2010 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team

American college baseball season March 2026 August 2023 2010 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball Alabama Crimson Tide logo.svg 150 Southeastern Conference West SEC 42-25 15-15 Mitch Gaspard 1st Dax Norris Kyle Bunn Sewell-Thomas Stadium Atlanta, GA Regional Champions The 2010 Alabama Crimson Tide Baseball Team represented the University of Alabama in the NCAA Division I baseball season of 2010. Synopsis Alabama (42-25, 15–15 SEC) began the season with an eight-game winning streak and matched the school record for the best record (16–1) after 17 games. Alabama then lost 14 of its next 20 games with a record of 22–15 by April 19. Alabama then won five straight games in late April, before losing six of eight games following a 5–4 loss to Mississippi on May 14. Alabama closed the regular season with five straight wins, qualifying . During post-season play, Alabama participated in the 2010 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament (Alabama's 21st appearance) and the 2010 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. In the SEC tournament, Alabama won 3 games, defeating Auburn, Mississippi, and Florida, advancing to the finals where Alabama lost to LSU 4–3 in 11 innings. In the NCAA tournament, Alabama defeated Elon, Mercer, and Georgia Tech, advancing to the finals where Alabama lost to Clemson. Personnel 2010 roster 2010 Alabama Crimson Tide roster Pitchers 7 Brett Whitaker - Junior 11 Trey Pilkington - Freshman 18 Adam Scott - Senior 21 Adam Windsor - Freshman 23 Tyler White - 10px|Redshirt Sophomore 24 Matt Taylor - Freshman 26 Jonathan Smart - 10px|Redshirt Junior 27 Taylor Wolfe - Freshman 28 Nathan Killcrease - Junior 29 Jason Townsend - Junior 32 Adam Morgan - Sophomore 33 David Head - Senior 36 Troy Sutherland - 10px|Redshirt Freshman 39 James Tullidge - 10px|Redshirt Sophomore 40 Jimmy Nelson - Junior 44 Tucker Hawley - Freshman 46 Kelby Deerman - 10px|Redshirt Freshman Catchers 5 Brett Booth - Freshman 15 Cody Trotter - Senior 22 Chris Smelley - 10px|Redshirt Junior 37 Charley Waldrep - Freshman 41 Brock Bennett - Junior Infielders 2 Josh Rutledge - Junior 3 Ross Wilson - Junior 14 Jake Smith - Senior 16 Clay Jones - Senior 20 Danny Collins - Freshman 34 John David Smelser - Junior 35 Josh Sanders - 10px|Redshirt Junior 38 Cal Tinsley - Senior 42 Allen Dye - Freshman Utility 10 Jon Kelton - 10px|Redshirt Sophomore  Outfielders 1 Taylor Dugas - Sophomore 6 Kent Myers - 10px|Redshirt Freshman 9 Andrew Miller - Freshman 12 Brandt Hendricks - 10px|Redshirt Freshman 13 David Kindred - Junior  Coaching staff 2010 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball coaching staff 8 Mitch Gaspard - Head coach - 10 years at Alabama (1st as Head Coach) 4 Dax Norris - Assistant coach, Hitting Coach, Recruiting Coordinator - 4 years 19 Kyle Bunn - Assistant coach, Pitching Coach - 1st year 43 Bobby Barbier - Volunteer Coach - 1st year 25 Alex Kubal - Fifth-year student assistant coach Drew French - Director of Operations - 3 years Schedule/Results background:#8B0000;color:white; 2010 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball game log ! style="background:#FFF;color:#8B0000;"|Regular season |- valign="top" y background:#8B0000;color:white; February # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC record |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 || February 20 || South Alabama || Sewell-Thomas Stadium || 12–4 || A. Morgan (1–0) || J. Bailey (0–1) ||None || 4,848 || 1–0 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 2 || February 21 || South Alabama || Stanky Field ||5-3 || T. White (1–0) || B. Brown (0–1) || J. Smith (1)|| 3,273 || 2–0 ||– |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 3 || February 26 || Illinois-Chicago ||Sewell-Thomas Stadium || 9–4 || N. Kilcrease (1–0) || C. Kovacevich (0–2) || None || 3,667 ||3–0 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 4 || February 27 || Illinois-Chicago || Sewell-Thomas Stadium || 25–1 ||J. Nelson (1–0) || E. Wyman (0–2) || None|| 4,577 || 4–0 ||– |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 5 || February 27 || Illinois-Chicago || Sewell-Thomas Stadium || 4–3 || B. Whitaker (1–0) || M. Heesch (0–1)|| None|| 4,577 || 5–0 ||– |- align="center" bgcolor="" y background:#8B0000;color:white; March # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC record |- align="center" bgcolor="bbbbbb" | – || March 2 || Samford || Joe Lee Griffin Stadium || colspan=7 |Postponed |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 6 || March 3† ||#25 Georgia || Regions Park || 13–2 || T. Wolfe (1–0) || C. Hawkins (0–1) ||None || 792 || 6–0 ||– |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 7 || March 5 || College of Charleston ||Patriots Point ||6-2 ||A. Morgan (2–0) || D. Peterson (1–1) ||B. Whitaker (1) || 417|| 7–0 ||– |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 8 || March 6 ||College of Charleston ||Patriots Point || 4–0 || J. Nelson (2–0) || C. Powell (2–1) ||None || 768 ||8–0 ||– |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 9 || March 7 ||College of Charleston ||Patriots Point|| 6–7 || T. Schiller (3–0) || J. Smith (0–1) || None||731|| 8–1 ||– |- align="center" bgcolor="bbbbbb" | – || March 9† || Auburn ||Riverwalk Stadium || colspan=7 |Postponed |- align="center" bgcolor="bbbbbb" | – || March 10 || Michigan State||Sewell-Thomas Stadium || colspan=7 |Cancelled |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 10 || March 12 ||Stony Brook || Sewell-Thomas Stadium || 15–8 ||T. White (2–0) || T. Johnson (1–1) ||None ||3,637 || 9–1 ||– |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 11 || March 13 ||Stony Brook ||Sewell-Thomas Stadium || 5–0 || J. Nelson (3–0) || N. Tropeano (1–1)|| D. Head (1) ||3,623 || 10–1 ||– |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 12 || March 13 || Stony Brook|| Sewell-Thomas Stadium|| 13–6 || T. Wolfe (2–0) || M. Barbot (0–1) ||None || 3,623 || 11–1 ||– |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 13 || March 14 ||Stony Brook ||Sewell-Thomas Stadium || 4–3 || J. Smart (1–0) || A. Brown (0–2) || T. White (1) || 3,540 || 12–1 ||– |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 14 || March 16 ||Minnesota ||Sewell-Thomas Stadium || 5–4 || D. Head (1–0) || T. Ryan (0–1) || None||4,056 || 13–1 ||– |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 15 || March 17 ||Minnesota ||Sewell-Thomas Stadium || 9–4 || A. Windsor (1–0) || S. Fern (1–3) ||None || 4,044 || 14–1 ||– |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 16 || March 19 ||#19 Vanderbilt ||Sewell-Thomas Stadium ||4-1 ||A. Morgan (3–0) || S. Gray (3–2) || B. Whitaker (2) || 4,428|| 15–1 ||1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 17 || March 20 ||#19 Vanderbilt ||Sewell-Thomas Stadium || 8–2 || J. Nelson (4–0) || T. Hill (3–1) ||None || 4,512 || 16–1 ||2–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 18 || March 21 ||#19 Vanderbilt ||Sewell-Thomas Stadium || 4–5 || J. Armstrong (3–0) || T. Wolfe (2–1) ||R. Brewer (3) || 3,541 || 16–2 ||2–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 19 || March 24† || Auburn ||Riverwalk Stadium || 6–8 || M. Hurst (2–0) || J. Smart (1–1) || A. Hubbard (3)|| 7,205 || 16–3 ||– |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 20 || March 26 ||#16 Arkansas || Baum Stadium || 8–9 || T. Forrest (3–0) || B. Whitaker (1–1) || D. Baxendale (6)|| 8,942 || 16–4 ||2–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 21 || March 27 ||#16 Arkansas||Baum Stadium || 3–4 || J. Pratt (1–0) || T. White (2–2) ||None || 8,332 || 16–5 ||2–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 22 || March 28 ||#16 Arkansas||Baum Stadium || 5–10 || T. Forrest (4–0) || A. Scott (0–1) || None||7,130 || 16–6 ||2–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 23 || March 30 ||Jacksonville State || Sewell-Thomas Stadium|| 7–3 || T. Pilkington (1–0) || K. Elwell (1–2) ||None ||3,760 || 17–6 ||– |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 24 || March 31 ||UAB ||Regions Park || 4–6 || B. Waite (1–0) || T. Hawley (0–1) ||N. Graffeo (3) || 2,281 || 17–7 ||– |- y background:#8B0000;color:white; April # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC record |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 25 || April 2 ||Auburn ||Sewell-Thomas Stadium ||10-5 || A. Morgan (4–0) || C. Luckie (1–2) ||None || 5,112 || 18–7 ||3–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 26 || April 3 ||Auburn ||Sewell-Thomas Stadium || 6–5 ||J. Townsend (1–0) || A. Hubbard (2–1) || N. Kilcrease (1)|| 5,306 || 19–7 ||4–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 27 || April 4 ||Auburn ||Sewell-Thomas Stadium || 1-7|| || T. Wolfe (2–1) || || 4,350 || 19–8 ||4–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 28 || April 6 ||UAB||Sewell-Thomas Stadium || 4–11 || || J. Townsend (1–1) || || 3,895 || 19–9 ||– |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 29 || April 7 ||Jacksonville State || Rudy Abbott Field || 10–4 || || || || 3,392 || 20–9 ||– |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 30 || April 9 ||Kentucky ||Cliff Hagan Stadium || 6–7 || || || || 2,179 || 20–10||4–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 31 || April 10 ||Kentucky||Cliff Hagan Stadium || 2–8 || || || || 2,098 || 20–11||4–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 32 || April 11 ||Kentucky ||Cliff Hagan Stadium || 11–9 || || || || 1,953 || 21–11||5–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 33 || April 13 ||Samford ||Sewell-Thomas Stadium || 5–7 || || || || 3,819 || 21–12||– |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 34 || April 14 ||#23 SE Louisiana ||Pat Kennelly Diamond|| 10–5 || || || || 2,108|| 22–12||– |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 35 || April 16 ||#6 LSU||Alex Box Stadium || 5–12 || || || || 11,332 || 22–13||5–8 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 36 || April 17 ||#6 LSU ||Alex Box Stadium || 7–9 || || || || 12,313 || 22–14||5–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 37 || April 18 ||#6 LSU ||Alex Box Stadium || 5–6 || || || || 10,744 || 22–15||5–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 38 || April 23 ||Mississippi State ||Sewell-Thomas Stadium ||8-5 || || || || 4,037 || 23–15||6–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 39 || April 24 || Mississippi State ||Sewell-Thomas Stadium || 9–8 || || || || 4,828 || 24–15||7–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 40 || April 25 || Mississippi State||Sewell-Thomas Stadium || 6–4 || || || || 4,828 || 25–15||8–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 41 || April 27 || Mississippi Valley State ||Sewell-Thomas Stadium || 7–4 || || ||3,404 || || 26–15||– |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 42 || April 28 ||Mississippi Valley State ||Sewell-Thomas Stadium || 5–1 || || || || 3,453 || 27–15||– |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 43 || April 30 ||#3 South Carolina||Carolina Stadium || 7–9 || || || || 8,145 || 27–16||8–11 |- y background:#8B0000;color:white; May # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC record |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 44 || May 1 ||#3 South Carolina ||Carolina Stadium || 6–4 || || || || 8,053 || 28–16||9–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 45 || May 2 ||#3 South Carolina ||Carolina Stadium || 15–20 || || || || 8,006 || 28–17|9–12 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 46 || May 7 ||#3 Florida || Sewell-Thomas Stadium|| 3–9 || || || || 4,387 || 28–18||9–13 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 47 || May 8 ||#3 Florida ||Sewell-Thomas Stadium || 8–14 || || || || 4,273 || 28–19||10–13 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 48 || May 9 ||#3 Florida || Sewell-Thomas Stadium|| 10–8 || || || || 4,317 || 29–19||10–14 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 49 || May 12 || Samford || Joe Lee Griffin Stadium ||7-8 || || || ||1,835 || 29–20||10–14 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 50 || May 14 ||#14 Ole Miss ||Sewell-Thomas Stadium || 4–5 || || || || 4,039 || 29–21||10–15 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 51 || May 15 ||#14 Ole Miss ||Sewell-Thomas Stadium || 4–1 || || || ||4,723 || 30–21||11–15 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 52 || May 16 ||#14 Ole Miss ||Sewell-Thomas Stadium || 6–3 || || || || 4,034 || 31–21||12–15 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 53 || May 20 || Tennessee||Lindsey Nelson Stadium || 11–3 || || || || 2,304 || 32–21||13–15 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 54 || May 21 || Tennessee||Lindsey Nelson Stadium || 4–2 || || || || 2,487 || 33–21||14–15 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 55 || May 22 ||Tennessee||Lindsey Nelson Stadium || 9–7 || || || || 1,694 || 34–21||15–15 |- |- ! style="background:#FFF;color:#8B0000;"| Post-Season |- y background:#8B0000;color:white; SEC Tournament # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SECT Record |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 56 || May 26 ||#13 Auburn ||Regions Park || 7-1||J. Nelson (8–2) ||C. Luckie (6–4) ||None ||12,514 ||35-21 ||1-0 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 57 || May 27 ||Ole Miss ||Regions Park || 6-3||N. Kilcrease (6–2) ||A. Barret (7–4) ||J. Smith (4) ||12,180||36-21 ||2-0 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 58 || May 29 ||#4 Florida ||Regions Park || 5-2||A. Morgan (6–4) ||T. Toledo (3–2) ||None ||11,542 ||37-21 ||3-0 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbb" | 59 || May 30 ||LSU ||Regions Park || 3–4 (11)||A. Ranaudo (5–2) ||J. Smith (1–2) ||None ||13,327 ||37-22 ||3-1 |- y background:#8B0000;color:white; NCAA Tournament: Regionals # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record NCAAT Record |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 60 || June 4 ||Elon ||Russ Chandler Stadium || 11-2||N. Kilcrease (7–2) ||J. Reyes (10–4) ||None ||1,257 ||38-22 ||1-0 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbb" | 61 || June 5 ||#8 Georgia Tech ||Russ Chandler Stadium || 2-5||D. McGuire (9–4) ||J. Nelson (8–3) ||A. Robinson (8) ||4,157||38-23 ||1-1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 62 || June 6 ||Mercer ||Russ Chandler Stadium || 5-3||T. Hawley (2–1) ||J. French (3–4) ||J. Smith (5) ||1,191 ||39-23 ||2-1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 63 || June 6 ||#8 Georgia Tech ||Russ Chandler Stadium || 8–1 ||A. Morgan (7–4) ||B. Cumpton (9–3) ||None ||2,187 ||40-23 ||3-1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 64 || June 7 ||#8 Georgia Tech||Russ Chandler Stadium || 10–8 ||N. Kilcrease (8–2) ||J. Bradley (9–5) ||None ||3,113 ||41-23 ||4-1 |- y background:#8B0000;color:white; NCAA Tournament: Super Regionals # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record NCAAT Record |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 65|| June 12 ||#13 Clemson ||Doug Kingsmore Stadium ||5-4 ||J. Nelson (9–3) ||C. Harman (7–3) ||J. Smith (6) ||6,346 ||42-23 ||5-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbb" | 66|| June 13 ||#13 Clemson ||Doug Kingsmore Stadium ||5-19 || || || ||6,024 || 42–24 ||5-2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbb" | 67|| June 14 ||#16 Clemson ||Doug Kingsmore Stadium ||6-8 || || || ||5,250 || 42–25 ||5-3 |- y background:#8B0000;color:white; NCAA Tournament: College World Series # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record NCAAT Record † Indicates the game does not count toward the 2010 Southeastern Conference Standings. *Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the Baseball America poll the week Alabama faced each opponent. Rankings + Ranking movement Poll Pre-season Feb.22 Mar.1 Mar.8 Mar.15 Mar.22 Mar.29 Apr.5 Apr.12 Apr.19 Apr.26 May3 May10 May17 May24 May31 June8 FinalPoll USA Today/ESPN Coaches' Poll (Top 25)http://www.ncaa.com/sports/m-basebl/division_i3.html NCAA Division I Baseball Rankings - NCAA.com www.ncaa.com 6 June 2022 https://archive.today/20120906232333/http://www.ncaa.com/sports/m-basebl/division_i3.html 6 September 2012 deadNRNRNR2521162325NRNRNRNRNRNRNR NR 18 Baseball America (Top 25)http://www.ncaa.com/sports/m-basebl/division_i2.html NCAA Division I Baseball Rankings - NCAA.com www.ncaa.com 6 June 2022 https://archive.today/20120904111130/http://www.ncaa.com/sports/m-basebl/division_i2.html 4 September 2012 deadNRNRNRNRNR202524NRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR 16 Collegiate Baseball (Top 30)^http://www.ncaa.com/sports/m-basebl/division_i1.html NCAA Division I Baseball Rankings - NCAA.com www.ncaa.com 6 June 2022 https://archive.today/20130130060903/http://www.ncaa.com/sports/m-basebl/division_i1.html 30 January 2013 dead NR NR NR 302116NRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR NR 1616 NCBWA (Top 30)†http://www.ncaa.com/sports/m-basebl/division_i5.html Archived copy www.ncaa.com 6 June 2022 https://archive.today/20120905150618/http://www.ncaa.com/sports/m-basebl/division_i5.html 5 September 2012 dead32 NR282723202925NRNRNRNRNRNRNR 29 Rivals.com (Top 25)http://www.ncaa.com/sports/m-basebl/division_i4.html NCAA Division I Baseball Rankings - NCAA.com www.ncaa.com 6 June 2022 https://archive.today/20120903143343/http://www.ncaa.com/sports/m-basebl/division_i4.html 3 September 2012 deadNRNRNRNRNR22NR19NRNRNRNRNRNRNR NR 17 NR = Not ranked ^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but will only rank 30 teams weekly during the season. † NCBWA ranked 35 teams in their preseason poll, but will only rank 30 teams weekly during the season. Awards and honors Jake Smith 2010 NCBWA Preseason All-American, Third Team 2010 Louisville Slugger/Collegiate Baseball newspaper preseason All-America, Third Team 2010 Ping Baseball Preseason All-American, Third Team Ross Wilson 2010 NCBWA Preseason All-American, Second Team 2010 Ping Baseball Preseason All-American, First Team 2010 Baseball America preseason All-American, First Team Alabama Crimson Tide in the 2010 MLB draft The following members of the Alabama Crimson Tide baseball program were drafted in the 2010 MLB draft. Player Position Round Overall MLB team Jimmy Nelson P 2nd 64th Milwaukee BrewersJosh RutledgeSS3rd107thColorado RockiesRoss Wilson2B10th308thChicago White SoxJake Smith3B15th471stPhiladelphia PhilliesTyler WhiteP20th613thDetroit TigersJason TownsendP31st927thPittsburgh PiratesClay Jones1B32nd973rdDetroit Tigers See also Alabama Crimson Tide baseball References Alabama Crimson Tide Baseball Team, 2010 Category:Alabama Crimson Tide baseball seasons Category:2010 in sports in Alabama Alabama