![]() ![]() While we won’t know exactly what the line at DraftKings Sportsbook will be until tomorrow afternoon, and we haven’t talked with the bookmakers, this is the DK Nation staff’s best guess for the opening spread. The Tide were officially eliminated from SEC West contention this past Saturday. Quarterback Bryce Young tossed three touchdown passes and the offense leaned on running back Jase McClellan to grind the Rebels down in the second half. The Governors have continued to make its case for an at-large spot in the FCS playoffs.Īlabama (8-2) avoided a second straight loss on Saturday, edging Ole Miss in a 30-24 victory. Running back Jevon Jackson carried the load for the offense, rushing for 79 yards and two touchdowns in the win. The game will take place at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, AL, and will air on the SEC Network.Īustin Peay (7-3) handled Kennesaw State in a 31-14 victory on Saturday. 9 Alabama Crimson Tide will return home this Saturday when hosting the Austin Peay Governors at noon ET. The series opener was one of Gomber’s best starts in a Rockies uniform, although his eight shutout innings against the Padres in a 3-2 win at Coors Field on June 14, 2021, remains his bar.The No. “My curveball has been really good for me the last few times out, and I’m in a better mindset - more aggressive.” ![]() “A lot of stuff changed for me mentally and physically (since the first four starts),” Gomber said. After going 0-4 with a 12.12 ERA across his first four starts, Gomber’s turned it around, with a 2.19 ERA over his last four starts including Friday. The Phillies blanked Colorado over the final two innings to secure the win.Įven with the unfurling in the seventh, Gomber’s outing continued the recent positive trajectory for the southpaw. ![]() It was a good pitch but he put a good swing on it.” “You definitely want that matchup over a right-on-left with a hitter like Bryce Harper coming up… I was trying to get back in the count with a sweeper in the zone. “I’ve got to execute in that righty-on-righty matchup (against Bohm),” Lawrence said. Lawrence fell behind to Harper 2-0 before Harper’s decisive swing. And the hitter before Harper, walking Bohm, that’s one (Lawrence) will want back. “Harper’s a really good hitter and Lawrence is one of the better relief pitchers in the National League this year, so it was a great matchup,” Black said. Harper pantomimed a throat-slash in celebration after getting to second, then forced an errant throw by Elias Diaz on his steal of third to plate another run. Turner doubled, Bohm walked and then Harper sent his 300th career double on Lawrence’s sweeper pitch off the Bridich Barrier in right. Lawrence, who got Colorado out of trouble in the seventh, was cruising until two outs in the eighth. The Rockies responded in the seventh with Ezequiel Tovar’s RBI single and then Blackmon’s sacrifice fly to even the game 3-3. “I thought it was staying in the park at first,” Gomber said of Schwarber’s homer. Gomber squatted in front of the mound and looked to the sky as he watched Schwarber’s homer sail over the fence, giving Philadelphia a 3-1 lead. Then, with two outs, Kyle Schwarber blasted a hanging curveball 430 feet to dead center. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)įirst, Alec Bohn belted Gomber’s belt-high changeup 433 feet into the left-center bleachers to tie the game 1-1. Colorado Rockies starting pitcher Austin Gomber catches a new ball after giving up a solo home run to Philadelphia Phillies’ Alec Bohm during the seventh inning of a baseball game Friday, May 12, 2023, in Denver. Then Gomber’s gem got shattered in the seventh. Charlie Blackmon started with a leadoff single, then Jurickson Profar doubled to send Blackmon to third. The first six innings took about an hour to complete.Ĭolorado finally got on the board in the sixth. His first-inning strikeouts of Trea Turner and Harper were an omen of the strong outing to come.Īs Gomber settled in, so did Philadelphia right-hander Taijuan Walker, and the pitcher’s duel was on. Gomber set down the first nine hitters he faced, mixing speed and location to have all the Phils off balance. “One of the best players in the game rose to the moment against a really tough pitcher.” “Great players do great things - and they rise to the occasion,” Rockies manager Bud Black said. ![]() The end result: A 6-3 Phillies win, cooling off the Rockies (winners of eight of their last 10) on the opening night of a six-game homestand. After the hit, he stole third and then scored on an error as “MVP” chants broke out among the Philly faithful in LoDo. Harper’s two-out, two-run double off Justin Lawrence in the eighth inning was the difference. Gomber blanked the Phillies for six innings, but Harper won it at the end. It was Austin Gomber’s game on Friday at Coors Field, until Bryce Harper stole the show. Logan Gilbert is the only Mariners starter ahead of him in that department. 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