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Live Updates From Alabama Baseball's Home Midweek Contest With Samford

Score updates and analysis from Sewell-Thomas Stadium as the Crimson Tide looks to continue its momentum against Samford.
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Alabama Baseball Player Eric Hines (42) in action against Clemson at Doug Kigsmore Stadium in Clemson, SC on Saturday, Oct 25, 2025.
Alabama Baseball Player Eric Hines (42) in action against Clemson at Doug Kigsmore Stadium in Clemson, SC on Saturday, Oct 25, 2025. | Alabama Athletics

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Alabama baseball is rolling. The Crimson Tide enters Tuesday winners of 10 of its last 11 games, with three straight ranked SEC series victories to boast.

Rob Vaughn's squad will look to keep the momentum going heading into this weekend's series against Arkansas, with a midweek clash with Samford. The Bulldogs have not had a great season, sitting at 14-16 and 2-4 in Southern Conference play. They are coming off of a home series loss to East Tennessee State last weekend.

Alabama and Samford met in Homewood back in February, in the first midweek game of the year. That game went down to the wire, with Peyton Steele's two-run eighth-inning home run making the difference in a 3-2 Crimson Tide home run. With all that has happened since that game, it is hard to put any real stock into that result.

First pitch from Sewell-Thomas Stadium is set for 6 p.m. CT. The game will be broadcast on SEC Network+ and can be listened to on Tide 100.9 or online on the Varsity Network. Follow along for live updates and analysis as Alabama looks to complete the season sweep of Samford.

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B6

Torres lines out, and Lemm follows it up with a single.

T6 — Alabama 12, Samford 2

Dutton lines out to Lebron, who turns the double play to end the frame.

Higgins is walked on five pitches.

Carr reaches on a fielding error on a grounder to Torres. He then moves to second on a wild pitch from Lehman.

Lehman strikes out Souders, his first of the game.

B5 — Alabama 12, Samford 2

Neal pops up to the third baseman in shallow left field, who is unable to make a routine catch. The error scores Fowler and Lebron, unearned. Neal ended up getting thrown out at second on the play to end another four-run inning for the Crimson Tide. Alabama 12, Samford 2

Lebron singles to left, bringing home Vaughn. Alabama 10, Samford 2

Fowler grounds into a fielder's choice. Kroberger is out at second, while Hines comes in to score. Alabama 9, Samford 2

Holt strikes out, bringing up the top of the order with one out.

Vaughn and Kroberger are consecutively walked to load the bases.

Hines is plunked. This is his first career game reaching base three times.

T5 — Alabama 8, Samford 2

Ince flies out to right to end the frame.

Connor Lehman is the new pitcher.

McDonald lines out, and that will be it for Blackwood. Jason Jackson pulls him with the top of the lineup coming up for the third time. He gets a large ovation after his longest start of the season.

Marshall grounds out to start the inning. Harris follows it up with a double.

B4 — Alabama 8, Samford 2

Lemm grounds out to end the inning.

Torres hits his first triple of the season off the left-center field wall. The ball was no more than six inches away from clearing it for a home run.

Neal grounds out to second.

Lebron strikes out swinging to start the frame.

T4 — Alabama 8, Samford 2

Gandy hits a hard grounder to Blackwood, who turns a 1-6-3 double-play to end the frame.

Pierce Dutton singles, the fifth hit of the game for Samford.

Trey Higgins flies out to Kroberger in left to start the inning.

B3 — Alabama 8, Samford 2

Holt and Fowler strike out to end a four-run inning for Alabama.

Kroberger follows that up with a home run to left. It's the first hit of his career, and the team went crazy as it cleared the wall. Alabama 8, Samford 2

Vaughn hits his sixth home run of the year, a bomb into the Alabama bullpen. He ties Neal for second on the team, behind only Lebron. Alabama 7, Samford 2

Hines has the first multi-hit game of his career with another single through the left side that moves Torres to third.

Lemm flies out to left field for the first out.

Torres hits a leadoff single. It was a fly ball to right-center field that the fielder dove for, nearly making an impressive catch.

