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Alabama - RPI 21, SOS 33, 26-11 (10-5), 5-6 Away
Tennessee - RPI 18, SOS 32, 24-11 (6-9), 17-4 Home
Alabama currently has the best record in the conference. They haven't had a "BAD" loss since February. They have had many good wins but a home sweep of Ole Miss takes the cake. They won both mid week games and took the Auburn series last weekend, at home, 2-1. Six of their eleven losses were road games.
PITCHING
Friday: Spencer Turnbull (Jr. RHP) 1.71 ERA, 4-2 w/l, 52.2 IP, 35 H, 12 R, 10 ER, 23 BB, 40 SO, BAA .194
Last year he was the Sunday starter and against us he went 7 IP, 9 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 1 SO, picked up the win in a brutal 15-1 game.
Saturday: Justin Kamplain (Jr. LHP) 3.57 ERA, 3-2 w/l, 53 IP, 38 H, 25 R, 21 ER, 17 BB, 51 SO, BAA .201
Obviously, that's a pretty good SO/BB ratio.
Last year he gave up 2 runs on 2 hits in 1.2 innings.
Sunday: Jon Keller (Jr. LHP) 1.86 ERA, 5-1 w/l, 53.1 IP, 43 H, 14 R, 11 ER, 10 BB, 38 SO, BAA .230
Last year he went 5 IP giving up 4 hits, 3 runs, 2 earned, 3 walks and 3 K's in a 7-6 loss.
Out of the Pen
Thomas Burrows has six out of the seven Saves, ERA 0.82 through 22 IP.
Nick Eicholtz - ERA 1.23 through 36 IP.
Tucker Hawley - ERA 0.68 though 26.2 IP
Ray Castillo - ERA 2.59 through 24.1
At The Plate
CF - Georgie Salem, .302 *leads team with most hits
SS - Mikey White, .295
RF - Ben Moore, .286 *leads team in runs and SB's
2B - Kyle Overstreet, .294
DH Wade Wass, .301 * leads team in Extra bases, 13 DBL's
1B - Austen Smith, .355
3B - Chance Vincent, .259 *leads team with 8 E's
C -Will Haynie, .188
LF - Hunter Webb, .297
Team BA - .282
Fielding % - .972
41 Errors
Summary
I don't think anybody would have predicted that Alabama would be leading the SEC at the half way mark. Needless to say, this is a huge series for us at home. They have a more experienced pitching staff...it's kind of the same thing every week isn't it...
I've stopped thinking of winning the series and avoiding sweeps...every single win we can gather, we are going to need. We are 6-9 in the SEC with 15 SEC games to go and we need to get to double digit wins, probably 11 to have a chance at Hoover. Every game is going to have to be an all out, hold nothing back, dog fight.
It's one game at a time from here on out in my opinion. No better time to start than a home game with the Tide. We need to pack LNS this weekend, it's s'pose to be perfect weather last I checked.
GBO!!! BEAT BAMA!!!
Tennessee - RPI 18, SOS 32, 24-11 (6-9), 17-4 Home
Alabama currently has the best record in the conference. They haven't had a "BAD" loss since February. They have had many good wins but a home sweep of Ole Miss takes the cake. They won both mid week games and took the Auburn series last weekend, at home, 2-1. Six of their eleven losses were road games.
PITCHING
Friday: Spencer Turnbull (Jr. RHP) 1.71 ERA, 4-2 w/l, 52.2 IP, 35 H, 12 R, 10 ER, 23 BB, 40 SO, BAA .194
Spencer Turnbull will make the start on Friday and enters the series with a 4-2 record and a 1.71 ERA, which ranks eighth in the SEC.
Last year he was the Sunday starter and against us he went 7 IP, 9 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 1 SO, picked up the win in a brutal 15-1 game.
Saturday: Justin Kamplain (Jr. LHP) 3.57 ERA, 3-2 w/l, 53 IP, 38 H, 25 R, 21 ER, 17 BB, 51 SO, BAA .201
Justin Kamplain (3-2, 3.57 ERA), who will start on Saturday, was the SEC Pitcher of the Week last week and leads the team and ranks sixth in the SEC with 51 strikeouts.
Obviously, that's a pretty good SO/BB ratio.
Last year he gave up 2 runs on 2 hits in 1.2 innings.
Sunday: Jon Keller (Jr. LHP) 1.86 ERA, 5-1 w/l, 53.1 IP, 43 H, 14 R, 11 ER, 10 BB, 38 SO, BAA .230
Jon Keller (5-1, 1.86 ERA) leads the team with five wins and will make his seventh start of the season on Sunday.
Last year he went 5 IP giving up 4 hits, 3 runs, 2 earned, 3 walks and 3 K's in a 7-6 loss.
Out of the Pen
Thomas Burrows has six out of the seven Saves, ERA 0.82 through 22 IP.
Nick Eicholtz - ERA 1.23 through 36 IP.
Tucker Hawley - ERA 0.68 though 26.2 IP
Ray Castillo - ERA 2.59 through 24.1
At The Plate
CF - Georgie Salem, .302 *leads team with most hits
SS - Mikey White, .295
RF - Ben Moore, .286 *leads team in runs and SB's
2B - Kyle Overstreet, .294
DH Wade Wass, .301 * leads team in Extra bases, 13 DBL's
1B - Austen Smith, .355
3B - Chance Vincent, .259 *leads team with 8 E's
C -Will Haynie, .188
LF - Hunter Webb, .297
Team BA - .282
Fielding % - .972
41 Errors
Summary
I don't think anybody would have predicted that Alabama would be leading the SEC at the half way mark. Needless to say, this is a huge series for us at home. They have a more experienced pitching staff...it's kind of the same thing every week isn't it...
I've stopped thinking of winning the series and avoiding sweeps...every single win we can gather, we are going to need. We are 6-9 in the SEC with 15 SEC games to go and we need to get to double digit wins, probably 11 to have a chance at Hoover. Every game is going to have to be an all out, hold nothing back, dog fight.
It's one game at a time from here on out in my opinion. No better time to start than a home game with the Tide. We need to pack LNS this weekend, it's s'pose to be perfect weather last I checked.
GBO!!! BEAT BAMA!!!