The No. 18 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team experienced their second straight midweek defeat, losing 5-2 to the UAB Blazers on Tuesday night at Sewell-Thomas Stadium.
Auburn took care of business against UAB in the first of two matchups between the two teams this season.
Celebrating baseball history is part of the Rickwood College Classic game.
UAB baseball plays on its newly installed turf field with Notre Dame in town. UAB softball plays host to national power Florida.
Christian Hall, a 6-foot-2, 237-pound junior, led UAB with a .370 batting average in his first season with the Blazers.
UAB baseball coach Casey Dunn took the Blazers to Baseball Country, which is near Tuscaloosa, to help bring his team together.
The first step is a much-needed transformation at UAB baseball's Young Memorial Field is a synthetic turf and updated outfield wall.