T3 — Alabama 4, Samford 2

Blackwood has a 1-2-3 frame. Souders lines out and Cade Carr flies out to end the top of the third.

Ince is struck out again to start the inning.

B2 — Alabama 4, Samford 2

Good response from Spurrier, who strikes out Neal to complete a 1-2-3 inning.

Lebron grounds out to short on the first pitch he sees.

Fowler flies out to left-center field, just shy of the warning track.

T2 — Alabama 4, Samford 2

The call is overturned. McDonald is out, ending the frame.

Blackwood tries to pick off McDonald at first. He's called safe, but Alabama is challenging the ruling.

Nine-hole batter Parker McDonald singles through the left side, bringing home Harris. Alabama 4, Samford 2

Jackson Harris hits a double to the wall just over the outstretched glove of Brady Neal in right field. Gandy comes around to score, just beating a pinpoint cutoff throw home from Lebron. Alabama 4, Samford 1

Blackwood strikes out his second batter of the game, Eddie Marshall, on three pitches.

Shortstop Gus Gandy singles up the middle for Samford's second hit of the day.

Pierce Dutton grounds out to start the second.

B1 — Alabama 4, Samford 0

Brennan Holt grounds out to first to end the inning. Alabama got through the entire lineup and will be back to Fowler to lead off the second.

Freshman Chase Kroberger grounds into a fielder's choice at second. He still does not have a hit this season, but he brings home Torres. Alabama 4, Samford 0

Luke Vaughn walks on four pitches in Spurrier's first at-bat to load the bases.

Right-hander Zak Spurrier is brought in to relieve starter Will Andre, who recorded just one out.

Freshman Eric Hines singles through the left side on the first pitch of his at-bat. Neal comes home to extend Alabama's lead. Alabama 3, Samford 0

John Lemm is cut down for the first out.

Jason Torres singles up the middle, bringing home Fowler and Lebron. Alabama 1, Samford 0

Brady Neal is plunked to load the bases.

Justin Lebron follows that up with a single through the left side on the first pitch of his at-bat, moving Fowler to third.

Bryce Fowler continues his phenomenal stretch with a leadoff double off the left field wall.

T1 — Alabama 0, Samford 0

Souders steals second, but a flyout and a pop up quickly end the frame.

Jake Souders singles to right field for the first hit of the game.

JT Blackwood strikes out leadoff batter Jeffrey Ince on three pitches to start the game.

Pregame:

Alabama football star wide receiver Ryan Coleman-Williams will throw out the first pitch today.

Alabama Baseball's Lineup Against Samford:

Alabama has made significant changes for Tuesday's game. Freshmen Eric Hines and Chase Kroberger are both starting for the Crimson Tide. Justin Osterhouse is out of the lineup for the first time in weeks as Kroberger takes his spot in left field. Hines got the start at designated hitter in Saturday's series-clinching win over Oklahoma. Here is Alabama's lineup:

Bryce Fowler — CF

Justin Lebron — SS

Brady Neal — RF

Jason Torres — 3B

John Lemm — C

Eric Hines — DH

Luke Vaughn — 1B

Chase Kroberger — LF

Brennan Holt — 2B

JT Blackwood will be on the mound for Alabama. He has a 5.06 ERA over 16.0 innings pitched, and is still in search of his first win.

Alabama vs Samford Matchup History:

Alabama and Samford have met 70 times, dating back to 1966. The Crimson Tide holds a 57-13 lead in the series and has not lost to the Bulldogs since 2018. Alabama won the road matchup on Feb. 17 3-2, thanks to a Will Plattner RBI followed by a two-run Peyton Steele home run in the eighth inning that erased a 2-0 deficit.

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Theodore Fernandez
THEODORE FERNANDEZ

Theodore Fernandez is BamaCentral’s baseball beat reporter and a co-host of The Joe Gaither Show. He also works as a weekend sports anchor at WVUA 23 News in Tuscaloosa and serves as one of the station’s lead high school sports reporters. Fernandez is a news media student at The University of Alabama and is pursuing a master’s degree in sports management.

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