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Alabama 12 Mississippi Valley State 4

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - Junior outfielder Tyler Odle went 3-for-3 with a home run, two RBI and scored five runs in leading Alabama to a 12-4 win over Mississippi Valley State Tuesday night at Sewell-Thomas Stadium.

Odle is the first Alabama player to score five runs in a game since Casey Lambert scored five runs in the Crimson Tide’s 26-7 win at Kentucky on March 18, 2001. Odle was hit by a pitch and scored in the first inning and slammed his first home run of the season in the third inning to give the Tide a 2-0 lead. He walked and scored in the fourth, singled and scored in the sixth and doubled and scored in the seventh inning. Read the rest of this entry »

The FAU Owls slided by the Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils by a score of 33-3 in only seven innings in the first game of a doubleheader. FAU won the second game 11-7. I want to focus on Game 1 because Mississippi Valley State pitcher Neal Belmonte pitched 2.0 innings and gave up 19 runs (only 5 earned). How does one coach let his pitcher take a beating like that? Are you telling me that there was no position players available to pitch?

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