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Live Updates From Game One Of Alabama Baseball's Double Header Against Rhode Island

Score updates and analysis from Sewell-Thomas Stadium as the Crimson Tide takes on the Rams.
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Sewell-Thomas Stadium before Alabama's Saturday doubleheader against Rhode Island
Sewell-Thomas Stadium before Alabama's Saturday doubleheader against Rhode Island | BamaCentral

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Alabama baseball is coming off its best offensive performance of the season in Friday's 19-4 win over Rhode Island. The series schedule was adjusted, moving to a doubleheader on Wednesday to allow the Rams to safely travel home to The Ocean State and beat the storm coming to the Northeast.

Zane Adams will start the first game, with freshman Myles Upchurch on the mound for game two. Game one begins at 2 p.m. CT with the second game starting 30 minutes after its conclusion. Follow along for live updates and analysis:

NOTE — BamaCentral will only be able to provide live updates for game one of the doubleheader. Postgame coverage will be published on Saturday night following the conclusion of the series.

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FINAL — Alabama 8, Rhode Island 5

1-2-3 inning for Steckmesser in the ninth. He earns the save for the Crimson Tide after a dominant relief appearance.

B8 — Alabama 8, Rhode Island 5

Torres strikes out to end the inning.

Neal lays down a sacrifice bunt. He's thrown out at first, and Williamson comes home to score. Alabama 8, Rhode Island 5

Lebron grounds into a fielder's choice. He reaches, but Fowler is thrown out at second. Holt advances to third, where he is replaced by pinch runner Jojo Williamson, his first appearance of the season.

Holt walks to start the frame for Alabama. Fowler moves him to second with a single over the head of the shortstop.

T8 — Alabama 7, Rhode Island 5

Medina grounds out to Lebron, who rifles the throw to find to end the frame.

Hopko goes down looking for the second out.

Moroney grounds out to Holt at second for the first out.

B7 — Alabama 7, Rhode Island 5

Vaughn strikes out swinging, Osterhouse fouls out, and Steele grounds out to end the frame. Alabama got Steckmesser run support heading into the final two innings.

Lemm hits his first home run of the season to start the frame. Alabama 7, Rhode Island 5

T7 — Alabama 6, Rhode Island 5

Steckmesser strikes out Penney to end the frame.

Hindle strikes out swinging. Mitchell is pulled for Evan Steckmesser.

Tolentino just hit the second home run of his career and the game. The three-run blast cuts Alabama's lead to one run. Alabama 6, Rhode Island 5

Connolly singled to left and pinch-hitter Aidan Botti singled to get two on.

Thompson grounds out to start the inning.

Mitchell takes over for Adams.

B6 — Alabama 6, Rhode Island 2

Torres goes down looking to end an uneventful inning.

Neal walks to keep the inning alive.

Fowler flies out, and Lebron pops up to start the frame.

T6 — Alabama 6, Rhode Island 2

Steele makes the catch in right field to end the frame. Adams has thrown 88 pitches.

Sam Mitchell is warming up in the bullpen for Alabama and will likely take over in the seventh.

Hopko flies out to center as well for the second out.

Moroney hits a ball to deep center that is caught at the wall by Fowler for the first out.

Adams is staying out on the mound for Alabama.

B5 — Alabama 6, Rhode Island 2

Holt strikes out, stranding Vaughn.

Steele hits a sac fly to center field to bring home Lemm. Vaughn advances to third base with two outs. Alabama 6, Rhode Island 2

Osterhouse grounds out to first. Both runners advance.

Lemm singles to short, just beating the throw to first. Vaughn walks on four pitches to move him into scoring position.

T5 — Alabama 5, Rhode Island 2

Adams turns in a 1-2-3 inning. He gets a fly out, a pop-up, and a groundout, working through the Rams in just 12 pitches. He's at 75 pitches on the afternoon and is probably done as there is movement in the bullpen.

