Quick Stop at Home for Baseball as Crimson Tide Hosts Belmont on Tuesday

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Alabama baseball will make a quick stop at home for a Tuesday matchup with Belmont at Sewell-Thomas Stadium. First pitch between the Crimson Tide and Bruins is set for 3 p.m. CT with the game airing live on SEC Network+.

The Tuesday midweek with Belmont will continue the Crimson Tide's '$2 Tuesday' promotion sponsored by Zeigler Meats. The deal is one of Alabama's season-long promotions at Sewell-Thomas Stadium. Tuesday's contest will feature $2 reserved tickets for all fans. Once inside The Joe, those in attendance can take advantage of $2 hot dogs at all concession stands.

Follow the Tide

Fans can follow the midweek game via the below outlets:
Watch: SEC Network+
Listen: 100.9 FM / CTSN / The Varsity App
Twitter: @AlabamaBSB
Live Stats: RollTide.com

Probable Starting Pitching Matchup

TUESDAY: UA – Ben Hess (Fr., RHP) vs. BEL – Jordan Zuger (Fr., RHP)

Leading Off

Alabama and Belmont will meet for the second time in series history when the two teams square off on Tuesday afternoon at Sewell-Thomas Stadium.
The Crimson Tide came away with a victory in the lone matchup between the two schools. Alabama posted a dominant 18-4 win over the Bruins in that game back on March 4, 2003.
Alabama will call on regular midweek starter Ben Hess for the Tuesday pairing. Hess, a righty, is making his sixth appearance of the season, all coming in the starting role.
Belmont will also send a freshman to the mound in Jordan Zuger. The right-hander is making the seventh start of his rookie campaign.

About Alabama

Alabama wrapped up last week at a perfect 4-0 and has won eight of the last nine games overall. The Crimson Tide is also riding a season-long six-game winning streak. Included in those totals is a win over Samford last Tuesday followed by a sweep at seventh-ranked Ole Miss over the weekend.
The sweep of Ole Miss was the first by Alabama since March 28-30, 2014, when UA took down the ninth-ranked Rebels in Tuscaloosa. It was also Alabama's first sweep in Oxford since May 3-4, 1997. Additionally, the sweep of the seventh-ranked Rebels was the Tide's first series sweep of a ranked SEC opponent since May 6-7, 2017, when UA downed fourth-ranked Auburn in Auburn.
Alabama used 12 hits and seven walks to post 10 runs in the Crimson Tide's 10-1 win over Samford last Tuesday. The Tide scored four runs apiece in both the fourth and fifth innings while adding two in the sixth to cruise to the win.
UA was led at the plate by William Hamiter and Bryce Eblin. Hamiter finished 2-for-4, including his first home run of the season, to go with a team-high four RBI and two runs. Eblin paced the Tide with three hits as part of a 3-for-4 night that included an RBI, a walk and a pair of runs to match Hamiter.
Alabama scored all seven runs across the first five frames to clinch a 7-4 win over Ole Miss on Friday night in Oxford.
The Tide got on the board with one in the first, but OM was able to counter for two in home half and had Tide starter Garrett McMillan on the ropes. The Alabama offense took the lead right back with two runs in the third and added two apiece in the fourth and fifth innings to provide McMillan with all the cushion he would need on the way to the win.
McMillan battled back from that tough first inning to give the Tide a season-high tying 7.0 frames by night's end. The junior tossed 40 pitches in the first but stayed the course and finished with 72 over the final 6.0 innings for a career-high 112 pitches in his start. He allowed two runs (one earned) on three hits and three walks with seven punchouts.
All nine UA starters reached base safely on Friday with seven of the nine recording at least one hit. Jim Jarvis and Hamiter each contributed three-hit efforts with Hamiter adding an RBI and Jarvis totaling a team-high three runs scored.
A wild, back-and-forth game went to extra innings, with the Crimson Tide coming out on top, 12-10, on Saturday.
The two teams combined for 22 runs and 27 hits, including eight homers, while trading leads all afternoon. Alabama was first on the board with one run in the third, but a pair of solo home runs in the home half gave Ole Miss the lead.
Alabama regained the advantage in the fourth with two runs but another pair of homers – a solo and a three-run shot – for the Rebels in the fourth put them back in front. The Tide was able to get three runs in the sixth before a grand slam from Drew Williamson in the seventh gave UA the advantage once again.
A two-run shot for the Rebels in the eighth cut the lead to one and continued the home run derby, before a solo home run in the bottom of the ninth evened things up at 10 apiece to send the game to extras.
In the top of the 10th, Alabama rallied for a pair of two-out runs. The sequence started with a single from Hamiter. He was followed by Zane Denton, with the junior recording his first hit of the weekend – the go-ahead, two-run home run.
Dylan Ray picked up his first win of the season, tossing 2.1 innings and allowing one run on two hits and a walk with two strikeouts. The offense was led by Williamson, who went 3-for-5 with a team-high five RBI and three runs to go with a walk and the grand slam. Also tallying three hits was Andrew Pinckney, who finished 3-for-4 with a double, one walk and a team-high tying three runs scored.
Alabama completed the series sweep of Ole Miss with a 7-3 win over the Rebels on Sunday.
The Tide got out front early, scoring one in the first and two in the third. The Rebels cut into the lead three innings later with a two-run home run in the sixth. Both teams posted one apiece in the seventh, with UA adding one in the eighth on a Pinckney solo homer, and then a pair in the ninth thanks to a two-run bomb from Denton.
Denton led the offense with three RBI as part of his 2-for-5 afternoon that included a double and one run to go with the homer. Pinckney finished 2-for-4, matching Denton with a double and homer, and contributed one RBI to go with a team-high tying two runs scored. Tommy Seidl also homered on Sunday, finishing 1-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored on his solo shot in the seventh.
Grayson Hitt provided Alabama with another strong start on Sunday to pick up his third win. The sophomore allowed three runs on three hits and two walks with a career-high eight strikeouts across a career-long 6.1 innings of work.

About Belmont

Dave Jarvis is in his 25th season at Belmont in 2022 and entered the new year with a record of 672-625-2 with the Bruins. The 25 seasons at BU are part of his 34 career years as a collegiate head coach. Jarvis began his 34th season with a career mark of 996-777-2. A graduate of Arkansas State, Jarvis is joined on staff by associate head coach Aaron Smith, assistant coach A.J. Gaura and volunteer assistant coach Corvin Scott.
Belmont finished the 2021 season with a 22-30 overall record, including a 14-16 mark in Ohio Valley Conference play.
The Bruins were selected to finish fifth overall in the OVC in the league's preseason poll, as voted on by the conference's head coaches and sports information directors.

On Deck

Alabama returns to the road for a weekend in Knoxville against the top-ranked Tennessee Volunteers. First pitch in Friday's matchup is set for 5:30 p.m. CT followed by a 5 p.m. start on Saturday. The series wraps up on Sunday with game three slated for Noon. All three contests will air live on SEC Network+.

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