TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Sam Finnerty said Joe Breaux is the most likely to cry Saturday.

“My mother,” Keith Holcombe quickly added.

“I probably will, too,” head coach Brad Bohannon said. “I’m a softie.”

The Alabama baseball team will honor its four seniors this weekend when it hosts No. 18 Texas A&M at Sewell-Thomas Stadium for the Crimson Tide’s final home series of the regular season. UA’s 2019 Senior Day will take place on Saturday, May 11. First pitch is scheduled for 2 p.m. CT.

Alabama (28-21, 6-18 SEC) will recognize Joe Breaux, Sam Finnerty, Keith Holcombe and Jeremy Randolph, as well as manager Brady Carpenter, as part of the pregame ceremonies. Despite a losing record in conference play and a battle until the end for a spot in the SEC Tournament, Bohannon is grateful for what his veterans have meant to him and the rest of their teammates.

“The best teams are the easiest teams to coach because you’re good, you stay healthy and things kind of go your way,” Bohannon said. “These four seniors and some of the juniors that have been here a long time know this year and the past two years haven’t been great. The amount of respect that I have for Keith and Sam and Joe and Randolph and some those older juniors to work and compete so diligently just speaks to the person that you are.

“… Just tremendous, tremendous respect for these guys and the other older kids and how they’ve conducted themselves in the time that I’ve been here. And that’s part of the reason why I think we have a really, really good foundation going forward.”

Alabama pitcher Sam Finnerty

Randolph is tied for the team lead in appearances (18) and leads Alabama in saves with seven this year. His seven saves are tied for ninth among SEC arms, and he owns a 1-2 record across 32.0 innings with a 2.81 ERA (10 ER). Randolph has struck out 40 with 11 walks allowed.

Selected as the SEC’s Co-Pitcher of the Week on April 8 for his performance against South Carolina, Finnerty leads the conference and is 18th nationally in walks allowed per nine innings at 1.25. He is tied for the SEC lead for fewest walks allowed (9) and sits at 11th in the league in innings pitched at 65.0. Finnerty also leads UA in wins and is second on the team in strikeouts with 50.

“It’s kind of hard to think about because I feel like I got here yesterday almost. It’s happened so fast,” Finnerty said. “I know I’ve been through a lot, but I really wouldn’t trade this experience for anything. It’s been the best four years of my life, and I wouldn’t change it for anything.”

Breaux has seen time in 42 games this season, all of which were starts. The outfielder ranks second on the team in doubles (11) and third in multi-hit games (12). Breaux successfully reached base in his first 17 games played to start the 2019 campaign from Feb. 15 to March 12.

Holcombe reached base safely in 36 games from Game 2 of the doubleheader versus Auburn on April 21, 2018, through March 19 of this season and has reached in 33 of 41 games this season. He is tied for the team lead with 12 doubles, a total that ties for 15th in the league, and the former linebacker paces UA in multi-hit games with 14 and ranks second on the team in RBI with 30.

“It’s the end of a chapter. Some people think like that,” Holcombe said. “But it’s been a ride, for sure, and I wouldn’t trade a decision or anything I’ve gone through these last 4-5 years for anything. It’s something that looking back 10-20 years down the road that I’m going to be proud of whatever I did, and that’s something I’m going to be able to share with my grandkids and my kids one day. I’m just satisfied with what I’ve done so far. I know we’re done yet. We’ve still got a couple more things that I’d like to accomplish.

Alabama outfielder Keith Holcombe

“But Senior Day, it’s going to be a whirlwind of emotions.”

That will be especially true for the second-year head coach, who later elaborated on what this group of seniors has meant in establishing a foundation for his baseball program over the last two seasons.

“It’s kind of hard for me to verbalize,” Bohannon said. “I think you grow so much more as a person when things don’t go right. I think when you’re running a college program that the older kids on your team have more of an influence probably than anything you can say or do as a coach. I think it’s hard to quantify what goes on in the locker room or away from the field, but Keith and Sam and those other older kids, they’re the right guys. They’ve done more for getting our program going in the right direction than anything I’ve done.

“… I would even tell you that Sam and Keith have handled it better than I have. Baseball’s hard when it’s not going well. It just beats you down. … It really beats you up as a coach and as a player. But the maturity that these two guys have shown consistently for 22 months, they’re going to kick the shit of it in life.”

The Crimson Tide and Aggies are set for a 6 p.m. CT first pitch on Friday, March 10, followed by a 2 p.m. start in the final two contests. Fans can catch the first two games of the weekend series on SEC Network+ with the series finale airing nationally on SEC Network on Mother’s Day.

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