Four-Game Roadtrip for Baseball Begins at South Alabama

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – A four-game roadtrip for Alabama baseball begins in Mobile as the 24^th-ranked Crimson Tide travels to South Alabama on Tuesday. First pitch at Stanky Field is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. CT with the game airing on ESPN+.

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Probable Starting Pitching Matchups

TUESDAY: UA – Luke Holman (So., RHP) vs. USA – Mitchell Heer (So., RHP)

Leading Off

Alabama and South Alabama will meet for the 111th time in series history on Tuesday evening at Stanky Field. The Crimson Tide leads the all-time series, 62-48, but the Jaguars hold the advantage in Mobile, 30-21.
The two teams last met on Mach 29 of last season with the Tide claiming a 5-4 win in Tuscaloosa. The victory was part of UA's current six-game winning streak over South.
Alabama's last trip to Mobile came from March 1-2, 2019 for a weekend series. The Crimson Tide swept the Jaguars across the three-game set by scores of 7-3, 10-5 and 6-1.
Alabama will look to right-hander Luke Holman for Tuesday's in-state matchup. The sophomore has been the Tide's primary midweek starter to begin the 2023 campaign and will be making his fifth appearance overall and fourth start. He owns a 3-0 record with a 1.93 ERA (3 ER/14.0 IP).
South Alabama will call on Mitchell Heer, also a right-handed sophomore. Heer is making his second start of the season and third appearance overall. He enters Tuesday night with a 3.18 ERA (2 ER/5.2 IP).

About Alabama

Alabama wrapped up the week at 3-2 overall. The Tide swept midweeks at Samford and against Alabama State before winning one game in the weekend series with Columbia.
The Crimson Tide paired a hitless start from Luke Holman with five home runs to take down Samford, 11-6, on Tuesday evening at Joe Lee Griffin Field.
Holman was masterful in the start to earn his third win of the season, striking out a career-high and Alabama season-best 12 batters while not allowing a hit across his 5.0 innings of work. Holman's start was paired with five total home runs by the Tide offense.
Leading the offense was Colby Shelton, who homered twice on the night and totaled a team-high three RBI. Dominic Tamez added a pair of RBI with his two-run shot to go with solo homers from Jim Jarvis and Drew Williamson.
Alabama used 15 hits and 10 walks to earn a 21-7 win over Alabama State on Wednesday evening in Tuscaloosa.
The Tide finished with 21 runs in the seven-inning affair, scoring in five of the six innings, including five-run frames in the second, fourth and sixth.
Alabama's offense produced multiple home runs for a fifth straight game with the group of Mac Guscette, Tommy Seidl, Will Hodo and Jarvis all recording a roundtripper. Guscette led the Tide in RBI with six as part of a 3-for-3 showing that included a double and a run scored, while Seidl finished a perfect 4-for-4 with four RBI and four runs.
The Tide came up short in a 10-7 loss to Columbia on Friday evening at Sewell-Thomas Stadium.
Despite trailing from the second inning on, Alabama never stopped battling. The Crimson Tide traded runs with the Lions all night and headed to the ninth down four.
UA was able to plate one in the final frame and had the bases loaded with two down, but a difficult over the shoulder catch on the run by the Columbia shortstop went for the last out and the 10-7 final.
Alabama split a doubleheader with Columbia on Saturday afternoon. The 18th-ranked Crimson Tide came away with a 6-2 win in game one before a 15-3 loss in the nightcap.
The Tide used a six-run fifth to provide all its offense in game one. The Lions were first on the board with one in the third but a six-run fifth proved more than enough. That fifth included a two-run shot by Shelton and a grand slam from Ed Johnson. Columbia was able to add one in the sixth but would get no closer.
Alabama starter Ben Hess was solid in the start, picking up his third win of the season. The sophomore allowed one run on three hits and a walk with seven strikeouts across his 5.0 innings.
The Crimson Tide fell, 15-3, in game two of the doubleheader. Columbia posted an 11-run fourth inning to put the game out of reach for the series-clinching win.

About South Alabama

Mark Calvi is in his 12th season as a collegiate head coach, all coming with South Alabama. He entered the 2023 campaign with a career 344-256-1 record. A 1991 graduate of Nova Southeastern (Fla.), Calvi is assisted by Brad Phillips, Nick Magnifico and Corley Reynolds.
South Alabama finished the 2022 season at 31-23 overall, including a 17-13 mark in Sun Belt play.
The Jaguars were selected to finish sixth in Sun Belt in the league's preseason poll, as voted on by the conference's head coaches.

On Deck

Alabama will continue through Mobile to Gainesville as the Crimson Tide opens Southeastern Conference play with the second-ranked Florida Gators. The three-game series opens on Thursday on SEC Network and is scheduled for a 6 p.m. CT first pitch. The final two matchups will air on SEC Network+ with a start time of 5:30 p.m. on Friday followed by 3 p.m. on Saturday.

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