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Alabama Powers Past Ole Miss Again, 12-7
4/23/2000 | Baseball
April 22, 2000
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - Alabama hit five home runs, including three during a six-run fifth inning, en route to a 12-7 win over Ole Miss Saturday afternoon in front of 6,245 at Sewell-Thomas Stadium.
The win was the seventh in a row for the Crimson Tide (29-16, 10-10 SEC), who will go for a three-game sweep of the Rebels Sunday afternoon at 1:00 p.m.
Brent Boyd, Sam Bozanich, and Scott McClanahan recorded four hits each as Alabama out-hit Ole Miss 20-9. Boyd also homered twice and drove in three runs. His one-out solo home run in the fifth broke a 1-1 tie and started the decisive six-run fifth.
Jonathan Blankenship (5-5) pitched 7 2/3 innings to earn the win. He allowed six runs on eight hits and four walks, and fanned seven.
Joey Cramblitt (4-7) suffered the loss. He was charged with seven runs on 12 hits and one walk.
Jude Voltz went 2-for-3 for the Rebels, and hit his team-leading 7th home run of the year with a solo shot to cap a six-run eighth inning.
Voltz's home run was one of three for Ole Miss (24-18, 8-10 SEC) during the eighth inning. Glen Morris greeted reliever Bryce Heath with a three-run, pinch-hit home run to make the score 12-4. Carl Lafferty later added a two-run home run in the inning to pull the Rebels to within 12-6.
Voltz gave the Rebels a 1-0 lead in the first with a two-out single to score Clint Farrar. Alabama would tie the game in the third on Erik Smallwood's lead-off home run.
Alabama 12, Ole Miss 7 (Apr 22, 2000 at Tuscaloosa, Ala.)------------------------------------------------------------Ole Miss............ 100 000 060 - 7 9 1 (24-18)Alabama............. 001 061 40X - 12 20 1 (29-16)------------------------------------------------------------Pitchers: Ole Miss - J. Cramblitt, R. Goodwin (5), N. Hunt (7). Alabama - Blankenship, Heath (8).Win-Blankenship (5-5) Loss-J. Cramblitt (4-7) T-2:17 A-6245HR UM - C. Lafferty (5), J. Voltz (7), G. Morris (2).HR ALABAMA - Boyd 2 (12), King (7), McClanahan (3), Smallwood (1).R. Goodwin faced 3 batters in the 7th.
