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Softball Opens SEC Play at Home Against Missouri - Alabama Athletics

Fifth-ranked Alabama (22-0) opens SEC play this weekend in Tuscaloosa, hosting Missouri (11-7) for a three-game series with a doubleheader starting Friday, M...
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THIS WEEKEND: NO. 5/5 ALABAMA (22-0, 0-0 SEC) VS. MISSOURI (11-7, 0-0 SEC)
Tuscaloosa, Ala. – Rhoads Stadium

  • Friday, March 8 – 6:30 p.m. CT
  • Saturday, March 9 – 2 p.m. CT
  • Sunday, March 10 – 1 p.m. CT SEC Network
SCOUTING ALABAMA

  • Alabama is undefeated at 22-0 to start the 2019 season and is the last remaining undefeated team in college softball
  • The 22-0 start is the fifth-best in program history and the Crimson Tide's best since 2013, when it also started the season 22-0
  • Seven of the Tide's nine regular starters are hitting above .300, led by sophomore Kaylee Tow and junior Bailey Hemphill at .365 with freshman Skylar Wallace close behind at .362
  • Alabama is second in the SEC and sixth nationally with 51 stolen bases. Individually, junior Elissa Brown and sophomore KB Sides rank second and fourth in the SEC with 17 and 12, respectively
  • The Alabama pitching staff is in the top four in the SEC in wins (1st - 22), ERA (2nd - 1.53), opposing batting average (3rd - .179), runs allowed (34), strikeouts (4th - 147) and walks allowed (4th - 34)
  • Freshman Montana Fouts leads the SEC and is seventh nationally with a 0.58 ERA, throwing more innings than five of the six ranked above her. With 74 strikeouts and 4 walks, she is just one of three SEC pitchers to rank in the top 10 in both strikeouts and fewest walks allowed
ALL-TIME VS. MISSOURI

  • Overall: Alabama leads 12-9
  • In Tuscaloosa: 7-5 | In Columbia: 3-3 | At Neutral Sites: 2-1
  • Current Streak: Missouri +1
  • Last Meeting: April 2, 2017 - Columbia, Mo. - L, 3-4 (9 Inn.)
  • Last Meeting in Tuscaloosa: March 28, 2016 - W, 16-2 (5 Inn.)
LAST TIME OUT: ALBAMA EARNS PAIR OF MIDWEEK WINS

  • Alabama 5, South Alabama 2: Alabama softball battled cold temperatures and a resilient South Alabama squad Tuesday night at Rhoads Stadium, defeating the Jaguars, 5-2. Alabama fell behind early after South Alabama scored in the top of the first, but the Crimson Tide answered quickly with a two-run home run from junior Bailey Hemphill in the home half of the inning. The Jaguars tied it at 2-2 in the fifth with a solo home run but a pair of scores in the bottom of the fifth and an insurance run in the sixth helped Alabama hold on for the three-run win to maintain its undefeated record.
  • Alabama 7, Mississippi Valley State 0: Alabama softball ended its pre-conference slate with a 7-0 shutout over Mississippi Valley State Wednesday night in Tuscaloosa. Junior Bailey Hemphill led the offense with a 3-for-4 day at the plate, scoring three times and driving in three runs on a second-inning home run, her team-leading ninth of the year. Senior Caroline Hardy drove in a pair on a bases-loaded walk and a solo home run. Junior Krystal Goodman threw 4.0 shutout innings in the start to earn her fourth win of the season, allowing just one hit and one walk. Sophomore Madison Preston and senior Courtney Gettins combined to throw three relief innings behind her with two hits, one walk and five strikeouts.
ALABAMA IN SEC PLAY

  • Alabama is 434-166 (.723) all-time in SEC play, including a 399-145 (.733) mark under head coach Patrick Murphy. With one more win, Murphy would be the first softball coach to earn 400 SEC wins
  • The Crimson Tide has won five SEC regular season titles (2006, '10, '11, '12, '14) and five SEC Tournament titles (1998, 2003, '05, '10, '12)
  • Alabama has never had a losing record in conference play, winning 20 or more conference games 11 times
  • Alabama has a winning all-time record against every SEC team except LSU
  • Alabama has played more games against LSU (78) than any other conference opponent. Florida (73), Mississippi State (70) and Auburn (70) are close behind with Texas A&M (17) and Missouri (21) at the bottom of the list
BEST STARTS IN PROGRAM HISTORY
At 22-0, Alabama is off to one of its best starts in program history

Best Starts in Alabama Softball History

  1. 27-0 (2001)
  2. 26-0 (2012)
  3. 25-0 (2007)
  4. 22-0 (2013)
  5. 22-0 (2019)
UP NEXT
Alabama spends its spring break in Honolulu, Hawai'i at the Rainbow Wahine Classic. Alabama will play six games over four days beginning Wednesday, March 13 against SIUE.
 
