Alabama RHP Davis Vainer

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Alabama baseball fell short for a second consecutive day in its comeback effort, as the Crimson Tide suffered a 6-5 loss to Georgia in Sunday’s series finale at Sewell-Thomas Stadium.

The loss moves UA to 16-5 overall and 1-2 to start Southeastern Conference play.

Georgia got out to an early lead once again, scoring one in the first. The Tide evened things up with a run of its own in the bottom of the fourth, but the Bulldogs came right back for three in the top of the fifth. In the home half of that same inning, Alabama was able to tally two runs to narrow the gap. Georgia added two more in the eighth to take a 6-3 lead into the ninth.

In the bottom of the ninth, Alabama was able to cross two runs on three hits to make it a one-run game. With the tying run at second and the winning run at first, the Bulldog first baseman fielded the hard-hit grounder cleanly for the unassisted out to end the game at 6-5 in favor of the Bulldogs.

Senior Chandler Avant and freshman Sam Praytor each contributed two hits on the day to lead the Tide. Avant added two RBI while Praytor contributed one run scored. Junior Chandler Taylor recorded his team-leading eighth home run of the season as part of his 1-for-3 day that included two RBI, two walks and one run scored.

On the hill, sophomore Davis Vainer (2-1) suffered the loss.

The Crimson Tide now begins a series of five games away from Tuscaloosa, the first of which will come on Tuesday.

Alabama will travel to Birmingham to take on UAB at Regions Field with first pitch set for 6:30 p.m. CT. The game can be seen live on Conference USA Television.

*** This information was acquired from a recent press release from Alabama Athletics.

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