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Alabama Softball Welcomes Georgia to Rhoads Stadium - University of Alabama Athletics

No. 4 Alabama welcomes No. 15 Georgia for a nationally-televised three game series at Rhoads Stadium starting Saturday, April2 at 3:30 p.m. CT on ESPN2

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This Week: #4/4 Alabama vs. #15/18 Georgia​

• Saturday, April 2 – 3:30 p.m. CT – ESPN2
• Sunday, April 3 – 3 p.m. CT – SEC Network
• Monday, April 4 – 6 p.m. CT – SEC Network
• Radio: 97.5 FM | nick975.com

Scouting Alabama​

• Alabama continues SEC play this weekend at Rhoads Stadium, hosting Georgia for a three-game series starting Saturday, April 2
• The Tide earned an 8-0 win in five innings over Alabama State on Tuesday, including a no-hitter from redshirt freshman Alex Salter
• Alabama heads into the weekend tied with Auburn for first in the SEC at 6-3, with four teams one half-game behind the lead and Florida just one game back
• Head Coach Patrick Murphy is in his 24th season as head coach at Alabama with a 1,173-324 (.784) record
• Alabama returns 11 players from last year's team that made the Women's College World Series semifinals, including a pair of All-Americans in Montana Fouts and Kaylee Tow
• The Tide welcomes nine newcomers, including three transfers and six freshmen

Starting Early​

• Alabama has scored 43 of its 200 runs in the first inning, the Tide's most runs scored in any inning, outscoring its opponents 43-5
• Alabama has hit 11 of its 30 home runs in the first two innings
• Tide batters are hitting 51-for-144 (.354) in the first inning, which only trails the 52 hits and .374 average earned in the fifth inning
• Alabama has scored in the first inning in 15 games, winning all but one of those contests

Career Record Watch​

• Kaylee Tow's double against South Carolina on March 26 was the 44th of her career, tying ninth-place Dani Woods (2005-08) on the Alabama career records list and two away from eighth-place Christy Kyle (1997-2000)
• Tow is sixth all-time with 146 career walks, which puts her five away from fifth-place Stephanie VanBrakle (2003-06)
• Montana Fouts moved past Jaclyn Traina (2011-14) into sixth all-time with 23 career shutouts, which is just one away from Chrissy Owens (2005-08) and three from Stephanie VanBrakle (2003-06)

Alabama in SEC Play​

• Alabama is 478-182 (.724) all-time in SEC play, including a 443-161 (.733) mark under Head Coach Patrick Murphy
• The Crimson Tide has won six SEC regular season titles (2006, '10, '11, '12, '14 and '19) and six SEC Tournament titles (1998, 2003, '05, '10, '12 and '21)
• Alabama has never had a losing record in conference play, winning 20 or more conference games 11 times
• The Tide is the only team to win the SEC Tournament on its home field, doing so in 2012 and 2021

Sweet Home Alabama​

• Alabama sports a 672-121 (.847) all-time record at home, including a 636-105 (.858) mark under head coach Patrick Murphy and a 617-101 (.859) record at Rhoads Stadium, the Tide's home field since 2000
• Since Rhoads Stadium opened in 2000, Alabama has won at least 25 home games in 18 of its 22 years there.

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[TerryP]

Today's game is the first of seven that'll be broadcast nationally: four on SECN and three on ESPN2.

Alabama honors the 2012 National Championship team this weekend.

 

[bamanc50]

Oh no!!! Beth Mowins doing the game. How long before she starts talking about the Soooooners????????

 

[bamanc50]

Oh no!!! Beth Mowins doing the game. How long before she starts talking about the Soooooners????????

LOL!! She made it to the 2nd Georgia out in the top of the 1st inning.

 

[TerryP]

@bamanc50 did you mind the latest reference to OU losing?

 

[bamanc50]

@bamanc50 did you mind the latest reference to OU losing?

Not At All !!!!

 

[PurlJam]

 

[bamanc50]

Shipman

 

[bamanc50]

Murph got tossed. Bad call by 3 rd plate ump on Shipman batting.

 

[PurlJam]

I’ve said my peace about us in softball… we are who we are. Nothing left to add.

