MONTGOMERY, Ala. | Alabama State, fresh off their weekend sweep, faces a pair of in-state foes this week beginning with Troy at Riddle-Pace Field Tuesday night.
The Hornets and Troy will face each other for the first time this season with first pitch scheduled for 6 pm. The teams met twice last year, and split a pair of games during the fall at the Wheeler-Watkins Baseball Complex.
Alabama State (6-1) will also face UAB at home on Wednesday night, with first pitch scheduled for 6 pm. The two teams were scheduled to meet earlier this season in Birmingham (Ala.), but the game was rained out and rescheduled for March 18.
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Game Notes
Alabama State has won two games in walk-off fashion by identical scores, defeating UAPB on a wild pitch and Oakland on a walk-off single by
Angel Jimenez.
The Hornets scored 26 runs in the three wins over Oakland this weekend, including a season-high 11 in the series finale in which they completed the sweep over the Grizzlies.
Redshirt sophomore
AJ Gardner blasted his first home run in an Alabama State uniform when he took a 3-2 pitch and sent it over the left field wall against Alabama at Sewell-Thomas Stadium last Wednesday.
The Hornets are 6-0 on the weekend this season, and 0-1 during midweek contests. They had a Tuesday game against UAB postponed until March 18 earlier this week due to rain.
Alabama State opened the season with 11 consecutive scoreless innings on the mound, beginning with run-rule shutout of Prairie View A&M in the opener. Including the seven innings of the contest, the Hornets did not allow a run until the fifth inning of the second game of the Andre Dawson Classic (against UAPB).
The Hornets started the season off 3-0 for the first time since 2013, a season in they started off 4-0 with a weekend sweep of Chicago State and a midweek victory over Mercer. They went on to finish that season 33-25, including 18-6 in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). At 6-1, they are off to their best start in school history.
Alabama State won in a variety of ways at the Andre Dawson Classic beginning with the seven-inning run-rule win over Prairie View A&M. They followed that up with a walk-off win in the ninth against UAPB, before beating Southern in 10 innings on Sunday.
A pair of pitchers dazzled in their first appearance for the Hornets on opening weekend with
Jacknell Guzman earning the win after going seven scoreless innings in a run-rule victory over Prairie View A&M and giving up just a pair of hits, meanwhile,
Britt Buckelew went five innings out of the bullpen in a win over Southern holding the Jaguars scoreless with six strikeouts.
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