Alabama Baseball Clinches Series Sweep With 11-4 Win Over Bradley

TUSCALOOSA, AL — The Crimson Tide baseball team scored more than 10 runs for the third game in a row to cap off an opening weekend series sweep of the Bradley Braves with an 11-4 win on Sunday at Sewell-Thomas Stadium.

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Bobby Alcock, a senior from Lynn, Massachusetts, got his first start on the mound Sunday and got in a jam early after Brennen Norton made an error at second and Alcock gave up a line drive single to center.

He then got in a jam and gave up two hits for Bradley to get on the board first with an RBI single but managed to settle in and close out the inning.

Shortstop Justin Lebron, who had four hits in the first two games of the series, reached base after being hit in his first at bat and stole second, which set up third baseman Jason Torres rapping his third RBI single in as many games to tie the game 1-1.

Lebron also added his first homer of the season by way of a two-run, 400-foot shot in the bottom of the fourth to put the Tide up 7-1. The home run proved to be the standout infielders only hit of the day after he was plunked twice, finishing 1-for-2 on the day with 2 RBI thanks to the home run in the early goings Sunday.

Torres, a junior infielder from Hialeah, Florida, also came up clutch with runners in scoring position for the third straight came, going 3-for-4 for 5 RBI and a home run.

Designated hitter Coleman Mizell's second home run in as many days — a seemingly lazy 330-foot solo pop fly to left that barely cleared the fence — got the Tide its first lead of the day in the bottom half of the 2nd inning.

Leadoff hitter Bryce Fowler, a junior transfer from Pearl River Community College in Mississippi, also had a big day at the dish, going 3-for-4 for 3 RBI.

Alcock earned his first win on the mound for the Tide, finishing with 3.1 innings pitched, with three strikeouts, three hits, no walks and no earned runs.

The Crimson Tide used six pitchers in the win, including Austin Morris, Beau Bryans, Connor Ball, Braylon Myers and Packy Bradley-Cooney.

Over the three game opening weekend series, the Crimson Tide outscored Bradley 40-13.

Alabama (3-0, 0-0 SEC) will return to action on Tuesday when Middle Tennessee comes to Sewell-Thomas Stadium for a 4 p.m. matchup.

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