The Valparaiso University baseball team jumped ahead with two runs in the first, but No. 17 Alabama responded with seven in their half of the inning on its way to a 13-3, seven-inning victory over the Beacons on Saturday in Tuscaloosa, Ala.                                             

How It Happened

• Valpo started the game with back-to-back doubles by Kaleb Hannahs (West Terre Haute, Ind. / West Vigo) and Kyle Schmack (Wanatah, Ind. / South Central), the second of which scored the game’s first run.
• Schmack had moved up 90 feet on an error in the outfield, so he was able to tag and score from third on a sacrifice fly to right by Ryan Maka (Oak Forest, Ill. / Oak Forest) to make it 2-0 Valpo.
• The Crimson Tide scored seven times in the bottom of the first to take a 7-2 lead. Four of the seven runs were unearned.
• Schmack slugged a home run to center in the third to make it 7-3, but Alabama scored five times in the fifth and eventually invoked the 10-run rule after seven.

Inside the Game

• Schmack increased his season RBI total to seven and drilled his second home run of the young year. He clubbed his 20^th career home run.
• Schmack accounted for two of the team’s three hits.
• Reliever Joe Seiber (Homer Glen, Ill. / Lockport [College of DuPage]) worked the sixth for Valpo and did not allow a run, serving as a bright spot for the pitching staff.
• Valpo was plagued by four errors and allowed six unearned runs.

Up Next

Valpo (2-4) and the No. 17 Crimson Tide will close out the series on Sunday at 1 p.m. on SEC Network+. Links to live video, audio and stats are available on ValpoAthletics.com.