B4 — Alabama 5, Rhode Island 2

Neal strikes out swinging, and Torres flies out in the following at-bat. Alabama scores four runs to pull ahead, but strands three runners.

Lebron walks to load the bases.

Fowler singles to center field, bringing Steele and Osterhouse home. Alabama 5, Rhode Island 2

Aikens hits Holt on the first pitch of his relief apperance.

Parker Aikens is taking over on the mound.

Steele gets a base hit of his own to left. Osterhouse advances to third. Only one out with Holt up.

Osterhouse continues to hit well with a single up the middle. He immediately steals second, and Rhode Island is holding a mound visit.

Lemm is hit by a 0-1 pitch and takes first. Vaughn then hits his second home run of the season to deep left field. Alabama 3, Rhode Island 2

Torres fouls out to start the frame. The ball did not carry far enough to get to the stands and was caught right by the Rhode Island dugout.

T4 — Rhode Island 2, Alabama 1

Adams strikes out Ryan Henschel in a six-pitch at-bat. He's now got six strikeouts through four. He struck out nine over five innings pitched in his season debut last Saturday.

Thompson lines out, and Adams strikes out Connolly in the subsequent at-bat.

B3 — Rhode Island 2, Alabama 1

Lebron strikes out looking. Neal goes down swinging moments later. It's his first out with a runner in scoring position this season. Alabama strands Holt at third base.

The call stands. Holt is on third with one out.

Fowler hits into what should be a double-play. Holt executes a beautiful spin move to avoid the tag on the way to second. He then steals third with nobody covering the base. Rhode Island is challenging the play, saying that he was tagged out.

Brennan Holt lays a well-placed grounder past second base. The shortstop could not make what would have been a very tough play. It's ruled a single for Holt, who has been batting very well in the nine-hole to start the season.

T3 — Rhode Island 2, Alabama 1

Medina strikes out looking to end the frame. Adams has struck out four through three innings.

Hopko gets one to the outfield for a sac fly to bring Penney home. Osterhouse makes a solid play in left field to track it down for the out. Rhode Island 2, Alabama 1

Moroney singles to center field, bringing Penney into scoring position at third base with just one away.

Hindle strikes out looking for the first out. Penney follows that up with a single.

Nine-hole hitter Jayden Tolentino just took Adams yard to the Alabama bullpen on the first pitch of the inning. It's the first hit of the freshman's career. Alabama 1, Rhode Island 1

B2 — Alabama 1, Rhode Island 0

Peyton Steele flies out to left field to end the inning.

Justin Osterhouse hits a sac fly to right field, bringing Lemm home. Vaughn stays put at second base. Alabama 1, Rhode Island 0

Luke Vaughn lays down a base hit along the left field line that is good for a double. Lemm advances to third.

Rhode Island shifts heavily, but it does not matter as John Lemm hits it right over the glove of the first baseman for a single.

Torres is thrown out on a hard grounder to third.

T2 — Alabama 0, Rhode Island 0

Adams gets his second strikeout to end the frame.

After Ryan Thompson grounds out, Brian Connolly hits a two-out single to right to keep the frame alive.

Adams strikes out Adonis Medina to start the second inning.

B1 — Alabama 0, Rhode Island 0

Lebron and Brady Neal ground out, ending a 1-2-3 inning.

Bryce Fowler flies out to deep center field. The fielder had to jump to catch it at the wall.

T1 — Alabama 0, Rhode Island 0

Jack Hopko grounds out to Lebron to end the frame.

Reece Moroney hits into a fielder's choice. Penney is thrown out at second. Justin Lebron tried to deliver a throw to first, but Luke Vaughn could not pull it in.

Scott Penney lays down a bunt. Zane Adams can't cover first in time, and it is a single.

Will Hindle pops up to start the game.

First pitch was at 2:02.

Pregame:

Rhode Island's starting lineup
Rhode Island's starting lineup | BamaCentral

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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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