Alabama Baseball Travels to UAB on Wednesday Night
2/23/2005 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
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Game 8: ALABAMA at UAB BLAZERS
JERRY D. YOUNG MEMORIAL FIELD (1,000)
BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA -- 6 PM
FEBRUARY 23, 2005 -- BAMA ON THE ROAD AGAIN
ON THE MOUND: UA - 31 Casey Kebodeaux (RHP, 1 G, 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 1 SV) vs. UAB - 35 Randy Mills (Jr., RHP, 1st Start)
RADIO: The Alabama-UAB game will be broadcast through the Crimson Tide Sports Network and will be aired locally in Tuscaloosa on THE TUSK (WACT, 1420-AM). Veteran play-by-play announcer David Crane will describe all the action from the Magic City.
Date Game Time Radio/TV
Feb. 23 at UAB 6 PM (CT) CTSN (WACT-1420 AM)
Feb. 25 vs. Duquesne 6:30 PM (CT) CTSN (WACT 1420-AM)
Feb. 26 vs. Duquesne 4 PM (CT) WACT 1420-AM
Feb. 27 vs. Duquesne Noon (CT) NONE
INTERNET BROADCAST: Live audio broadcasts can be found at www.rolltide.com.
TICKETS: Tickets are $5 (adults) and $3 (children under 13) and available through the Athletic Ticket Office each weekday from 9 a.m. until 4:45 p.m. Tickets are available on game day at the Sewell-Thomas Stadium box office beginning two hours prior to each home game.
ALABAMA TRAVELS TO UAB
Riding a four-game winning streak and its first national ranking in nearly one year, the University of Alabama baseball team plays its fifth road game of the 2005 season as they travel to Birmingham to the face the UAB Blazers in a 6 p.m. game at Young Memorial Field on Wednesday, Feb. 23. The Crimson Tide (5-2), fresh off a three-game sweep this past weekend against UNC Asheville, is ranked 33rd in the latest National Collegiate Baseball Writer's Association (NCBWA) Top 35 poll. It is Alabama's first ranking in the NCBWA poll since Mar. 23, 2004. Alabama was ranked only three times last season, including Mar. 1 (31st), Mar. 16 (29th) and Mar. 23 (32nd) by the baseball writers. The Crimson Tide opened the 2005 season with four games at the University of Hawai'i. The UAB game marks the fifth road game in eight games this season for the Crimson Tide. Alabama has not played this many actual road games to open a season since 1986, when the Tide also played five of its first eight games on the road. The Crimson Tide and Blazers are playing the first of two games this season. The teams are also scheduled to meet one another on May 4 in Tuscaloosa. Tonight's Alabama-UAB is the earliest meeting between the two schools since playing in the second game of the 1991 season.
MAGIC CITY RECORD
The Crimson Tide has a long history with playing baseball in the "Magic City". The Crimson Tide's first game was a 36-2 win over Howard College (now Samford) in 1894. Alabama has compiled a 60-27 (.690) all-time record in Birmingham. The record does include games played at the Hoover Met. Alabama is 16-7 (.696) against UAB in Birmingham, including an 8-2 (.800) mark at Young Memorial Field. Coach Wells is 6-1 (.833) against the Blazers in their on-campus ballpark.
ODDS AND ENDS
Alabama ranks third in the SEC in ERA (1.92), seventh in hitting (.301) and ninth in fielding (.951) according to the latest stats released by the league office on Monday ... The Crimson Tide also leads the league in triples (4) and ranks second in strikeouts (45) and third in stolen bases (13) ... On the mound, UA is first in strikeouts (76), pickoffs (3), wild pitches (13) and balks (3) through seven games ... RHP T.J. Large is the co-leader in ERA (0.00) and wins (2) ... RHP David Robertson is the co-leader with two wins ... LHP Brent Carter (22) and Large (17) are one-two in the SEC in total strikeouts ...
