The Alabama Crimson Tide took a thrilling 3-2 victory over Tennessee in 11 innings on Wednesday afternoon. The Tide used strong pitching to hold the 4th ranked Vols to two unearned runs in the game. In four contest’s with UT this season the Tide has won two of them and lost one by one run and another in 11 innings. Bama improved to 31-22 and UT fell to 42-15 on the year.
Junior right hander Jacob McNairy returned from injury last weekend to start the regular season finale with Mississippi State and pitched two scoreless innings. Today he was called on to go deeper into the game, and responded with a strong effort.