Live Blog: Missouri at No. 18 Alabama Baseball (Game One)

TUSCALOOSA, Ala.— Two home series remain for the No. 18 Alabama baseball team in the 2025 regular season. One starts on Thursday night, as the Crimson Tide takes on unranked, struggling Missouri for the first of three games at Sewell-Thomas Stadium.

The Crimson Tide (32-10, 9-9 SEC) has slipped some over the last month, having not won an SEC series in three tries during the month of April. Missouri's difficulties this spring have been rather more pronounced. The Tigers (13-27 overall) are 0-18 against Southeastern Conference competition.

Alabama is trotting out Tyler Fay to start the game. Fay started in the weekend series against Mississippi State and then last Thursday at LSU. He pitched well in both appearances. Riley Quick and Zane Adams round out the starting rotation against Missouri.

The Tigers' pitching rotation has been the unit most affected by injuries plaguing Kerrick Jackson's squad this year. That has contributed heavily to the results against SEC opponents. Alabama's pitching has still not reached its full potential despite the unit largely being healthy.

A home sweep would give Alabama 12 SEC wins before the end of the month of April. That's a good position with Hoover on the horizon.

The game Thursday gets underway at 7 p.m. CT. It will be nationally televised on the SEC Network.

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Ninth Inning:

Ozmer strands a man on and strikes out the side to close out the game. FINAL: Alabama 7, Missouri 5.

Top of the order due up for Missouri against Ozmer to start the last regulation inning.

Eighth Inning:

Bryce Fowler pops out to end the eighth inning. Last chance for Missouri coming up.

Coleman Mizell hits a two-run home run to break the tie. Alabama 7, Missouri 5.

After the first two up in the bottom of the inning walked, Garrett Staton hit into a double play. Alabama challenged the call of out at first base, but the ruling was upheld. Man on third and two outs for Coleman Mizell.

Ozmer gets Brady Picarelli to strike out swinging with the bases loaded, retiring the top of the eighth. The prior batter grounded into a fielder's choice with the out being made at home. Crimson Tide dodges a major bullet and the game stays tied 5-5.

Jason Jackson goes to get Banks after he allows the first two men to reach. Carson Ozmer is coming in with nobody out in a tie game.

Hagan Banks is now on the mound for Alabama.

Seventh Inning:

Alabama is retired 1, 2, 3 in the seventh. Some deep counts and nothing to show for it.

PJ Green is the new pitcher for the Tigers.

Alabama catches a runner stealing to send it to stretch time. Missouri's bats haven't had anything going since the opening inning.

Sixth Inning:

Justin Lebron strikes out with men on the corners to close out the sixth. Tie ball game in Tuscaloosa.

Garrett Staton ties the game with a two-out, three-run home run. His sixth of the year. Alabama 5, Missouri 5.

Heiberger retires the side with no additional baserunners.

Matthew Heiberger is in to pitch for Alabama. Fay goes 5.1 innings. Heiberger inherits a man on first base.

Fifth Inning:

A very hard lineout from Kade Snell brings an end to the fifth. Missouri 5, Alabama 2.

The Tigers leave a man on in an otherwise uneventful fifth. Halfway through the regulation innings in this one.

Fourth inning:

The Crimson Tide offense is retired in order in the home half of the fourth. Missouri 5, Alabama 2.

Xavier Lovett is now on the mound for the visitors.

Lovich hits into an inning-ending double play. More and more, it looks like Fay's first inning was mainly the product of bad luck.

Third Inning:

Brady Kehenbrink gets back-to-back strikeouts of Neal and Jason Torres to strand the bases loaded and end the threat. Missouri 5, Alabama 2.

Bonomolo draws a walk to load the bases. Mound visit time for Missouri.

Back-to-back singles have placed runners on the corners for Richie Bonomolo Jr. with one out.

Missouri goes down 1, 2, 3 in a scoreless top of the third. Fay has settled in, even though he didn't give up a lot in the way of hard contact to begin with.

Second Inning:

Alabama strands a man on base to end the second inning, but has entered the scoring column in this game.

Will Hodo gets Alabama on the board with his 10th home run of the season, a two-run shot also plating Brady Neal. Missouri 5, Alabama 2.

Fay has a much smoother second frame, retiring the Tigers 1, 2, 3. Alabama is still down 5-0. A lot of baseball left tonight.

First Inning:

Alabama goes down in order in the first inning, failing to make a dent in the deficit.

Brady Picarelli singles home two more runs. A disaster of an inning for Alabama finally ends on the next batter. The Tigers batted around. Missouri 5, Alabama 0.

Gehrig Goldbeck gets the first hit that's out of the infield, sending in Keegan Knutson. Missouri 3, Alabama 0.

Cleanup man Cayden Nicoletto hits a sacrifice fly, scoring Kaden Peer for the Tigers' second run. Missouri 2, Alabama 0.

The runner is called safe, no interference.

Missouri scores first. A throwing error on a sac bunt after the first two batters reached results in leadoff man Jackson Lovich scoring. Alabama has challenged for runner interference. For now, it's Missouri 1, Alabama 0.

Pregame:

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

Missouri's lineup:
1. Jackson Lovich, first base
2. Kaden Peer, center field
3. Keegan Knutson, shortstop
4. Cayden Nicoletto, right field
5. Chris Patterson, third base
6. Gehrig Goldbeck, designated hitter
7. Jedier Hernandez, catcher
8. Peyton Basler, second base
9. Brady Picarelli, left field
P: Brady Kehlenbrink (LHP)

Whispers are the Crimson Tide will be breaking out camouflage hats tonight. They were a staple of the program's 2023 run through the final stretch of the regular season, SEC Tournament and NCAA Tournament.