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Score Updates and Analysis As Alabama Faces Ranked Oregon State In Frisco

Alabama looks to rise to 2-0 in the Frisco Classic against the ranked Beavers.
Theodore Fernandez|
Alabama pitcher Zane Adams prepares to pitch in the second game of the series against Rhode Island on Feb. 21, 2026.
Alabama pitcher Zane Adams prepares to pitch in the second game of the series against Rhode Island on Feb. 21, 2026. | Sarah Munzenmaier/Alabama Crimson Tide on SI

Alabama baseball took care of business in the opening game of the Frisco Classic with a 12-2 win over Iowa on Friday night. Alabama now heads into the most anticipated matchup of the event, its game against Oregon State. The Beavers are ranked in every major poll, and took down Houston 2-1 on Friday behind a masterful performance on the mound from ace Dax Whitney.

Oregon State's No. 2 pitcher, Ethan Kleinschmit, is no slouch himself. A 2025 ABCA All-America Third Team selection, Kleinschmit started 17 games last year, going 8-5 with a 3.56 ERA. He is 1-1 this season, coming off a loss to Southern Miss last weekend where he allowed four earned runs while striking out ten batters over 5.1 innings of work. He is the best pitcher that Alabama has faced so far this season.

The Crimson Tide is starting Zane Adams, who has been electric in his first two starts of the season. Adams is 2-0 with a 1.64 ERA, striking out 15 batters and walking zero over 11 innings pitched. This game has the potential to be one of the most fun pitching battles of any game this season to this point.

The Frisco Classic's exclusive broadcast rights are held by D1 Baseball. The games can be purchased on the outlet's website, with $30 the cost for access to all three games. Those who will not be purchasing the broadcasts can follow along here for updates and analysis.

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FINAL: Alabama 8, Oregon State 7

Haight grounds into a fielder's choice. Lebron bobbled the ball again, but was able to get the ball to Holt at second and end the game.

Glassco flies out to Steele in right field. Steele delivers an incredible throw home. Galloway tagged and was called out at the plate. Insanely clutch play by the right fielder.

Justin Lebron just bobbled a routine grounder. It should have been a double-play. Instead, Proctor scores and the bases stay loaded with nobody out. Alabama 8, Oregon State 7

Talt got a ball to drop in front of Osterhouse for a base hit. Three Beavers have reached base after facing 0-2 counts this inning. Inge scores and Talt is the winning run at first. Alabama 8, Oregon State 6

Banks has gotten Talt to an 0-2 count.

The call stands. Oregon State has the bases loaded with nobody out. Talt represents the winning run at the plate.

Banks gets Galloway, the leadoff batter, to an 0-2 count, and then appears to plunk him. The umpire awarded Galloway the base, and Rob Vaughn is challenging the call. This is going to be an extremely tough call. If it hit Galloway, it just barely grazed his pad. It looks like this will be too close to overturn.

Proctor, who hit the home run off Heiberger in the sixth, singles as well, moving Inge to second.

Pinch-hitter Tyler Inge singles up the middle on an 0-2 pitch.

Hagan Banks takes over for Humphrey to start the ninth.

T9 — Alabama 8, Oregon State 5

Peyton Steele strikes out to end the inning. It's a golden sombrero for the right fielder, who has struck out four times and is 0-for-5 on the day.

Torres pops up to first for the second out.

Captain Will Plattner pinch-hits for Lemm and strikes out swinging, biting on a low breaking ball for the first out.

Vaughn rips a single to right to start the ninth.

B8 — Alabama 8, Oregon State 5

Humphrey ends the inning in just five pitches, getting a flyout and a fielder's choice. The Beavers are down to their final three outs.

Heiberger walks Singer on four pitches. Alabama is taking Heiberger out of the game for North Florida transfer Kaden Humphrey

Heiberger is still going strong into the eighth. He just picked up his first strikeout, getting Glassco looking on an excellent full-count inside fastball.

T8 — Alabama 8, Oregon State 5

Neal strikes out swinging to end the frame. Alabama has gotten much-needed insurance runs in each of the past two innings now.

Lebron rips a line drive all the way down the left field to bring Holt home. It's a stand-up double for the shortstop who is now 3-for-5 on the day. Alabama 8, Oregon State 5

Fowler strikes out swinging. Lebron is up to bat with two out and Holt on first.

