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The Crimson Tide hit three home runs, scored in four of the five innings it came to bat
MOBILE, Ala. – Alabama softball scored in four of the five innings it came to bat, including three home runs in the fourth, to secure a 15-3 road win Tuesday over South Alabama.
Alabama (20-7) plated three runs in the first inning without registering a hit, before South Alabama (11-15) answered with a run of its own in the bottom half. An RBI single in the third made it 4-1 and the Crimson Tide put the game out of reach with a seven-run fourth that included home runs from Alexis Pupillo, Kali Heivilin and Brooke Ellestad. After a Jaguar solo home run in the bottom of the fourth, Alabama responded with four more in the top of the fifth to make it 15-2. A one-out RBI single in the bottom of the fifth brought in a late South Alabama run but a popup and strikeout ended the game in run-rule fashion, 15-3.
Pupillo and Ellestad each had two hits, with Pupillo driving in a season-best four RBIs while the game gives Ellestad a team-leading 10 multi-hit games this season. Kali Heiviln and Ellestad hit back-to-back home runs during the big fourth inning, the second time they've gone back-to-back in the last four games. Audrey Vandagriff had three stolen bases, pushing her NCAA-leading season total to 34 and putting her just six shy of cracking the UA single-season top 10. Jocelyn Briski (8-5) earned her seventh straight win in the circle, allowing one run on three hits in 3.0 innings pitched.
From Head Coach
"Nineteen players saw time in the game, so it was a total team victory. I was really pleased with Briski's start and Pupillo really got us going with that bomb and it really opened the floodgates from there. Our hitters were very patient, laying off bad pitches and waiting for hittable ones. The defense was good and both relief pitchers I thought did well behind Briski as well."
