Jason Jackson discusses managing pitching staff during elimination game

Jason Jackson will pitch as many players as he can if it means Alabama has a shot at rallying against Wake Forest on Sunday.

Trailing 10-3 in the fifth innings, Jackson has already used three pitchers. Jacob McNairy earned the start but lasted 2.1 innings after giving up seven runs on six hits and a walk. He allowed four home runs as the Demon Deacons busted the game wide open.

“We wanted to get some length out of J-Mac. He wasn’t as crisp today, left some breaking balls up. He made some 0-2 mistakes and they made him pay for it,” Jackson said on the ESPN broadcast. “It’s an all-hands-on-deck kind of day, right? It’s win or go home.

“We have a lot of bullets down there and we’re going to use them and see if we can’t get back in this thing.”

Kade Woods relieved McNairy in the third inning, but he only lasted until the end of the inning. He allowed three earned runs on two hits — both of which went for home runs. Hunter Furtado calmed things down a bit once arriving in the game to begin the fourth. In his first two innings on the mound, Furtado struck out four batters and did not allow a run.

Now that Alabama has found some stability on the mound, it’s the Crimson Tide bats that will need to get going now.

“Just keep our same approach. Let’s try to have some good ABs, get some on base, and pull one out here,” Jackson said. “This score can change real quick.”

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