Alabama NCAA Regional game vs. Stetson in weather delay

Alabama announced its Saturday elimination game in the NCAA Regional is in a weather delay. Game officials reevaluated the situation over the next hour.

Once the time came, officials decided a decision would be made at 1:30 p.m. ET. The earliest the Alabama game could start is 3:00 p.m. ET, according to Daren Stoltzfus of WESH.

In the Tallahassee Regional, the Crimson Tide fell to UCF 8-7 in the opening game Friday, dropping them to an elimination game. UCF will play Florida State.

“At the end of the day, we just couldn’t quite get a zero on the mound when we needed it,” Alabama head coach Rob Vaughn said. “Offensively we competed really hard, had some good two-out hits and had some guys have really nice days at the plate. We fought hard. We played great defense. We just put too many guys on for free today, and credit to (UCF) for capitalizing on our mistakes.”

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Below is how it all went down Friday, via Alabama Athletics.

The two teams traded leads all evening with UCF gaining its first advantage with a two-run first. Alabama answered with three runs in the bottom of the first, all coming on a homer from Kade Snell.

A two-run homer in the top of the second put the Knights back in front at 4-3, but a Justin Lebron solo shot in the third made it a 4-4 ballgame a third of the way through.

TJ McCants moved the Tide in front in the fourth with a solo shot of his own, but UCF countered for two in the fifth to retake the lead. A two-out RBI-single from Lebron in the seventh made it a 6-6 affair before the Knights broke the tie with a single tally in the eighth.

Alabama returned the favor with one in the home half of the eighth but a two-out RBI-single in the ninth made it an 8-7 game, the eventual final.

Alabama in weather delay, Florida State also pushed back

Florida State coach Link Jarrett knew it was time for Carson Dorsey to deliver in a big spot. And boy did he in the opening game of the NCAA Regional against Stetson.

In the 7-2 win Friday, Dorsey threw a career high 8.2 innings and allowed just one earned run with seven strikeouts. Dorsey walked off with a standing ovation in front of the home crowd following 121 pitches on the mound.

Jarrett felt his lefty had the stuff to do it despite some recent rough outings.

“Well, he’s a tough guy,” Jarrett said. “And we knew that and it was time for him to deliver. And we’ve seen him deliver when we needed it before. He’s pitched well against some really, really good teams, and probably had his best performance of the year today. He’s pitched against some tough, tough teams, and has answered for us and we thought it lined up. 

“We know our personnel better than we know anything about what’s going on in this and we thought this was the right maneuver, to let somebody that’s tough and ready to go and in some cases, maybe wanted to go out there and kind of flip the script for what happened the last couple of times out. And it was in his hands and he absolutely delivered the goods.”