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On Tuesday night the Mays family and Major League Baseball issued a joint statement on the passing of baseball hall of famer Willie Mays. He was 93 years old. Mays was born on May 6, 1931 in Westfield, Alabama. He along with Babe Ruth are considered the best all-around baseball players to have ever lived. Mays was inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame in 1977 and in the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame in 1979. Mays was unusual in that he hit for average, for power, and in his prime...
On Thursday, two major league baseball teams will play in Birmingham to pay tribute to the Negro League. The game will be played in historic Rickwood Field – the nation's oldest ballpark – where the Barons and the Birmingham Black Barons played prior to desegregation of professional baseball. The San Francisco Giants will play the Saint Louis Cardinals. The Giants are 36 and 39 and are currently in fourth place in their division - ten games behind the Dodgers. The Cardinals are 36 and 37 and...
On Sunday, the Auburn University softball team lost the NCAA regional title game to host Florida State University 10 to 4. Auburn jumped out to an early 2 to 0 lead in the second inning. Florida State countered with 3 wins in the third inning. Florida State had 7 wins in the sixth inning; while Auburn only scored 2 more runs. The Florida State softball team (46-14) was the 15 seed in the NCAA tournament. They advanced to the Super Regionals with the win over Auburn. Auburn finished the season...
The Auburn University softball team advances to the NCAA Super Regional round with a 12 to 2 win over Southeastern Louisiana at Rhoads Stadium in the Tuscaloosa region. Alabama improved to 36 to 17 on Sunday. Kristen White had three hits and three runs scored. Larissa Preuitt, Kenleigh Cahalan, Jenna Johnson and Marlie Giles all had 2 runs each. The Tide scored nine runs in the first inning effectively making the game out of reach early. Jocelyn Briski pitched 4 innings to start the game. Jaala...
On Sunday, the University of Florida defeated the University of South Alabama softball team in the Gainesville NCAA regional. South Alabama defeated Florida Atlantic on Friday 1 to 0 in a pitching due. They then lost to Florida on Saturday 9 to 1. In the double elimination tournament, South Alabama went on to defeat Florida Gulf Coast 5 to 1 to advance to the NCAA regional title game where they played Florida again Sunday. For the second time Florida won 9 to 1 to advance to the NCAA super...
The SEC baseball tournament has begun and the University of Alabama, the number 7 seed in the tournament, will begin play at 1:00 p.m. CDT against the number 10 seeded South Carolina Gamecocks. SEC tournament action has already begun with the University of Georgia playing LSU. Alabama closed out the season with a series in Auburn. The Tide won the third game on Saturday12 to 6 over the Tigers; but lost games 1 and 2 in the series on Thursday and Friday. Alabama is 33 and 21 overall on the...
Troy University is hosting the Sunbelt Conference baseball tournament this week in Montgomery at Riverwalk Stadium starting on Tuesday. Troy finished with 36 wins and 20 losses and 18 in 12 in the conference. The University of South Alabama will play Old Dominion on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. CDT. Mark Calvi is the coach of USA. Calvi has coached the team since 2011. The hosting Troy University will play on Wednesday at 9:00 a.m. CDT against App State. The conference tournament will conclude with the...
The University of Alabama baseball team fell in the first round of the Southeastern Conference Tournament to the University of South Carolina 5 to 10. The loss in Hoover makes the Tide's likelihood of getting an invitation to the NCAA tournament highly unlikely; but it is still a possibility. Alabama baseball's head Coach is Rob Vaughn "We are not thrilled with the result, but South Carolina played well – you have to tip your cap to them," Vaughn said. "Now we kind of sit and wait. We'll go b...
The Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament continues today in Hoover with four games as the teams compete for a conference championship. Number three seed Kentucky will play LSU at 9:30 am CDT. Number two seed Arkansas will play South Carolina after the conclusion of the Kentucky and LSU game. Number one seed Tennessee will play Vanderbilt at 4:30 pm CDT. Number four seed Texas A&M will play Mississippi State on Wednesday night. The tournament now goes to double elimination play. Tuesday's...
The University of South Alabama baseball team lost their first round Sunbelt Conference tournament game to Old Dominion 3 to 2. The USF Jaguars got out to an early first inning lead when Micah Morgan had a single that led to an RBI scoring Will Turner. Turner bunted Tyler Borges home in the top of the fifth inning. ODU responded with a two-run home run. ODU scored again in the sixth inning to take the lead. South Alabama's Head Coach is Mark Calvi. "Great college baseball game, two pretty solid...
On Wednesday, Troy University baseball came back from 0-4 in the fourth inning against Appalachian State to win their opening tournament game 6 to 5. The win means that Troy advances in the Sun Belt Conference tournament which is now underway at Montgomery's Riverwalk Stadium. The Trojans had a six run fifth inning after the slow start. Troy did not get a hit on App State in the first four innings. Brooks Bryan drove in the first run for Troy with a shot to right center. Tremayne Cobb Jr., Kyle...
The Sun Belt Conference Tournament will continue at Montgomery's Riverwalk Stadium on Thursday. The action begins at 9:00 a.m. when Coastal Carolina University will play Appalachian State. James Madison plays Louisiana at 12:00 noon. Troy University plays Southern Mississippi at 4:00 p.m. Old Dominion will play Georgia Southern at 7:00 p,m. The conference championship game will be played on Sunday. The University of South Alabama was eliminated on Tuesday....
