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Title: No. 24 Baseball Cruises Past MVSU, 10-1 Post by: pmull on April 12, 2011, 08:58:59 PM TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - The No. 24 Alabama baseball team got back on the winning track, defeating the Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils by a score of 10-1 Tuesday night at Sewell-Thomas Stadium. Crimson Tide first baseman Austen Smith went 1-for-1, with a home run, two walks and one hit by pitch, reaching base in all four of his plate appearances.
With the win, Alabama (22-13) snaps a season-long five-game losing streak and improves to 20-3 at home. Mississippi Valley State falls to 13-20 overall. UA junior center fielder Taylor Dugas continued his solid play, going 2-for-4 with two runs scored and three RBI and junior shortstop Jared Reaves added two runs as well, going 2-for-5 with one RBI. "That was just what we needed right now," UA head coach Mitch Gaspard said. "After a tough week last week, we came back and had solid pitching all night and got the bats going. That was really good to see. We had pretty good production throughout the lineup and played a good clean game. That was our mission this week after we left Vanderbilt Sunday. It was just kind flush that down and get back on track this week. Obviously this was a good start tonight." http://www.rolltide.com/sports/m-basebl/recaps/041211aaf.html |