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 Freshman left fielder Ryan Blanchard led the offensive charge for the Tide, with the first home run of his career, a three-run shot, a single and a pair of runs scored. Junior designated hitter Austen Smith went 1-for-3 with a solo home run. The home run was his team-best sixth of the season. Sophomore catcher Ben Moore posted a 2-for-4 day with a pair of singles, an RBI and a run scored. Moore also had a trio of stolen bases, the most of his career and most by an Alabama player since Ross Wilson swiped three versus LSU on May 30, 2010. Moore is currently fourth in the SEC with 15 total stolen bases this season.

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Alabama's sophomore tandem of Taylor Guilbeau and Jay Shaw combined to allow one run in eight innings and the Crimson Tide bats exploded for 11 runs on 13 hits to take down the No. 25 Troy Trojans, 11-2, Wednesday night at Sewell-Thomas Stadium. The win boosts Alabama's record to 29-21 overall and to 7-3 versus in-state opponents, and the loss drops the Trojans to 35-13.  Alabama head coach Mitch Gaspard said. "It always starts on the mound. I thought Taylor Guilbeau gave us good first five innings against a really good offensive team. You saw some flurries there early in what they can do through the middle of their lineup. Taylor and Jay Shaw played outstanding.

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 The Alabama Crimson Tide  will complete its 2013 regular season home schedule with a three-game series against the Missouri Tigers  this weekend. The series between the Tide and Tigers will begin on Friday night with first pitch scheduled for 6:35 p.m., from Sewell-Thomas Stadium. Game two is scheduled for 1:05 p.m., on Saturday and the final game of the series will begin at 12:30 p.m. on Sunday. The Saturday game of the series will be televised on Fox Sports South with Dave Neal and Larry Conley calling the action. 

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Tanner Mathis delivered a bases loaded walk-off single in the bottom of the 11th inning to lift the No. 18-ranked Mississippi Rebels to a 4-3 Southeastern Conference win over No. 22 Alabama on Sunday afternoon from Swayze Field. The Rebels completed the series sweep with the win, as the Crimson Tide drops to 22-16 overall and 8-7 in SEC play. Mississippi improves to 26-10 overall and 7-8 in conference play. The Rebels got a single by Sikes Orvis to open the 11th, then a bunt single by Cameron Dishon put runners on first and second with no out. Ray Castillo walked Preston Overbuy walked to load the bases, then after Castillo struck out Will Jamison, Mathis singled to left field on the first pitch to drive in the game-winning run.

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             Andrew Furr delivered a pinch-hit RBI single through the right side in the top of the ninth to lift Southern Miss to a 2-1 non-conference baseball victory over nationally ranked Ole Miss here Tuesday night at Trustmark Park. The Golden Eagles won their eighth-straight victory as it is the longest winning streak for the program since winning 12 consecutive games from April 23-May 15, 2010.

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              Blake Brown laced a game-winning double into left-center in the top of the 10th to lead Southern Miss to a 2-1 decision over New Orleans here Tuesday night at Wesley Barrow Stadium. Southern Miss improved to 14-17 on the year, while the Privateers fell to 5-27. The two teams will finish the two-game midweek series with a 6 p.m. contest Wednesday, at Pete Taylor Park/Hill Denson Field.

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Southern Miss sophomore outfielder Mason Robbins collected Conference USA Hitter of the Week honors in an announcement Monday by the league office in Irving, Texas. Robbins captured the award by hitting safely in all four games this past week, improving his current hitting streak to seven games. He finished last week by hitting .688, which included his second four-hit game of the season coming against South Alabama.

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                Southern Miss built a 3-0 advantage on the strength of a sacrifice fly by Tim Lynch in the third and then a RBI triple from Nick Dawson in the eighth before scoring one pitch later on a wild pitch. The Tigers, though, took advantage of a Golden Eagle fielding error to start the bottom of the frame and loaded the bases before Cullen Wacker delivered a bases-clearing double to tie the game at 3-3. The game remained that way until the 11th when Garrett Cooper drew a leadoff walk. After a sacrifice and an intentional walk as well as a popout to the catcher, Ortman delivered the game-winning blow off USM reliever Cameron Gianni.

