The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
Tuesday, March 20
Regions Field
6:30 P.M.
UAB
vs
Alabama
UAB Welcomes Alabama to Regions Field
3/19/2018 4:26:00 PM | Baseball
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Fresh of its first weekend of Conference USA play, the UAB baseball team returns to the diamond on Tuesday when it welcomes Alabama to Regions Field at 6:30 p.m.
Quick Hits
Scouting Alabama
Series History
Overall Record: Alabama leads 45-24
In Birmingham: Alabama leads 19-15
In Tuscaloosa: Alabama leads 25-7
Neutral Location: UAB leads 2-1
Last Meeting: Alabama 6-4 win on April 11, 2017 in Tuscaloosa
Tickets can be purchased online or at the Regions Field ticket office. Fans are also encouraged to purchase a Gold Card which grants entry into all UAB baseball and softball games for the 2018 season. Contact the UAB Tickets Office (205 975-UAB1).
For more information on the UAB baseball team follow the Blazers on Twitter (@UAB_Baseball) or on Instagram (UAB_Baseball).
Quick Hits
- UAB (8-10) opened league play by going 2-1 at Marshall. The Blazers picked up wins in the first two games before falling in the series finale on Sunday
- Tyler Tolbert opened league play on a tear as he led the Blazers in batting average (.417), hits (5), runs (2), RBI (2), total bases (5) and on-base percentage (.462) at Marshall
- Carson Jones has been head coach Brian Shoop's go-to reliever as of late. In his last four outings he collected two wins and allowed just three hits, no runs and six strikeouts over 6.1 innings of work
- The UAB pitching staff has amassed a 3.06 ERA this season which is good for the third-best mark in the league
- The Blazers' defense had double vision this season as they have turned 19 double plays, the 26th most by a team in the NCAA
- Ryan Wesson has yielded just one walk to 20 strikeouts. The junior's 20.0 strikeout-to-walk ratio ranks third nationally while his 0.34 walks per nine innings is the fourth lowest mark in the country
Scouting Alabama
- Alabama (16-5, 1-2 SEC) comes to Birmingham on a two-game losing skid after dropping the last two games of a three-game series against Georgia. The Crimson Tide offense has been dominant this season as they rank ninth nationally in on-base percentage (.424), 11th in runs (169) and 12th in hits (226)
- Chandler Taylor has been the catalyst offensively for the Tide. The junior ranks fifth in the county in home runs per game (0.44) and sixth in home runs (8)
- Junior right handed pitcher Sam Gardner is projected to take the mound for Alabama. He holds a 1-0 record in five appearances this season and has allowed nine runs, all of them earned, and 13 strikeouts over 17.2 innings of work
Series History
Overall Record: Alabama leads 45-24
In Birmingham: Alabama leads 19-15
In Tuscaloosa: Alabama leads 25-7
Neutral Location: UAB leads 2-1
Last Meeting: Alabama 6-4 win on April 11, 2017 in Tuscaloosa
Tickets can be purchased online or at the Regions Field ticket office. Fans are also encouraged to purchase a Gold Card which grants entry into all UAB baseball and softball games for the 2018 season. Contact the UAB Tickets Office (205 975-UAB1).
For more information on the UAB baseball team follow the Blazers on Twitter (@UAB_Baseball) or on Instagram (UAB_Baseball).
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