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 - Sophomore 24 Matt Taylor - Freshman 26 Jonathan Smart - Junior 27 Taylor Wolfe - Freshman 28 Nathan Killcrease - Junior 29 Jason Townsend - Junior 32 Adam Morgan - Sophomore 33 David Head - Senior 36 Troy Sutherland - Freshman 39 James Tullidge - Sophomore 40 Jimmy Nelson - Junior 44 Tucker Hawley - Freshman 46 Kelby Deerman - Freshman Catchers 5 Brett Booth - Freshman 15 Cody Trotter - Senior 22 Chris Smelley - 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 - Junior 38 Cal Tinsley - Senior 42 Allen Dye - Freshman
Utility 10 Jon Kelton - Sophomore Outfielders 1 Taylor Dugas - Sophomore 6 Kent Myers - Freshman 9 Andrew Miller - Freshman 12 Brandt Hendricks - 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
! style="background:#FFF;color:#8B0000;"|Regular season |- valign="top"
|- 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=""
|- 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 ||–
|- 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
|- 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
|- 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
|- 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