Eight Walk-Off Wins and Counting: Blazers Just Keep Finding a Way
By Steve Irvine
BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA - April 25, 2026
The UAB baseball team won eight games this season on the Blazers final at-bat of the game. The latest walk-off victory came on Friday when solo home runs in the 11th inning by Austin Pierzynski and Kevin Hall Jr. lifted the Blazers to a wild 7-6 victory over Memphis at Young Memorial Field in game that opened up a three-game American Conference series.
Memphis carried a 6-5 lead into the bottom of the 11th after getting an RBI single by Javon Hernandez in the top of the inning. Pierzynski came to the plate with one out and battled his way through a 10-pitch at bat. He fouled off four pitches with the count at 2 balls and 2 strikes before hitting the ball over the left field wall to tie the game. Hall came up with two outs and deposited the third pitch he saw over the fence in right field to give UAB its latest walk-off win. It was the second home run of the game for both Hall and Pierzynski.
The series continues on Saturday at 2 p.m. at Young Memorial Field and closes with a 1 p.m. game on Sunday. UAB (27-15 overall, 11-5 American) remains in a first place tie with UTSA (28-13 overall, 11-5 American) in the American Conference standings.
Before they move forward, let’s look back at the other seven final at-bat victories this season.
UAB 9, Florida 7, 10 innings, Feb. 13: The Blazers knocked off nationally ranked Florida in the season opener with Kevin Hall’s fielders choice bringing in Andrew Hunt with the go-ahead run. UAB added one more run on Austin Dupuy’s RBI ground ball to score Austin Pierzynski. Riley Miller then closed out the win in the bottom of the 10th with his third consecutive scoreless inning.
UAB 12, Cincinnati 11, Feb. 19: UAB scored four runs in the bottom of the ninth inning at Young Memorial Field to pull off the improbable win. Brady Waugh started the scoring with a sacrifice fly and Max Price ended it with a 3-run home run.
UAB 9, Middle Tennessee 8, March 7: Wesley Helms’ two-run single knocked in Alex Cheeseman and Landon Beaver to end the come-from-behind win. UAB scored eight of its nine runs in the final two innings to pull out the victory in the first game of the doubleheader. A six-run eighth inning put UAB in position to chase the win in the ninth.
UAB 16, Middle Tennessee 14, March 7: The craziness extended into the second game of the doubleheader when Brady Waugh’s grand slam provided yet another walk-off win. Middle Tennessee scored five times in the top of the ninth inning to take a 14-12 lead. Waugh’s grand slam brought home Andrew Hunt, John Paul Head and Alex Dupuy.
UAB 9, Alabama A&M 8, March 17: UAB’s game-winning rally consisted of three walks, a hit batter and a fielder’s choice RBI by Kevin Hall. Alabama A&M scored twice in the eighth inning and two more in the ninth to take an 8-6 lead. Mason Steele drew a walk with the bases loaded to cut the deficit to one.
UAB 5, Tulane 4, March 29: Alex Dupuy’s solo home run in the eighth inning tied the game at 3 but Tulane scored the go-ahead run in the ninth inning. Wesley Helms walked to lead off the bottom of the ninth inning and Alex Cheeseman entered as a pinch-runner. Two pitches later, Max Price ended the game with his second walk-off home run of the season.
UAB 4, Wichita State 3, April 10: Baylor Roberts’ sacrifice fly scored Andrew Hunt in the bottom of the eighth inning to give UAB the lead. The Blazers then used a walk-off defensive play in the ninth when a relay throw from Hunt, the leftfielder, to Roberts at shortstop to Brady Waugh at second base got the runner trying to advance with two outs.