The junior shortstop singled with one out in the ninth inning and was standing at first when sophomore right fielder Casey Hughston doubled to right. White made it all the way to third. After a wild cutoff throw trickled into the infield, he tried to score from third but was thrown out.
“I made it to third with one out,” White said. “I probably should have stayed there but saw the ball kick away from the cutoff man. Tried to make a hustle play and I didn’t get in in time.”
Sophomore catcher Will Haynie was also thrown out at the plate in the second inning of the game.
“That is just part of the game,” Alabama coach Mitch Gaspard said. “I would rather get thrown out right there than be standing at third. That is one of those that is easy to second guess when it doesn’t work. At the same time, if our style wants to be aggressive, you’re going to have to take some chances.”
Alabama struggled throughout most of the game. The Crimson Tide was down 3-0 until a fifth-inning rally that put it up 5-3. In the seventh inning, Louisiana-Lafayette was able to score three runs of off Alabama relievers Alex Watkins and Thomas Burrows to regain a 6-5 lead. Burrows received the loss and moves to 0-2 on the season.
The Ragin’ Cajuns scored their first three runs off Alabama starter Will Carter. Carter pitched 5.1 innings, gave up three runs, walked three and gave up six hits.
In Friday’s game, the first of the series, Alabama jumped to a 4-0 lead but after a rough seventh inning for starter Taylor Guilbeau, the Ragin’ Cajuns tied it at four.
In the eighth inning, Tuscaloosa native J.C. Wilhite blooped a single to right to break the tie and the Crimson Tide added another to take the game 6-4.
Louisiana-Lafayette won Sunday’s rubber match 14-2. It built the lead with four runs in both the fourth and sixth innings. Sophomore Geoffrey Bramblett started the game for Alabama but gave up six hits and six runs in four innings. He took the loss. Hughston drove in one of Alabama’s runs for his 18th RBI of the season. The other run for the Crimson Tide came on a ninth-inning solo home run by White.
Alabama is now 7-4 this season.
