four batters through three innings of work.

Bryce Fowler finds a two-out hit into right field. Fowler's base knock is Alabama's second hit of the game.

Brennan Norton goes down swinging on four pitches while Coleman Mizell grounds out on two pitches. Alabama's struggled to make starting pitcher AJ Ciscar work so far.

Middle 3: Miami 4, Alabama 0

Top 3 - Miami Batting - Hurricanes Start the Inning Leading 3-0

Tanner Smith sends a ball way into the sky into right field. Bryce Fowler had a bit of trouble tracking the ball but comes down with the out to end the inning.

Renzo Gonzalez sends a two-out single up the middle to score Cuvet. Miami leads 4-0. The four earned runs ties the most Riley Quick has allowed in a game this season. He also gave up four in his outing against LSU.

Quick got the strikeout he needed, fanning Derek Williams for his second of the day. Cuvet still looms at third base but Alabama now has two outs in the frame.

Dorian Gonzlez Jr. moves Cuvet to third with a ground ball to Norton. Quick could use a strikeout to get a second out without the ball going into play.

Daniel Cuvet opens the third inning smoking a double into left field. Cuvet now has a home run and a double in two plate appearances. Cuvet now has 24 multi-hit games this season.

Bottom 2- Alabama Batting

Brady Neal strikes out looking and AJ Ciscar is now through two innings on just 18 pitches thrown.

Jason Torres flies out to right field, bringing up Brady Neal as Alabama is still trying to get through the first rotation in the batting order.

Will Hodo grounds out to second on the second pitch he sees. Alabama hasn't made AJ Ciscar work too hard to get outs quite yet.

Top 2 - Miami Batting

Riley Quick ends the inning striking out Max Galvin swinging. It's Quick's first strikeout of the inning and he's now through two innings, allowing three runs on four hits with two walks on 40 pitches.

Jake Ogden singles into the outfield for a two-out hit. The Crimson Tide gets careless throwing the ball back into the infield and Ogden advances to second on the wild throw.

Michael Torres grounds out to Brennen Norton at second base for two fast outs. Riley Quick appears like he's settling in after a shaky first inning.

Fabio Peralta grounds out to Quick, giving the Alabama pitcher the first out of the frame in efficient fashion.

Bottom 1 - Alabama Batting

Bonomolo Jr. strikes out on a check-swing called by the home plate umpire. Alabama strands Lebron on third and sends Riley Quick back to the mound for the second inning still trailing 3-0.

Justin Lebron gets Alabama's offense going, hitting a double into left-center field. He moves to third on a Kade Snell sacrifice fly. Richie Bonomolo Jr. now has a chance to get a run back for Alabama with two outs in the inning.

Bryce Fowler leads off the first inning lining out to the shortstop.

Top 1 - Miami Batting

Tanner Smith grounds into a Miami double-play back up the middle. Riley Quick stabbed at the grounder with his barehand to slow it down and Brennen Norton fielded it, stepped on second and threw to first for the double-play. Miami takes a 3-0 lead out of their half of the opening frame.

Coulson Buchanan appears to be the primary Alabam pitcher warming up in the bullpen. Quick issues his second walk of the inning to Renzo Gonzalez. Miami has runners on first and second with just one out.

Derek Williams keeps Miami's big inning going, sending a single right back up the middle past Quick. The Hurricanes have three hits on the inning and lead 3-0. Alabama's Coulson Buchanan, JT Blackwood and Austin Morris leave the dugout and head to warm up in the bullpen.

Riley Quick gets his first out in the inning, forcing Dorian Gonzalez Jr. to ground out to Justin Lebron.

Daniel Cuvet hits a 373-foot three-run home run to give Miami a 3-0 lead. Cuvet sent his pitch deep over the right-centerfield wall. Alabama pitching coach Jason Jackson walks out to the mound to meet with Quick as he still looks for the first out in the inning.

Riley Quick opens the game by walking Jake Ogden on five pitches. Max Galvin sent the first pitch he saw all the way to the right field wall Bryce Fowler couldn't bring in the hard-hit ball, putting runners on first and third with no outs in the inning. Not the ideal start for the powerful right-hander who last took the mound two weeks ago against Florida.

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Let’s play ball!

Alabama - Miami is next pic.twitter.com/AR5JvuoPHR
— Joe Gaither (@JoeGaither6) May 30, 2025

2:37 p.m. - It's 84 degrees with a seven mile per hour wind. The humidity is 61 percent making it extra toasty on the field.

2:32 p.m. - The stadium PA is announcing the starting lineups as we are nearing our first pitch.

Alabama is back on the field getting rewarmed up.

Looks like a 2:45 pm start time here in Hattiesburg for the Crimson Tide and Miami Hurricanes pic.twitter.com/8EIEmo0XeM
— Joe Gaither (@JoeGaither6) May 30, 2025

2:15 p.m. - It sounds like the weather is about to clear, but both teams must re-warm up. The word in the press box sounds like Alabama and Miami will have a 2:45 p.m. start time.

2:10 p.m. - Both teams are still in their respective dugouts as we continue to await a storm cell moving outside of the eight mile radius. This looks like the only storm in the area, meaning we should be able to play the whole game without delay once it actually begins.

2:04 p.m. - The game is officially in rain delay as we monitor a storm cell just outside the area. There's no rain at the ballpark, but the skies are full of clouds and the storm cell is within the eight mile radius with a potential for lightning.

1:55 p.m. - Game officials in the press box have communicated plans to monitor the system up until 2 p.m. in order to decide on a delay or not. Weather officials have estimated the storm sytem will pass out of the area at 2:07 p.m.

1:52 p.m. - No one is on the field as game officials monitor the weather. There's no rain falling, but there is a storm system on the horizon.

1:39 p.m. - Officials in the press box are monitoring an approaching storm that could delay the start of the game. Currently, no rain is falling and the Miami Hurricanes are taking infield practice but there is a small storm on the radar

1:36 p.m. - Alabama and Miami are scheduled to start at 2 p.m. CT. The temperatures are in the mid 80s with heavy clouds in the skies but currently no rain.

Today's jersey matchup between the Crimson Tide and Hurricanes will be crimson versus orange. Road gray pants for Miami. Alabama also played an orange team in its last game, the SEC Tournament loss against Tennessee on May 21.

Starting Lineups

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Final Score: Miami 5, Alabama 3

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