Bama baseball eliminated 6-5 in seesaw game at Southern Miss

in other news

Tide's comeback bid in regional opener against Miami comes up short

Alabama baseball turned to ace pitcher Riley Quick had a rough start and the Tide fell 5-3 to Miami in game one.

• Kelly Quinlan

Ranking Alabama football position groups: No. 7 running backs

Today, we continue the series with Alabama’s running backs.

• Henry Sklar

What to know about Alabama baseball's NCAA regional in Hattiesburg

Here’s what you need to know about Alabama heading into the Hattiesburg Regional.

• Tony Tsoukalas

Alabama ace Riley Quick to start Game 1 of Hattiesburg Regional vs. Miami

Alabama baseball is sending its ace to the mound to begin this weekend’s Hattiesburg Regional.

• Tony Tsoukalas

Alabama predicted to land top-five TE in 2026 class

Adam Gorney takes a look at the top five uncommitted tight ends in next year's class

• Adam Gorney

in other news

Tide's comeback bid in regional opener against Miami comes up short

Alabama baseball turned to ace pitcher Riley Quick had a rough start and the Tide fell 5-3 to Miami in game one.

• Kelly Quinlan

Ranking Alabama football position groups: No. 7 running backs

Today, we continue the series with Alabama’s running backs.

• Henry Sklar

What to know about Alabama baseball's NCAA regional in Hattiesburg

Here’s what you need to know about Alabama heading into the Hattiesburg Regional.

• Tony Tsoukalas

Published May 31, 2025

Bama baseball eliminated 6-5 in seesaw game at Southern Miss

Kelly Quinlan • TideIllustrated

Publisher

Alabama and Southern Miss provided a lot of fireworks on Saturday afternoon in Hattiesburg, with the two squads combining for six home runs in a 6-5 Golden Eagles win over Alabama in an elimination game.

Southern Miss slugger Nick Monistere homered twice, giving his team a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the third and then hit a solo shot in the eighth to bounce reliever Braylon Myers from the game.

Both starters pitched well early, with Southern Miss ace JB Middleton getting touched up by the Alabama sluggers due to his strong control around the plate. He gave up five earned runs in seven innings.

Middleton is one of the top pitchers in the country, but he was outdueled by Tyler Fay, who threw six innings with three earned runs and three strikeouts with only one walk.

Tide Closer Carson Ozmer got into a jam coming out of the bullpen in the bottom of the eighth with a one-run lead after a solo home run by Monistere off Myers. Ozmer hit the first batter and walked the next batter to set up second and third with no outs. After getting two outs, Ozmer intentionally walked the bases loaded, and Tucker Stockman hit a run-single to centerfield to put Southern Miss up 6-5 with two outs.

The Tide’s comeback bid started with a one-out walk by Brady Nea,l but a strikeout by Justin Lebron and a fielder’s choice left Alabama with only one out to play with. The Golden Eagles loaded the bases with an intentional walk to Kade Snell. Richie Bonomolo grounded out to third with the sacks packed to end the Tide’s 2025 season with a third straight loss. Ozmer fell to 4-2 on the season while Southern Miss closer Colby Allen picked up his seventh win of the season out of the bullpen.

Bryce Fowler went 3-5 for the Tide with a two-run home run in the top of the 7th. Designated hitter Will Plattner hit his first home run of the season to give Bama a 1-0 lead in the third, and first baseman Will Hodo added a two-run home run to give the Tide another lead in the top of the 4th. All of Alabama’s runs came on home runs. The Tide were 0-6 with runners in scoring position in the game and 0-2 with the bases loaded, while Southern Miss went 1-5 with runners in scoring position and 1-1 with the bases loaded, dooming Alabama.

Alabama finished the season with a 41-18 record. Southern Miss survives to face the winner of the Miami-Columbia game.