With a convincing 10-1 win over Samford on Tuesday, the Alabama Crimson Tide has now won five of their last six games to improve to 18-12 on the season. The Bulldogs fell to 13-13 with the loss.
Freshman right hander Ben Hess was the starting pitcher for the Tide for the fifth time this season. He continues to get stretched out in innings and pitch count, and tossed a career high 3.1 innings while throwing 65 pitches. The game started slowly with neither team scoring in the first three innings. In fact, entering the bottom of the 4th the Tide had not had a player reach base.