Vanderbilt at Alabama (Thursday, April 30, 2026)

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (Interstat) — Vanderbilt visits Alabama for a Southeastern Conference doubleheader Thursday at Sewell-Thomas Stadium, with the first game scheduled for the afternoon and the second in the evening.

The Commodores (27-19, 9-12 SEC) enter on the heels of a 9-1 win Tuesday over Middle Tennessee. Right-hander Connor Hamilton earned the victory in that start, tossing 6.0 innings, allowing one earned run on six hits with seven strikeouts. Hamilton, a key arm for Vanderbilt, has been effective in recent outings: he tossed 2.0 scoreless innings against Lipscomb on April 14 and worked a scoreless inning in an 8-7 win at Kentucky on April 18.

Alabama (29-16, 11-10) comes off a 10-0 loss Friday at Tennessee. Right-hander Myles Upchurch is a player to watch for the Crimson Tide. Upchurch took the loss in that game, allowing three earned runs over 5.0 innings with four strikeouts. He threw 5.1 scoreless innings in a 2-1 win at Texas on April 19 and allowed two earned runs over 6.0 innings in a 2-3 loss to Arkansas on April 12.

The weather forecast calls for rain and 71 degrees at game time.

Projected by Interstat’s game simulator: Vanderbilt 6, Alabama 3.

The series continues Friday and Saturday in Tuscaloosa.