Adams’ Solid Start, Late Offense Lead Baseball to 10-3 Series-Clinching Win at Ole Miss

Saturday, April 27

Oxford, Miss.

2 p.m. CT

Alabama

28-16, 0

Ole Miss

23-20, 0

Alabama

Ole Miss

Adams’ Solid Start, Late Offense Lead Baseball to 10-3 Series-Clinching Win at Ole Miss

4/27/2024 6:07:00 PM | Baseball

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The Tide scored nine runs over the final four innings to provide Adams with all the insurance needed

OXFORD, Miss. – Alabama baseball used late offense and a solid start from Zane Adams to clinch the series at Ole Miss with a 10-3 victory on Saturday afternoon at Swayze Field. With the win, the 18^th-ranked Crimson Tide is now 28-16 overall and 9-12 in Southeastern Conference play.

Ole Miss got on the board with one in the second before Alabama evened the score in the third thanks to a solo homer from Gage Miller. Both teams would go scoreless until the sixth when the Tide began a stretch of seven unanswered runs to build an 8-1 advantage headed to the bottom of the eighth. The Rebels got two back on a homer in that inning, but UA countered with two in the ninth for the 10-3 final.

Miller tied for the team-high total for hits with three as part of a 3-for-5 day that included the homer, two RBI and a run scored. Mac Guscette matched Miller with three knocks, finishing 3-for-4 with a double, a homer, two RBI, two runs and a hit-by-pitch. Also homering on the afternoon was Justin Lebron, his second in as many days.

Adams (4-2) put together another standout start in SEC play, allowing three runs on six hits and a walk with three strikeouts across 7.0-plus innings for the win. He was followed by Alton Davis II, who allowed one hit and struck out two across the final 2.0 frames to ensure the series-clinching victory for Alabama.

From Head Coach Rob Vaughn

"That was just a gutsy team effort today. Our at-bats for the first three or four innings weren't great, but the story of this whole game was Zane Adams. He did a great job of minimizing the damage in the second inning. His poise and ability to not make the situation bigger than it is was impressive, and that allowed our offense to get going. We were just relentless down the stretch and crushed any hope of a comeback by continuing to tack on runs. This was a full team effort, and I'm really proud of the boys today."

How It Happened

B2 | Three straight one-out singles got the Rebels on the board. (1-0, Ole Miss)
T3 | Gage Miller tied things up with a solo home run. (1-1)
T6 | Ian Petrutz got aboard with a one-out hit-by-pitch and came home promptly in the next at-bat on a Justin Lebron go-ahead homer. Will Hodo and Kade Snell followed with back-to-back doubles to add one more before a groundout and a wild pitch allowed Snell to cross. (5-1, Alabama)
T7 | Mac Guscette hammered a solo homer over the visitor's bullpen in left. (6-1, Alabama)
T8 | Guscette kept the inning alive with a two-out double and came home on a double from Bryce Eblin in the next at-bat. Miller followed with a single to plate Eblin. (8-1, Alabama)
B8 | After a leadoff walk, Jackson Ross hit a homer to left. (8-3, Alabama)
T9 | Hodo was hit by a pitch to start the inning and moved all the way to third on a groundout and a stolen base. He then came home thanks to an RBI-single from TJ McCants. McCants proceeded to steal second and moved to third on a groundout before a single from Guscette tacked on one more. (10-3, Alabama)

Postgame Notes

Following today's 7.0-plus innings, Zane Adams has recorded Alabama's two longest starts on the season. The freshman also tossed 8.0 frames against Arkansas on April 14.
Adams' 107 pitches represented his season-high total. The freshman's previous mark was 97 in that outing against the Razorbacks.
The Crimson Tide has scored double-digit runs in 18 games this season, including four of the last five matchups overall.
Alabama's offense has registered double-digit hits in 30 games overall, including eight of the last nine outings and all three games this weekend.
The Tide has totaled double-digit hits in 13 SEC matchups, including each of the last seven dating back to the finale with Arkansas on April 14.
Alabama has homered in 32 contests for the season, including 25 games with two-or-more roundtrippers.
TJ McCants has recorded a hit in 10 consecutive games. Over that stretch, the senior is batting .409 (18-44) with two doubles, one triple, a homer, seven RBI, 10 runs scored, two walks and one stolen base.
Justin Lebron extended his hitting streak to eight games. During the streak, Lebron is batting .460 (17-37) with two doubles, six home runs, 13 RBI, 13 runs and two hit-by-pitch.
Lebron has homered in back-to-back games for the first time during his career. He has also hit at least one home run in five of his last eight contests with six homers total over that stretch.
Mac Guscette moved his hitting streak to seven games. Across that time, the Tide backstop is batting .667 (16-24) with three doubles, four home runs, 17 RBI, 10 runs, two walks and two hit-by-pitch.
Guscette homered twice this weekend and has homered in four of his last six contests after not recording a home run in his first 31 games played on the season.
Kade Snell has now recorded a hit in six straight games. Over the streak, the redshirt junior is batting .500 (13-26) with two doubles, one homer, seven RBI, seven runs scored, one walk and a hit-by-pitch.

The Crimson Tide will return to the diamond next weekend in Starkville when Alabama meets with Mississippi State from May 3-5. The series begins on Friday at 6 p.m. CT followed by a 2 p.m. start on Saturday and 1 p.m. open for Sunday. All three games of the series will air on SEC Network+.

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