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        After splitting a two-game midweek series against Memphis, the Alabama Crimson Tide will open Southeastern Conference play with a three-game weekend series at home against Tennessee. The series begins on Friday at 6:35 p.m. CST, from Sewell-Thomas Stadium. The series continues on Saturday with first pitch at 6:05 p.m. CST, and concludes on Sunday with a 1:05 p.m. CST start.

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        Junior first baseman Austen Smith, freshman second baseman Kyle  Overstreet and sophomore right fielder Ben Moore combined for eight runs batted in, as the Alabama bats led the Crimson Tide to victory over Tulane, 12-6, at Sewell-Thomas Stadium on Sunday. Alabama moves to 8-3 after the win and Tulane drops to 6-6.Trailing 5-4 heading to the bottom of the sixth inning, Alabama batted around and exploded for six runs in the inning after two were out. Georgie Salem walked and Mikey Whitedoubled of the wall to spark the rally. Moore then delivered a double that bounced over the left field wall to score both Salem and White, giving the Tide a 6-5 advantage. After Booth and Roberts walked to load the bases, Smith singled to center field to make it 8-5, then Overstreet capped the inning with a two-run single, making the score 10-5 in favor of the Tide.

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                 The Auburn and Alabama baseball teams are joining together along with the Vs. Cancer Foundation to help fight childhood cancer at the MAX Capital City Classic on Tuesday, March 5, at Riverwalk Stadium in Montgomery. The Vs. Cancer Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to saving kid’s lives by empowering athletes and communities to fund lifesaving childhood cancer efforts. In honor of kids battling cancer, both teams, including their head coaches, will be shaving their heads on the field just prior to the first pitch of the game.

2013 Baseball Season

           Alabama opens the 2013 season with a three-game series against the Virginia Military Institute this weekend. Game one of the series is scheduled for 6:05 p.m., on Friday night from Sewell-Thomas Stadium. Game two will begin at 2:05 p.m., on Saturday, and first pitch for game three will be 1:05 p.m., on Sunday. Alabama posted a 21-34 overall record in 2012, while posting a 9-21 mark against Southeastern Conference opponents. Alabama returns 17 letter-winners, which includes four starting pitchers and four starting position players from last season.

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           The Alabama baseball team is in its third week of spring practice, as it prepares for the season opener on Friday, Feb. 15 against VMI at 6 p.m., at Sewell-Thomas Stadium. The Crimson Tide has had nine days on the field so far, which included five intrasquads. Bama will have a full week of practice this week, which includes regular practice days Tuesday-Thursday, followed by intrasquads all three days this weekend.

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           During the second week of spring practice, the University of Alabama baseball team will hold three regular practices before wrapping up the week with three intrasquads this weekend. The Crimson Tide will scrimmage on Friday night, before having afternoon scrimmages on Saturday and Sunday. All spring practices are open to the public and admission is free to all fans attending the weekend intrasquads. Friday’s scrimmage is slated to begin around 6 p.m., the Saturday game should begin around 11:15 a.m., and Sunday’s first pitch should be around 2:15 p.m.

AJ McCarron

     Alabama quarterback AJ McCarron earned the 2012 CFPA Quarterback Trophy, announced today by College Football Performance Awards. McCarron, who led Alabama to back-to-back National Championships, set the school record for passing touchdowns in a season and in a career. As Alabama's starting quarterback over the past two seasons, McCarron has compiled a 25-2 record with 46 touchdowns and just eight interceptions. During the 2011 and 2012 seasons, he completed the SEC's second-longest streak of 291 pass attempts without an interception. In 14 games during the 2012 season, McCarron threw for 2,933 passing yards, including 30 touchdowns with only three interceptions. McCarron averaged 9.3 yards per attempt and also added one touchdown on the ground. In the 2013 Discover BCS National Championship Game, he completed 20-of-28 passes for 264 yards and four touchdowns.

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            Alabama outside linebacker Adrian Hubbard announced on Friday that he would return for his redshirt junior season to play for the Crimson Tide in 2013. "I had a chance to take a step back and weigh my options after the championship game and I felt it was in my best interest to return next season," said Hubbard. "I feel like I can play a bigger role as a leader on our defense and I also know I need to improve in some areas as a player before I hopefully take the next step to the NFL. One of my goals when I came to the University of Alabama was to earn my degree and I'm on track to graduate next December. This is a great place, I've got great teammates and coaches, and I'll know when it is the right time to move on to the next level." 

By: Corey Kelley