The Southeastern Conference baseball tournament continues today in Hoover. The action begins at 9:00 a.m. when Kentucky plays Arkansas. At the conclusion of that game, Tennessee will play Texas A&M. At 4:30 p.m. LSU plays South Carolina. Vanderbilt plays Mississippi State on Thursday night. This is a double elimination tournament after the Tuesday play in games which were single elimination. On Wednesday LSU defeated Kentucky 11 to 0, South Carolina beat Arkansas 6 to 5. Vanderbilt defeated...
On Thursday, the Troy University baseball team lost a close game in the Sun Belt Conference tournament to Southern Mississippi. On Friday they will get another chance when they play App State in Montgomery to advance to the weekend. Southern Miss scored 3 runs in the eighth inning Thursday after finding themselves down 5 to 3 to Troy after seven innings. First baseman Will Butcher and 2 hits in 5 at bats for the Trojans and scored 1 run. Ethan Thomas also scored for Troy. Thomas had 1 hit in...
The Southeastern Conference baseball tournament continues today in Hoover. Kentucky plays South Carolina late Friday afternoon, while Tennessee plays Mississippi State in the primetime game. The action begins at 4:00 p.m. at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium with the Kentucky versus South Carolina game. At 7:30 p.m. the University of Tennessee will play Mississippi State. This is a double elimination tournament after the Tuesday play in games which were single elimination. The winners on Friday will a...
On Friday, the University of Alabama softball team lost its NCAA super regional game to the University of Tennessee 3 to 2. This was the first of a three game series so Alabama gets a chance to even the series to force a third game on Sunday. The Tide women play the Lady Vols on Saturday at 2:00 p.m. CDT. Alabama falls to 36 and 18 on the season; while Tennessee improves to 44 and 10. It was a strange game where Tennessee benefitted from Alabama's errors. Patrick Murphy is the head coach of the...
The Troy University baseball team was eliminated on Friday night from the Sun Belt Conference Tournament by App State. Troy was defeated 6 to 10. The game started well for the Trojans with three straight walks in the first inning forcing a pitching change. Troy came out of the first inning with a 2 to 0 lead. App State got on the board in the third inning to narrow the score at 2 to 1, and then added two runs in the fourth inning to go up 2 to 3. Troy scored a run in the sixth inning to tie it...
On Friday both App State and James Madison won games to advance to the semifinals of the Sun Belt Conference Tournament. Troy University is hosting the tournament in Montgomery; but they were eliminated Friday by App State. App State will play Southern Mississippi on Saturday at beautiful Riverwalk Stadium in Montgomery at 9:00 a.m. Because this is a double elimination tournament, App State will need to defeat No. 2-seeded Southern Miss twice on Saturday to advance to the championship game....
Saturday, May 25 is another day of exciting college baseball action at the Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, Alabama. The action starts at noon CDT with South Carolina playing LSU. That game will be followed by Tennessee versus Vanderbilt at 3:30 p.m. All of Saturday's games will be televised on the SEC Network The winners on Saturday will advance to the Southeastern Conference championship game on Sunday The SEC baseball championship game will be televised on ESPN at 2:00 p.m. CDT. In...
The University of Alabama softball team fought off elimination and narrowly won an extra inning game on Saturday with the Tennessee Lady Vols. Tennessee had won the first game of the three game NCAA playoff series so Alabama's season would have ended with a loss. Instead, Alabama plays Tennessee on Sunday for the super-regional. Winner advances and loser goes home. Alabama won 3 to 2. The Tide finally broke through in the fourteenth inning when Kristen White drove Lauren Johnson home. Bailey...
Southern Mississippi and Georgia Southern both advanced to the championship final at the 2024 Guardian Credit Union Sun Belt Conference Baseball Championship in Montgomery. Southern Miss defeated App State 7 to 5 on Saturday. The game was marked by two weather delays that totaled nearly eight hours. When that game was finished, Georgia Southern played James Madison on Saturday night. Georgia Southern prevailed 7 to 1. The Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles are 40 and 18; while the Georgia...
On Sunday LSU and Tennessee will play in the 2024 SEC Baseball Tournament Championship game in Hoover. The two teams bested their semi-final opponents on Saturday to advance to the championship game. LSU defeated South Carolina on Saturday with a walk off home run in the tenth inning 11 to 10. Tennessee defeated Vanderbilt on Saturday night 6 to 4 – avenging a loss to the Commodores earlier in the tournament. The Championship game will be at 3:00 p.m. CDT at the Hoover Met. The game will be t...
On Saturday, the Birmingham Stallions lost a game for the first time in over a year when they were defeated by the San Antonio Brahmas 9 to 18. The Stallions fall to 8 and 1; but had already clinched a home playoff game in two weeks. The Stallions are coached by Skip Holtz. "The effort put out there today was not good enough to get it done," Holtz said. "I think this was a great wakeup call for us." Stallions Quarterback Adrian Martinez was the team's leading rusher on Saturday with 56 yards on...
On Sunday, the University of Alabama softball team defeated the Tennessee 4 to 1 in the third and decisive game of the super-regional series. Riley Valentine hit a grand slam home run that was too much for Tennessee to overcome. Joselyn Briski pitched for six innings giving up just four hits with just one run/ The win means that Alabama will be heading to the Women's College World Series in Oklahoma City. Patrick Murphy is the head coach of the Alabama softball team. "We're heading to our 15th...
The University of Tennessee Volunteers baseball team was the best team in the Southeastern Conference all season and the championship game was no different. Tennessee beat the LSU Tigers on Sunday 4 to 3 to win the SEC Baseball Tournament title tilt at the Hoover Met in Hoover, Alabama. Tennessee with the win secured an automatic berth in the NCAA baseball tournament. The Volunteers improve to 50 and 11 on the year. LSU was down 4 to 1, but had a late rally in the ninth inning to pull the game...
