Baseball Falls in Extras to Second-Ranked Florida, 7-6

Wednesday, May 24

Hoover, Ala.

5:50 p.m.

Alabama

39-18

Florida

43-13

Alabama

Florida

Baseball Falls in Extras to Second-Ranked Florida, 7-6

5/24/2023 11:00:00 PM | Baseball

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The Crimson Tide went to the bottom of the 11th leading

HOOVER, Ala. – Alabama baseball suffered a 7-6 loss to second-ranked Florida on Wednesday night at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium. The 24^th-ranked Crimson Tide is now 39-18 on the season.

Florida used a two-run homer in the first to take the early lead, but the Tide was able to chip away and gain the advantage with single tallies in the fourth, fifth and sixth to set the score at 3-2. The Gators evened things up with one in the eighth before both teams went scoreless in the ninth to send it to extras. Alabama scored three in the top of the 11^th on a two-out double from Tommy Seidl, but a walkoff home run in the bottom of the inning gave UF the 7-6 win.

The Crimson Tide received a solid starting effort from Luke Holman. The sophomore allowed two runs on four hits and three walks with five strikeouts before handing the ball to Aidan Moza. Moza followed with 4.1 innings, allowing two runs (one earned) on two hits and two walks with four strikeouts in his Alabama career-long outing. Alton Davis II (0-2) suffered the loss and his first blown save of the season while Cade Fisher (5-0) was tagged with the win.

From Interim Head Coach Jason Jackson

"It's a tough loss. We took the lead in that last inning and Alton Davis II has done great for us all year. You got to give (Florida) some credit, they had some great at-bats. This was a really good college baseball game. Our guys fought hard, their guys fought hard but at the end of the day they got the big hit."

How It Happened

B1 | Josh Rivera got the Gators on the board with a two-run homer to left. (2-0, Florida)
T4 | With two on and two down, Colby Shelton delivered an RBI-single to left. (2-1, Florida)
T5 | Ed Johnson led off with a walk and advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt from Mac Guscette. Caden Rose followed with a single to put runners on the corners before a sac fly from Jim Jarvis brought in Johnson and evened things up. (2-2)
T6 | Shelton pushed the Tide in front with a solo home run to right. (3-2, Alabama)
B8 | A leadoff walk followed by a sac bunt resulted in a throwing error to first, with the ball going into no-man's land and allowing the man from first to score. (3-3)
T11 | The Tide loaded the bases with two down for Tommy Seidl, who sent a ball into the corner in right for a three-run double. (6-3, Alabama)
B11 | An RBI-single followed by a three-run homer from BT Riopelle gave the Gators the advantage. (7-6, Florida)

Postgame Notes

Aidan Moza worked an Alabama career-long 4.1 innings in tonight's game. His previous high at UA was 3.1 in game two of the doubleheader with Ole Miss on May 19.
Moza also punched out a season-high four batters. His previous best was three, which he did on two previous occasions and most recently in that matchup with the Rebels.
The Crimson Tide has hit a home run in 48 of 57 games in 2023.
Colby Shelton hit his 21^st homer of the season and is now tied for eighth in Alabama single-season history. The all-time program mark is 28 by Kent Matthes in 2009.
Tommy Seidl extended his hitting streak to nine games, dating back to May 9. Over that stretch, Seidl is batting .382 (13-34) with two doubles, one homer, 11 RBI, 11 runs scored, four walks, two hit-by-pitch and a stolen base.

Alabama will now face elimination on Thursday at The Met. The Crimson Tide will play in game two of the morning session against the loser of tonight's Vanderbilt-Auburn matchup. Fans can catch the Tide's third contest in Hoover live on SEC Network.

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