Baseball Drops Pair of Games to Ole Miss on Saturday

Saturday, April 25

Oxford, Miss.

7:00 p.m

Alabama

22-20, 7-13

Ole Miss

23-21, 10-10

Alabama

Ole Miss

Baseball Drops Pair of Games to Ole Miss on Saturday

4/25/2015 12:00:00 AM | Baseball

Box Score

April 25, 2015

OXFORD, Miss. -- Alabama fell to Ole Miss in a pair of games on Saturday inside Swayze Field with the Rebels claiming the series win in the process. The Crimson Tide fell 10-2 in afternoon matchup and then suffered a 4-0 loss in the evening billing. With the pair of losses, Alabama moves to 22-20 overall and 7-13 in SEC play.

GAME 1
Alabama allowed a season-high 17 hits and gave up double-digit runs for just the second time all season, as the Crimson Tide fell 10-2 in game one of the doubleheader.

Mississippi starter Christian Trent shut down the Crimson Tide, allowing two runs (one earned) on six hits with a walk and five strikeouts for his sixth win of the season. Alabama starter Taylor Guilbeau tossed 3.0 innings and allowed four earned runs on nine hits, but exited the game with the Crimson Tide still close.

Ole Miss jumped out front early, scoring two in the first on the power of four singles and a hit-by-pitch. Alabama would answer with one run of its own in the second, as Kyle Overstreet knocked his second homer in as many weekends to narrow the gap at 2-1.

The Rebels countered with one in the third and then added a trio of runs in the fourth on a three-run homer to left-center field to take a 6-1 lead into the fifth. The Crimson Tide got the leadoff runners on with a walk and a single and used an Ole Miss fielding error to score one on a Chandler Avant chopper that set the score at 6-2 through Alabama's half of the fifth.

Alabama was unable to score any more, but the Rebels added two apiece in the fifth and sixth innings to build their 10-2 lead.

GAME 2
The two teams squared off in a pitcher's duel in Saturday's second game with Ole Miss claiming the 4-0 game and series victory.

"Tonight was a really good pitching matchup; Walters and Bramlett went toe-to-toe," said Alabama head coach Mitch Gaspard. "I was really pleased with Walters, his performance and how he gave us every opportunity to win that game. It was a well-played game on both sides, where pitching really dominated the night."

Alabama starter Jake Walters tossed 7.0 innings of one-run baseball, striking out six in the process. The freshman scattered six hits and retired nine straight at one point in the night. Ole Miss starter Brady Bramlett countered with 7.1 shutout frames, including nine punchouts.

The game was 1-0 in Ole Miss' favor heading to the bottom of the eighth, but two Rebel home runs provided a 4-0 cushion. The Ole Miss offense knocked a two-run home run and then two batters later a solo shot for a three-run eighth.

Alabama and Ole Miss will wrap up the series tomorrow with a Noon CT start on ESPN. The Crimson Tide will call on sophomore Geoffrey Bramblett while the Rebels will counter with freshman right-hander Will Stokes.

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ALABAMA POSTGAME NOTES

Today's doubleheader was the Tide's seventh of the season and fifth of conference play.
The twinbill was Alabama's first split doubleheader of the season, with the first game being at Noon, a break and then the second game starting at 7 p.m. CT.
Alex Watkins came in relief in game one and tossed a season-high 2.2 innings of work. The freshman allowed two hits while striking out three in the outing.
Jake Walters matched his career-high for innings with 7.0 frames in game two of the evening. He also tossed 7.0 last weekend in his 6-0 shutout win over Missouri.
Walters has now allowed just one earned run across his 14.0 innings of work in SEC starts.
Kyle Overstreet hit his second home run of the season in game one. He hit his first home run of the season last weekend at Missouri on April 18 in game one of the doubleheader.
Overstreet extended his hitting streak to six games with his 1-for-3 night in game two. Over the six-game streak, the junior is batting .318 (7-22) with a double, two home runs, six RBI, seven runs scored and two walks.
Georgie Salem finished game one 2-for-4. In the month of April, Salem is batting .324 (22-68) with three doubles, three triples, three home runs, 11 RBI, 12 runs scored and three stolen bases.
Salem recorded multi-hit games in eight of his 15 games during the month of April.
Casey Hughston did not record a hit in game two to end his hitting streak at six games. Over those six contests, Hughston is batted .333 (7-21) with a triple, a home run, four RBI, four runs scored and two walks.