Holt hits an infield single.

Osterhouse pinch-hits for Hines and strikes out to start the inning.

B7 — Alabama 7, Oregon State 5

Steele makes a nice catch in foul territory to end a 1-2-3 inning. Oregon State is down to six outs.

Talt grounds out to second, and there are two away for Heiberger.

Galloway grounds out to Vaughn at first.

T7 — Alabama 7, Oregon State 5

Steele flies out to right field, bringing Vaughn home. Torres is thrown out trying to reach second, but the run counts as the umpire ruled that Vaughn scored prior to Torres being thrown out. It's head-scratching as to why Torres tried for second with no play being made at the plate, but that ends the frame. Alabama 7, Oregon State 5

Torres reaches on an error by the third baseman on a chaotic play. Vaughn ended up being called out at third on the play, but the call was overturned after an Alabama challenge.

Vaughn starts the inning with a single through the right side. Lemm follows it up by popping up for the first out.

B6 — Alabama 6, Oregon State 5

Heiberger recovered very nicely from the home run, getting three straight outs to end the inning. The bats now badly needs to give its bullpen some insurance.

Haight takes Heiberger 415 feet to deep left field to start the frame. Alabama 6, Oregon State 5

T6

Neal grounds out to end a 1-2-3 inning.

Fowler and Lebron both strike out to start the sixth inning.

B5 — Alabama 6, Oregon State 4

Lebron just made a sensational play in the field, handling a hard-hit ball that should have reached the outfield and throwing Glassco out at second. It keeps Oregon State from doing any more damage in the inning.

Pinch-hitter Bryson Glassco singled to move Vance into scoring position.

Matthew Heiberger takes over on the mound for Adams.

Vance notches a base hit that drops in front of Fowler, bringing Talt home. Alabama 6, Oregon State 4

Talt hits a deep line drive to center field, bringing home Galloway. Holt made a throwing error trying to throw Galloway out at the plate, advancing Talt to third. Alabama 6, Oregon State 3

Galloway singles through the left side, and Alabama is holding a mound visit. Matthew Heiberger has been warming up for a bit, but Adams will attempt to finish the inning. He is currently sitting at 69 pitches.

Proctor hits a 431-foot missile off Adams to score the first runs of the day for Oregon State. It's his first career home run. Alabama 6, Oregon State 2

Freshman Josh Proctor is pinch-hitting with two outs and Haight on third.

Adams strikes out Vasquez swinging, his fourth of the game.

Porter flies out to Fowler in center, but Haight advances to third.

Ethan Porter is pinch-hitting for Krieg.

Haight doubles down the left field line. It's the fourth time the leadoff man has reached for the Beavers today.

T5 — Alabama 6, Oregon State 0

Holt grounds into a routine 4-6-3 double-play to end the frame.

Hines hit into what should have been a routine groundout, but the shortstop could not field it, and the freshman is safe off an error. Torres stays at second with Holt due up.

Steele flies out to right. Talt rifled a throw in towards third, and the wise decision was made to keep Torres at second.

Torres hits a leadoff double off the wall. The ball went off the fielder's glove, and he was about six inches from clearing the right field wall.

B4 — Alabama 6, Oregon State 0

Singer grounds out to Adams to end the inning. Adams is working through the Beavers very well, at just 51 pitches through four innings.

Adams gets Hubbard looking for his third strikeout of the game.

Lebron runs out to shallow left field to catch a fly ball for the first out.

Talt singles to shallow left field to open the frame.

T4 — Alabama 6, Oregon State 0

Lemm grounds out to third. Alabama strands two runners, but it was an extremely successful frame with the two runs.

The Beavers' challenge is unsuccessful. Alabama 6, Oregon State 0

Vaughn hits into a fielder's choice. Lebron is thrown out at second, but Vaughn is safe at first, and Holt scores. Oregon State is challenging the play, arguing that Lebron's slide into second was interference and Vaughn should be called out.

Neal fouls out on the first pitch of his at-bat for the first out.

Lebron singles down the left field line. Holt is held up at third, setting up Neal with the bases loaded.

Holt singles on the second pitch of his at-bat. Fowler is hit by a pitch in the next at-bat, and there are two on with nobody out for Lebron.

Oregon State is pulling Kleinschmit. Left-hander Trey Morris is taking over on the mound.

