Alabama 6 Georgia Southern 0
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Geoffrey Bramblett threw a complete-game shutout to lead the Alabama Crimson Tide to a 6-0 victory over the Georgia Southern Eagles on Sunday afternoon from Dick Howser Stadium. Following the win, Alabama will play the Kennesaw State Owls tonight at 4 p.m. CT. Alabama will need to defeat the Owls twice to win the Tallahassee Regional.
Geoffrey Bramblett (5-2) picked up his first career post season win by posting his first career complete game. Along the way, Bramblett allowed just two hits with two walks and seven strikeouts. At one point during the game, Bramblett retired 14 straight batters and 18 of the first 19 batters he faced in the game.
Alabama collected nine hits as Ben Moore led the way with a 3-for-3 day that included two doubles, three RBI, a walk and a run scored. Mikey White was 1-for-3 with a double and two runs scored and Georgie Salemwas 1-for-4 with an RBI. Wade Wass, Austen Smith, Kyle Overstreet andCasey Hughston all singled in the game and Chance Vincent had an RBI and scored a run.
Alabama 4 Kennesaw State 1
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – For the second time on Sunday, Alabama got a complete game in an elimination game, when junior lefty Taylor Guilbeau went the distance to help the Crimson Tide defeat the Kennesaw State Owls 4-1 at Dick Howser Stadium.
Alabama (37-23) and Kennesaw State (39-22) will play in the Tallahassee Regional Championship game on Monday, with first pitch scheduled for 11:05 a.m. CT. The game is scheduled to be televised on ESPN3, but may also be carried on one of the ESPN television network stations.
“Similar to the same message after game one today, guys have to step up right now and I don’t know if we’ve had anyone like (Taylor) Guilbeau step up for us tonight,” Alabama head coach Mitch Gaspard said. “It was his first start this year and he responded with a complete game effort. He threw 126 pitches and that’s just stepping up for his team. I can’t say enough about his outing today and what he brought to our team.”