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Patrick Murphy Tallies 400th SEC Win, Alabama Sweeps Missouri in Friday Doubleheader - University of Alabama Athletics

Alabama softball clinched its weekend series with a pair of wins over Missouri Friday night at Rhoads Stadium, defeating the Tigers, 3-1, in the opener before a wild comeback ended in a 14-8 victory in the nightcap.
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Alabama softball clinched its weekend series with a pair of wins over Missouri Friday night at Rhoads Stadium, defeating the Tigers, 3-1, in the opener before a wild comeback ended in a 14-8 victory in the nightcap.

Alabama's (24-0, 2-0 SEC) game one win over Missouri (11-9, 0-2 SEC) marked head coach Patrick Murphy's 400th SEC win, making him the first softball coach in league history to tally 400 SEC wins. No other coach, active or former, has surpassed 300. In game two, the Tide faced an early 7-0 deficit before chipping away and eventually scoring 11 unanswered runs to come back and win, 14-8.

Between the two games, senior Reagan Dykes caught two runners stealing to put herself three away from Kendall Dawson's career record. Sophomores KB Sides and Kaylee Tow had four hits on the day, with Tow driving in three runs in the game two comeback victory. Both of junior Claire Jenkins' two hits were home runs, a solo home run in game one and a two-run shot in the second game.

GAME ONE: ALABAMA 3, MISSOURI 1
Three runs proved enough for Alabama in a low-scoring contest against Missouri, as the Tide won its SEC opener, 3-1. Alabama scored in the first and second innings courtesy of an RBI single from freshman Skylar Wallace and a solo home run from Jenkins to take the early 2-0 lead. A solo home run in the top of the fourth cut the lead in half but an insurance run on a sac fly RBI in the sixth scratched the final tally across. Sides went 2-for-3 with a run scored while Jenkins drove in two of the team's three RBIs. Freshman Montana Fouts (9-0) went the distance in the circle, allowing one run on two hits with seven strikeouts.

After a 1-2-3 top of the first, Alabama started the bottom half with back-to-back hits to put two in scoring position with nobody out. Later with runners at the corners and two out, Wallace beat out an infield single to drive in a run and give the Tide an early 1-0 lead. Jenkins doubled the lead in the next inning with a leadoff solo home run to make it 2-0.

After three hitless innings, Missouri made its first hit of the game count, blasting a leadoff solo home run in the fourth to cut the Tide's lead to 2-1. The score remained the same in the bottom of the sixth when, with runners at the corners and one out, Jenkins lifted a fly ball to deep center which allowed Wallace to tag up at third and score on the sacrifice fly. Missouri would get a runner on with one out in the top of the seventh but a groundout and strikeout ended the game as Alabama held on to win, 3-1.

GAME TWO: ALABAMA 14, MISSOURI 8
Alabama faced an early 7-0 deficit in the second inning, but chipped away to draw within five, down 8-3 through three innings. After holding Missouri scoreless in the top of the fourth, the Tide offense exploded to the tune of five runs in the fourth and three in both the fifth and sixth innings, rallying to win, 14-8. Tow went 3-for-4 with three RBIs from the leadoff spot, including a game-tying two run home run in the fourth. Junior Sarah Cornell (9-0) earned the win in relief, throwing 6.1 strong innings and shutting out the Tigers after the third inning.

Missouri threatened early, loading the bases in the top of the first on a pair of singles and a two-out walk. After a lengthy at-bat, Callie Martin pulled a double down the left-field line to score two. A pair of singles following that added three more runs, forcing Alabama to turn to its bullpen in an early 5-0 hole. Junior Sarah Cornell entered to pitch with a runner at second and two out. A deflected ball on a hard-hit single added another run before Dykes caught the runner stealing at second to end the inning with the Tide facing an early 6-0 deficit.

The Tigers added another with an RBI single in the top of the second and the Tide brought its first run home in the bottom half of the inning, as the Missouri outfielder dropped a ball at the warning track to bring in an unearned run and extend the inning with two out. Senior Merris Schroder advanced all the way to third on the error and junior Elissa Brown brought her home with an RBI single to make it 7-2 before a lineout ended the inning.

A third-inning sac fly put Missouri ahead 8-2 but junior Bailey Hemphill quickly got that run back in the home half of the inning with a towering solo home run. After holding Missouri scoreless in the top of the fourth, sophomore Maddie Morgan drew a walk to lead off the bottom half and Jenkins smashed a two-run home run to straightaway center to make it a three-run ballgame. Schroder then drew a walk, forcing a pitching change, and then moved to second on a wild pitch and came home on an RBI triple from Brown, with the score now 8-6.

