COLLEGE STATION, Texas – No. 17 Alabama baseball leaned on its pitching staff in its series finale at No. 19 Texas A&M, as the Crimson Tide secured the series sweep of the Aggies in Sunday’s 2-0 victory at Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park. The win improves Alabama to 20-1 overall and 3-0 in Southeastern Conference play.

Bobby Alcock (3-0) crafted a career-best effort on the mound in his fifth start of the spring, notching 7.0 scoreless innings to earn the win. The redshirt senior scattered four hits while picking up a career-best eight strikeouts. Alcock managed at least one strikeout in five of his seven innings, highlighted by four consecutive punchouts between the third and fourth innings. Braylon Myers entered in the eighth and retired all six hitters he faced, including a pair of strikeouts, earning his first save of the new campaign.

Kade Snell paced the Alabama offense, finishing 3-for-3 with two doubles and a solo home run as well as scoring both of the Tide’s runs. Will Plattner was 2-for-4 with an RBI double, while Coleman Mizell managed two hits in five at-bats. Will Hodo and Richie Bonomolo Jr. closed their respective evenings with one hit apiece.

From Head Coach Rob Vaughn

“Great weekend for the boys. We challenged them on Friday to be the toughest group on the field and they rang the bell. Our arms were outstanding all weekend and the boys competed their tails off in the box. Proud of the effort, but we have to keep growing. Proud of the boys — now on to South Alabama.”

How It Happened

• T6 | With two outs, Kade Snell doubled to center before Will Plattner doubled to left one batter later, plating the first run of the contest. (1-0, Alabama)
• T8 I Again with two down, Snell launched his second home run of the weekend, a solo homer to provide a late insurance run. (2-0, Alabama)

Postgame Notes

• Alabama’s sweep of Texas A&M becomes the first conference-opening road sweep for the Tide since March 23, 1973, when UA was victorious in both games of a doubleheader at Mississippi State
• The series sweep of the Aggies stands as the Tide’s first conference-opening series sweep since March 18-20, 2005, when UA claimed all three games against Kentucky at Sewell-Thomas Stadium
• Alabama earned its first sweep of Texas A&M since April 9-11, 2021, as the Tide were victorious in all three contests in College Station
• UA is now 5-0 against ranked opponents so far this spring, including three wins over No. 19 Texas A&M, then-No. 12 NC State on Feb. 22 and then-No. 19 Troy on March 5
• Bobby Alcock’s 7.0 innings pitched and eight strikeouts both mark new career highs
• Alcock’s 7.0 innings pitched stands as the most by a Tide starter this season, surpassing Zane Adams’ 6.0 innings on March 7 against Presbyterian
• Will Hodo and Richie Bonomolo Jr. both extended their on-base streaks to 21 games
• Coleman Mizell improved his on-base streak to 20 consecutive contests
• Kade Snell lengthened his on-base streak to 18 games
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Up Next

• Alabama returns to Tuscaloosa for a midweek contest against South Alabama on Tuesday, March 18 at Sewell-Thomas Stadium.
• The contest is scheduled for a 6 p.m. CT start, with the game airing on SEC Network+.