 

[UA Press Release]

Alabama Softball Falls in Saturday Series Opener to Georgia, 5-3 - Alabama Athletics

Alabama softball brought the potential tying run to the plate in the bottom of the seventh but ultimately could not complete the comeback, falling to Georgia...

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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Alabama softball brought the potential tying run to the plate in the bottom of the seventh but ultimately could not complete the comeback, falling to Georgia, 5-3, in Saturday's series opener at Rhoads Stadium.

Alabama (29-5, 6-4 SEC) and Georgia (31-5, 5-2 SEC) were scoreless until the Bulldogs strung together a trio of hits to take a 3-0 lead in the fourth. Ally Shipman put the Crimson Tide on the board in the bottom half of the inning with a solo home run and Alabama threatened again in the bottom of the fifth, loading the bases with two outs but a called strikeout got Georgia out of the jam and kept it a 3-1 game.

Sydney Kuma tacked on two more for the Bulldogs with a two-run home run in the sixth to make it 5-1 but Megan Bloodworth got the two runs back with a two-run double in the bottom half of the inning. With the score still 5-3 in the bottom of the seventh, Shipman hit a two-out single to bring the tying run to the plate but a groundout ended the game.

Shipman was 2-for-4, giving her a team-leading 12 multi-hit games this season. The solo shot also gave her the team lead in that category with six, along with 36 RBIs. Ashley Prange went 1-for-3 to extend her hitting streak to a career-best 10 games, beating her previous best of nine set as a freshman at Ohio State in 2019. Montana Fouts (15-2) took the loss in the circle but struck out 10 batters to give her nine games this season with double-digit Ks.

From Head Coach Patrick Murphy​

"We had the tying run at the plate in the seventh inning but couldn't get a key hit to score her and overall that was proved to be the difference in this ball game: key hits. Georgia got them and we didn't. The formula to win high-level softball game is a good start from the pitcher, great team defense and the key hits. Give credit to Georgia, they played a good game. Their pitcher pitched a good game and they played pretty good defense too. The biggest thing was they got the key hit, the two-run home run, which was the killer for us."

Highlights​

• The loss snaps an eight-game winning streak from Alabama in the all-time series against Georgia, with the Tide now 49-21 all-time vs. the Bulldogs, including a 25-8 mark in Tuscaloosa
• Alabama is 6-2 this season when the opponent scores first
• Ashley Prange extended her hitting streak to a career-best 10 games, beating her previous best of nine set as a freshman at Ohio State in 2019
• Shipman's solo home run gives her the team lead in HRs (6) and RBIs (36)
• Montana Fouts now has nine games this season with double-digit strikeouts and 37 for her career

Scoring Summary​

• T4 | Lacey Fincher hit an RBI double to center field (0-1, 1 Out)
• T4 | Jayda Kearney dropped an RBI single into shallow let (0-2, 1 Out)
• T4 | Aniyah Black poked a single through the right side to drive in another run (0-3, 2 Out)
• B4 | Ally Shipman blasted a solo homer to left center (1-3, 1 Out)
• T6 | Sydney Kuma hit a two-run home run (1-5, 2 Out)
• B6 | Megan Bloodworth tacked on two with a double to center field (3-5, 2 Out)

 

[bama alum]

Game 2, top of the 3rd. Kilfoyl just gave up a solo shot to their #9 hitter and...And Beth Mowins is once again on the call. Jawja 1 - 0.

 

[BamaFan334]

Damnit, I sure hope we are going to start losing to Georfia at everything. Football, basketball, and now softball.

 

[bamanc50]

This Bama team is going to have a tough rest of the year. Not going to be able to compete with cold bats and leaving bases loaded like yesterday. Already down 2-0.

 

[bamanc50]

RBI Prange 2-1

 

[bama alum]

Shipman's third strike...BS

 

[PurlJam]

 

[bama alum]

Home plate ump is as scatterbrained as yesterday's umpire. The same pitch he's calling balls suddenly has become a strike. Still, Kilfoyl needed a better pitch than that 3-2 pitch.

 

[bama alum]

Great hitting and base running in the 4th. Tied 3 - 3 now.

 

[bama alum]

Kilfoyl worked her way out that jam pretty well. Dowling may have been given the error, but she wasn't going to be able throw either runner out. Jmo