TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Facing a 3-0 count with one out in the bottom of the tenth, Kade Snell blasted a walk-off, solo home run over the left field fence, pushing No. 12 Alabama baseball past South Alabama, 6-5, on Tuesday night at Sewell-Thomas Stadium. The win improves the Crimson Tide to 21-1 on the season.

Snell led the Alabama offense with a pair of hits, including the walk-off homer, as part of a 2-for-4 night. Six other Alabama hitters recorded base-hits, including Will Hodo, who laced a three-run home run to right field in the fifth inning to encompass his 1-for-5 outing. Will Plattner was 1-for-3 with an RBI double and a walk, while Jason Torres finished 1-for-3 with an RBI single and two hit-by-pitch.

Eight Crimson Tide pitchers saw action in the victory after JT Blackwood worked a scoreless first inning with a strikeout. Coulson Buchanan entered the contest in the fourth inning, working a season-high 2.0 scoreless innings, striking out three Jaguars. Beau Bryans followed Buchanan and didn’t allow a run over his 1.1 frames, notching two strikeouts. Braylon Myers was perfect in his lone inning, striking out two as part of a scoreless eighth. Austin Morris (1-0) earned a strikeout while setting down all three hitters he saw in the tenth, as the sophomore right-hander earned his first win since April 23 of last season.

From Head Coach Rob Vaughn

“Not the prettiest of games, but I thought we were gritty and we were tough, That’s what we hang our hat on. Those first few innings, it seemed like every barrel was an out for both teams. Thought Coulson Buchanan did a great job of settling the game and letting us go to work. Will Hodo put a great swing on a changeup. He got it out over the plate and put a good swing on it. Austin Morris came in and was outstanding there in the tenth and and Kade Snell doesn’t flinch in a 3-0 count and runs it out of yard and the rest is history. Kind of an interesting game, but you love being on the side of it and I thought our kids were tough again tonight.”

How It Happened

• B2 | Brennen Norton and Kade Snell managed a pair of two-out singles before Will Plattner laced an RBI double off the left field fence, scoring Norton (1-0, Alabama).
• T4 | A hit batter and six singles allowed the Jaguars to strike for four runs (4-1, South Alabama)
• B5 | With two outs, Justin Lebron worked a walk before Coleman Mizell reached on an infield single. Jason Torres then blooped a base-hit over the third baseman, scoring Lebron and moving Mizell to third. Two pitches later, Will Hodo blasted a three-run homer to right (5-4, Alabama).
• T9 | USA tied the ballgame as the result of a one-out solo home run to left. (5-5)
• B10 | Snell followed South Alabama with a solo homer of his own, slugging an opposite-field round-tripper to secure the Tide victory. (6-5, Alabama)

Postgame Notes

• Tuesday marked the Crimson Tide’s first extra-inning affair of the 2025 campaign
• Kade Snell’s tenth-inning home run was Alabama’s second walk-off home run of the season, and the first since Will Hodo’s game-ending homer against Ohio State on Feb. 23
• Hodo extended his hitting streak to nine games, hitting .459 (17-37) with four doubles, a triple, four home runs, 14 RBI and 10 runs scored during that span
• Thanks to a 1-for-5 night, Coleman Mizell advanced his hitting streak to five games, maintaining a .318 (7-22) average with a double, two runs scored and one run batted in
• Snell extended his on-base streak to 22 games, while Mizell has now reached base in 21 straight games
• Richie Bonomolo Jr.’s 21-game on-base streak was snapped, marking the first time this season that the center fielder did not reach base
• ATTENDANCE: 3,899

Up Next

• Alabama welcomes top-ranked Tennessee to the Joe for a three-game conference set beginning on Thursday, March 20.
• The contest is scheduled for a 6:30 p.m. CT start, with the game airing on ESPNU.