Salem blasts two homers to lead Tide over Samford

Former Vestavia Hills star Georgie Salem clobbered a pair of home runs to lead Alabama over Samford 12-1 in college baseball Tuesday night at Samford. 

Alabama (16-15) tied its season high with 18 hits.

Salem, the junior center fielder, rapped two solo home runs to finish 2-for-4 with two RBIs and two runs scored.

Salem gave the Tide its first run of the night, a solo shot out to right field for his first round-tripper of the season.

In the top of the second, Salem struck again. This time he went deep to left on a solo knock to give Alabama a 5-0 lead through two.

The Crimson Tide will return home to the Hoover Met on Friday for an SEC weekend series with the Georgia Bulldogs. The two teams will meet for the 138th time when they square off on Friday with Alabama owning the all-time series, 68-67-2. First pitch of the series opener is scheduled for 7 p.m. CT with the second game set to start at 3 p.m. CT. Sunday's series finale with the Bulldogs will feature a 1 p.m. CT start to wrap up the weekend.