Tow tied the game at 8-8 with a massive swing of the bat, sending a two-run home run to the brickyard past center field. After a scoreless top of the fifth, Alabama loaded the bases in the bottom half to set up Tow for an infield RBI single while an errant throw allowed another to cross and make it 10-8. A second RBI single from Sides made it 11-8 before a popup ended the inning.

An RBI single from Morgan in the bottom of the sixth and a two-run triple from Schroder tacked on three more, pushing the score to 14-8 which ultimately proved final.

The series finale is set for a 1 p.m. CT start on Sunday, March 10 live on SEC Network.
 
The series finale is set for a 1 p.m. CT start on Sunday, March 10 live on SEC Network.
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That makes for a nice Saturday for the Missouri ladies but damn Tuscaloosa is a shell of itself today.

I've wondered if this team had two pitchers strong enough to carry them. Game two made those doubts itch a little. There was a crazy dynamic at play last night. Cornell came in and got the win in relief after Gettins was rocked. Now that 'Erlytowhine' is out at Mizzou their new coach, Anderson, is from Hofstra...been there four years and that's where Cornell was pitching last year. You'd think there would be a little scouting going on there and they'd know what Cornell would bring. 🤷‍♂️





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Big Bats Lift Softball to Sunday Win in Series Sweep over Missouri - Alabama Athletics

Alabama softball completed the weekend sweep over Missouri with an 11-5 victory Sunday afternoon at Rhoads Stadium.
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Alabama softball completed the weekend sweep over Missouri with an 11-5 victory Sunday afternoon at Rhoads Stadium.

Alabama (25-0, 3-0 SEC) fell behind in the top of the first after Missouri (11-10, 0-3 SEC) scored two runs but immediately responded back in the bottom half and never trailed from that point on. The Crimson Tide hit five home runs, including three in the first inning from sophomore Kaylee Tow, junior Bailey Hemphill and sophomore Maddie Morgan. Senior Reagan Dykes blasted a second-inning grand slam and junior Claire Jenkins smacked her third long ball of the weekend with a fourth-inning solo shot.

In the circle, freshman Montana Fouts (10-0) threw 4.0 innings to earn the win while junior Sarah Cornell backed her up with 3.0 shutout innings to earn the save, her second of the season.

Missouri got its first two batters on base in the top of the first, with the pair moving into scoring position on a sacrifice bunt and coming home two batters later on a two-run single to left. Tow wasted little time leading off the bottom half of the inning, sending the first pitch over the wall in left for a solo home run, cutting the deficit to, 2-1. After sophomore KB Sides reached on a fielding error, Hemphill dinged a two-run shot off the foul pole to give Alabama a 3-2 lead. Later with two out and a runner on, Morgan sent a third long ball over the fence in right, her first career home run to push the lead to 5-2.

The Tide hung another crooked number on the board in the bottom of the second, all coming on one swing of the bat from Dykes, who smashed a grand slam to make it 9-2. After consecutive 1-2-3 innings, Missouri threatened in the top of the fourth, loading the bases with one out. A fielding error allowed two runs to cross and another miscue two batters later added another to make it 9-5.

Alabama tacked on two more runs in the bottom of the fourth, with Jenkins launching a solo home run and freshman Kloyee Anderson coming home on a double steal. Cornell entered to pitch for the Tide in the top of the fifth and tossed 3.0 shutout innings to earn the three-inning save and secure the 11-5 win.

Next up, Alabama spends its spring break in Honolulu, Hawai'I at the Rainbow Wahine Classic. The Tide opens play in the Aloha State Wednesday, March 13 against SIUE at 6 p.m. CT.
 
TerryP said:
That makes for a nice Saturday for the Missouri ladies but damn Tuscaloosa is a shell of itself today.

I've wondered if this team had two pitchers strong enough to carry them. Game two made those doubts itch a little. There was a crazy dynamic at play last night. Cornell came in and got the win in relief after Gettins was rocked. Now that 'Erlytowhine' is out at Mizzou their new coach, Anderson, is from Hofstra...been there four years and that's where Cornell was pitching last year. You'd think there would be a little scouting going on there and they'd know what Cornell would bring. 🤷‍♂️





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Cornell looked good coming in after Fouts yesterday. Looked like Anderson and company had NEVER seen her before!!! Defense was a little too shaky for my liking though in that 4th inning. I was pulling out what hair I have left!!
 
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Defense was a little too shaky for my liking though in that 4th inning.
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Maddie Morgan came into the game with no errors on the season only to chalk up two in the fourth (from what I'm seeing in the box score.) While working on some stuff here I ended up keeping track of the baseball game: didn't keep up with this one except for Twitter. 20%+ of this seasons errors in the fourth inning yesterday. :oops:
 

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