⚾ 🥎 🥎 TaxAct Clearwater Invitational: BAMA Closes Weekend with 2-1 Win over Florida State

[bama alum]

Terrible decision by Murphy to give Shipman the go ahead to stretch an easy double into a farfetched triple. She's no speed demon...out by a mile.

 

[bama alum]

8 - 0! Stephens with a RBI double. Great game from her today.

 

[Bammerboy321]

Just saw the centerfield made a great play. Good job fielding.

 

[bama alum]

Essman with a run-rule shutout! Murph and the team really needed this one today. RTR!

 

[bama alum]

Just saw the centerfield made a great play. Good job fielding.

Helluva play!!

 

[252BAMA]

Kept seeing all the scores and had to check out how many teams were there. Would you believe16!?

Teams - TaxAct Clearwater Invitational Softball Tournament

2023 TaxAct Clearwater Invitational Presented by EvoShield Teams

www.clearwaterinvitational.com

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

Alabama and FSU getting started... kinda weird seeing Fouts throw without the facemask...

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

Alabama and FSU getting started... kinda weird seeing Fouts throw without the facemask...

Ok, she has it now. Weirdness averted.

 

[252BAMA]

Now that's the way to pitch with an 0-2 count and the bases loaded!

 

[bama alum]

Murph made some adjustments. Second time around v. Sandercock two HRs in the 4th. 2 - 0, Bama


Well, , F$U just made a similar adjustment...2 - 1.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

Murph made some adjustments. Second time around v. Sandercock two HRs in the 4th. 2 - 0, Bama


Well, , F$U just made a similar adjustment...2 - 1.

Hope that blast by Dowling gets her going some... she just hasn't been the same for a good while, since her injury.

 

[bama alum]

Hope that blast by Dowling gets her going some... she just hasn't been the same for a good while, since her injury.

Yeah, I saw in yesterday's game her batting average is on .167. She really needs to get it going, both her and Broadfoot.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

Bama hangs on, wins 2-1. And that's a stout FSU team.

 

[rick4bama]

Isn't this the first time in 7-8 games? That Bama beat FSU?

 

[Rsedge72]

Isn't this the first time in 7-8 games? That Bama beat FSU?

Yeah they’ve had BAMA’s #

 

[UA Press Release]

Alabama Softball Closes Weekend in Clearwater with 2-1 Win over Florida State - University of Alabama Athletics

In the marquee Sunday night matchup at the TaxAct Clearwater Invitational, 15th-ranked Alabama used a pair of solo home runs to beat No. 7 Florida State in a 2-1

rolltide.com

CLEARWATER, Fla. – In the marquee Sunday night matchup at the TaxAct Clearwater Invitational, 15th-ranked Alabama used a pair of solo home runs to beat No. 7 Florida State in a 2-1 pitcher's duel.

Alabama (6-2) and Florida State (9-3) were scoreless through the first three innings until a pair of solo home runs from Kenleigh Cahalan and Bailey Dowling broke up the perfect game and gave the Crimson Tide a two-run lead. The Seminoles responded with their own solo shot in the next half-inning to make it 2-1, but Montana Fouts (3-1) and the Alabama defense did the work the rest of the way, stranding the potential tying run 60 feet away in the seventh to clinch the win.

The game was Alabama's third this season with multiple home runs, the second homer of the season for Cahalan and the first for Dowling. The complete game was Fouts' third of the season, allowing four runs or less in all of them.

Highlights​

• The win snaps a five-game streak in the series for Florida State, marking Alabama's first win over the Seminoles since Feb. 23, 2018
• The game was Alabama's third this season hitting multiple home runs, previously doing so against Lehigh (Feb. 10) and UCLA (Feb. 17)
• The home run was Kenleigh Cahalan's second of the season and Bailey Dowling's first
• Montana Fouts has thrown three complete games this season, holding the opponent to four or less runs each time

Scoring Summary​

• B4 | Kenleigh Cahalan broke up the perfect game with a first-pitch solo home run (1-0, 0 Out)
• B4 | Bailey Dowling slugged a solo home run to left (2-0, 2 Out)
• T5 | The Seminoles answered right back in the next half-inning with their own solo homer (2-1, 0 Out)

Up Next: vs. Samford (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)​

• Wednesday, Feb. 22 – 6 p.m. CT

 

[Rolltide24]

I was in the airport waiting on my luggage at midnight last night. Surrounded by the Ole Miss softball squad. Surprisingly, I was not impressed… By their size! Their size! What, you thought I meant something else?

 

[SnakeDoc]

I was in the airport waiting on my luggage at midnight last night. Surrounded by the Ole Miss softball squad. Surprisingly, I was not impressed… By their size! Their size! What, you thought I meant something else?

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

This week's D1Softball Poll​

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D1SOFTBALL TOP 25​

Updated February 20, 2023

1. UCLA
2. Oklahoma
3. Oklahoma State
4. Florida
5. Clemson
6. Alabama
7. Florida State
8. Stanford
9. Washington
10. Arkansas
11. Tennessee
12. LSU
13. Duke
14. Georgia
15. Virginia Tech
16. Kentucky
17. Texas
18. Auburn
19. Texas A&M
20. Arizona
21. Maryland
22. Northwestern
23. Baylor
24. UCF
25. Missouri

If you're keeping count, Alabama has already played #1 (lost), #7 (won), #13 (won) and #24 (won).

 

[50+yeartidefan]

Bama n fsu on now on espnu