Three Tide Players Named to SEC All-Tournament Team
5/25/2008 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
May 25, 2008
HOOVER, Ala. - Three Tide Players Named to SEC All-Tournament Team
HOOVER, Ala. - Three University of Alabama baseball players - Alex Avila, Austin Hyatt and Kent Matthes - were named to the 2008 Southeastern Conference All-Tournament Team, the league office announced on Sunday afternoon.
Hyatt earned All-Tournament honors after tossing a four-hitter against SEC Champion and seventh-ranked Georgia in an elimination game on Thursday, May 22. Against the Bulldogs, Hyatt allowed two runs and four hits with six strike outs and one walk. He took a one-hitter into the eighth inning and at one point in the game retired 20 straight Georgia batters.
Matthes hit .400 (6 for 15) in four games with three runs scored, one double and four RBI. He went 3 for 5 with two runs scored and two RBI in the Tide's 13-4 win over No. 19 Kentucky on Friday, May 23.
Avila hit .375 (6 for 16) in four games behind the plate with two runs scored, one double and four RBI. He was 3 got 6 and drove in two runs in the Tide's 13-4 win over No. 19 Kentucky in Friday's elimination game. He added two more hits and one RBI against LSU on Saturday, May 25.
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