Eric Hines opens the inning with the first home run of his career. It's a 392-foot bomb to left center field. Alabama 5, Oregon State 0

B3 — Alabama 4, Oregon State 0

Adams puts together a seven-pitch 1-2-3 inning, getting the next two batters to fly out.

Paul Vazquez flies out to Steele in right field.

T3 — Alabama 4, Oregon State 0

Steele strikes out swinging to end the frame.

Torres hits his second home run of the year, a moonshot to left field. Alabama 4, Oregon State 0

Vaughn strikes out swinging, and Lemm grounds out moments later.

Neal takes the 2-2 pitch yard. He goes 370 feet to left field on a ball that was carried heavily by the wind for his second home run of the year. Alabama 3, Oregon State 0

Kleinschmit has thrown to first to check Lebron three times during Neal's at-bat. Lebron is champing at the bit to take second base. Neal is facing a 2-2 count.

Justin Lebron hits a single to shallow left-center field for his first hit of the day.

B2 — Alabama 1, Oregon State 0

Haight is caught stealing for the second out. Neal made an excellent throw to second. First baseman Jacob Krieg strikes out looking on the next pitch to end the inning.

Adam Haight hits into a fielder's choice. Torres had a double-play ball, but could not field it cleanly and was only able to get Singer at second.

Adams gives up his first hit, a single to AJ Singer to start the frame.

T2 — Alabama 1, Oregon State 0

Kleinschmit recovers nicely from his rough first inning, retiring the Crimson Tide 1-2-3 with a strikeout of Fowler.

Brennan Holt flies out to left.

Eric Hines strikes out swinging on a 2-2 pitch to start the inning.

B1 — Alabama 1, Oregon State 0

Adams strikes out DH Bryce Hubbard to get out of the inning. He got him swinging on a 3-2 heater, stranding Galloway at third.

Cooper Vance lays down a sacrifice bunt to move Galloway to third.

Easton Talt grounds into a fielder's choice, advancing Galloway to second while being thrown out by Torres.

Zane Adams walks catcher Jacob Galloway to start his outing.

T1 — Alabama 1, Oregon State 0

Peyton Steele flies out to left, just shy of the warning track. Alabama strands three runners.

Jason Torres is walked as well, loading the bases again. Oregon State is holding another mound visit. Kleinschmit is in some serious trouble.

John Lemm grounds it to second. It ends up being a fielder's choice, as the Beavers could not turn two. Fowler comes in to score, Vaughn is thrown out at second and Lemm is safe at first. Alabama 1, Oregon State 0

Vaughn gets hit by a 3-1 pitch, loading the bases. Oregon State is holding a mound visit.

Neal walks, setting up runners in the corner for Luke Vaughn, who had a three-run homer in the first inning against Iowa last night.

Fowler advances to third on a passed ball. Neal is in a good spot with a 3-1 count.

Justin Lebron grounds out to third. Fowler had taken off for third, but quickly returned to second when he saw the likelihood of being thrown out.

Bryce Fowler attacks the first pitch of the game, doubling to center field. Fowler slid headfirst into the bag and just beat the throw. The play was reviewed, and the call stood.

First pitch was 4:26 p.m. CT.

Pregame:

We've got near-perfect weather at 82 degrees and sunny in Frisco as of 4:25 p.m.

Game One: Alabama 12, Iowa 2

Tyler Fay was the winning pitcher for Alabama, giving up just one run over six innings in his best start of the season. The offense made his life extremely easy, as a Luke Vaughn home run gave the Crimson Tide a 3-0 first-inning lead. Bryce Fowler and Justin Lebron also homered, and freshman Andrew Purdy notched three hits in what was simply a dominant all-around performance.

"Just a complete team effort," head coach Rob Vaughn said. "Fay was awesome. Really relentless offense, and these boys know what they are capable of now. So, can we come back and do it again? It's a really good team tomorrow."

Probable Starting Pitchers for the Frisco Classic:

  • Friday, Feb. 27 — RHP Tyler Fay (UA) vs. RHP Tyler Guerin (UI)
  • Saturday, Feb. 28 — LHP Zane Adams (UA) vs. LHP Ethan Kleinschmit (OSU)
  • Sunday, March 1— RHP Myles Upchurch (UA) vs. RHP Kendall Hoffman (UH)
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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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