How to Watch: No. 18 Alabama at No. 15 Vanderbilt
The SEC Baseball Tournament is less than three weeks away and there’s a wide range of final seeds Vanderbilt could find itself in.
The Commodores find themselves in a four-way tie for fifth place in the SEC standings with No. 9 Georgia (who they swept), No. 23 Ole Miss (who beat Vanderbilt twice) and the Commodores upcoming SEC opponent, No. 18 Alabama.
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— Vanderbilt Baseball (@VandyBoys) April 30, 2025
At this point, it doesn’t hurt to review the league's tiebreakers for tournament seeding and, yes, some of them are complicated. But the easier route is to just avoid them altogether by winning. Vanderbilt has a great chance to do just that by separating itself from at least one of the four SEC teams at 12-9.
That’s a lot easier said than done, though. Alabama’s pitching staff ranks 40th in the nation in team ERA (4.58), 81st in team batting average (.292) and No. 12 nationally in home runs (77). The Crimson Tide has three players (Justin Lebron, Will Hodo and Jason Torres) with 10 or more home runs and Kade Snell’s .380 batting average ranks 71st in the nation.
The Commodores have had mixed bag of results against the nation’s best home run-hitting teams. They swept Georgia (No. 1, 113 home runs) and Texas A&M (No. 14, 76), but got swept by Arkansas (No. 5, 94) and went 1-2 against Ole Miss (No. 7, 86).
The one good thing about all that is both Georgia and Texas A&M series took place in Nashville, where this weekend’s SEC series is taking place. Here’s everything you need to know to watch Vanderbilt and Alabama’s weekend series:
How to Watch: No. 18 Alabama at No. 15 Vanderbilt
Who: No. 18 Alabama Crimson Tide (35-10, 12-9 SEC) at No. 15 Vanderbilt Commodores (31-12, 12-9 SEC)
When: 6 p.m., Friday; 2 p.m., Saturday; 3 p.m., Sunday
Where: Hawkins Field, Nashville, Tenn.
TV: SECN+ and SEC Network
Radio: Live Radio
Stats: Live Stats
Series: Alabama leads all-time series 97-69-3
Last Meeting: Vanderbilt 9, Alabama 2 (2023)
Last time out, Commodores: def. Indiana State, 5-2
Last time out, Crimson Tide: def. Missouri, 12-1 (7 innings)
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