TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – No. 18 Alabama baseball rode an eight-run second inning to handle Missouri, 12-1, in Saturday’s series finale at Sewell-Thomas Stadium. The contest was made official after seven innings due to the 10-run rule. The win clinched the Crimson Tide’s second Southeastern Conference series sweep, improving the squad to 35-10 overall on the year and 12-9 in SEC action.

The Crimson Tide tallied 15 hits, including three doubles and four home runs. Will Hodo led the way with two home runs and four RBI as part of his 2-for-4 afternoon, while Bryce Fowler and Jason Torres joined in the aerial assault. Four Alabama players, including Fowler, Richie Bonomolo Jr., Brady Neal and Hodo recorded two hits in the affair while Kade Snell led the Tide with his 3-for-4 day that featured two RBI. Bonomolo Jr. and Fowler both drove home a pair of runs while Neal and Torres tallied one RBI apiece.

Zane Adams (6-2) dazzled in his 11^th start of the campaign, surrendering just one run on a solo home run in the third inning while striking out five men and walking just one. The sophomore southpaw limited the Tigers to just six baserunners, with two of them being picked off. His seven-inning complete game was the first complete game of his career, and the first complete game for an Alabama pitcher since Greg Farone’s seven-inning complete game shutout at Ole Miss on April 25, 2024.

From Head Coach Rob Vaughn

“It felt like we had been waiting on that game for about three weeks. I think that this was the first time that we played at a high level in all three phases of the game in quite some time. Some of that is because we’ve played some good arms but we’ve also been all over the place with some things. But it felt good to put a game like that together. Zane Adams was elite today. They ambushed a heater after an eight-run inning for a homer, but he was just elite on the mound. I thought our bats were unbelievable. We had 10 quality at-bats in a row in the second inning, eight of which were hits. I thought it was a really professional win and a good finish to the weekend. We’ll look forward to a lighter week from a game standpoint and get ready to go against a really good Vanderbilt team on Friday.”

How It Happened

• B2 | Brady Neal lined a double into the left field corner to lead the inning off, taking third when Garrett Staton dropped a single into the outfield. With two men on and no outs, Will Hodo blasted a three-run homer to right-center before Jason Torres lifted a solo blast of his own to left. After Coleman Mizell was hit by a pitch, Bryce Fowler pulled a two-run homer to right. Justin Lebron then singled through the infield, taking second on a wild pitch and scoring when Kade Snell sliced a double into the left field corner. Richie Bonomolo Jr. laced a double to right-center field to score Snell, capping off the eight-run inning. (8-0, Alabama)
• T3 | A leadoff home run put the Tigers on the board. (8-1, Alabama)
• B3 | Fowler ignited a two-out rally with a single before Lebron worked a four-pitch walk. A pair of RBI singles from Snell and Bonomolo Jr. scored Fowler and Lebron, respectively. (10-1 Alabama)
• B4 | Will Hodo lifted his second home run of the game, this time a solo shot to the visitor’s bullpen. (11-1, Alabama)
• B5 | An RBI single from Neal scored Snell, who reached via a one-out single. (12-1, Alabama)

Postgame Notes

• The win stands as the Crimson Tide’s 10^th-consecutive win over Missouri, a streak that began in 2018
• The Crimson Tide secured its first SEC series sweep since March 14-16 at then-No. 19 Texas A&M
• Alabama’s second-inning barrage marked the third time this season that the Crimson Tide hit at least three home runs in the same inning and the first time since Feb. 28 against North Dakota State. All three such occurrences have taken place in the second inning
• Saturday marked the first eight-run inning for the Tide since May 13, 2023, at Texas A&M, as well as the squad’s first eight-hit inning since April 25, 2024, at Ole Miss
• The Crimson Tide slugged nine home runs over the three games across the weekend
• Will Hodo recorded his first multi-homer game of the season and the third of his career
• Brady Neal advanced his hitting streak to 10 games, batting 11-for-33 (.333) with two doubles, a home run, three RBI, six walks and one hit-by-pitch in that span
• Neal has also now reached base in 16 consecutive games
• Kade Snell recorded a hit for the seventh straight contest, going 13-for-29 (.448) with three homers, 11 RBI and five walks in that stretch
• With his three-hit showing on Saturday, Snell has recorded 21 multi-hit affairs in his 44 starts
• Garrett Staton stretched his hitting streak to six games, hitting 9-for-22 (.409) with a double, two home runs and five RBI in that span
• ATTENDANCE: 4,062

­­Up Next

• Alabama travels to Nashville, Tenn. for a three-game set at Vanderbilt, beginning on Friday, May 2
• First pitch between the Crimson Tide and Tigers is set for 6 p.m. CT, airing on SEC Network+