Bammerboy321
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For as long as Murphy is there, there will be zero adjustments at the plate. It sucks but Alabama's approach at the plate has been the biggest head scratcher under Murphy.
| BSB/SB š„~ Tuscaloosa Super Regional: OKC Bound! Alabama Softball Punches its 14th Ticket to Womenās College World Series
Murphyās still coaching the batters the same as 2010-2015. Difference then and nowā¦he had speed and power hitters then.
Alabama Softball Falls to Northwestern, 3-1, in Opening Game of Super Regionals - University of Alabama Athletics
No. 12 seed Northwestern took Friday's opening game of the Tuscaloosa Super Regional, defeating No. 5 seed Alabama 3-1
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. ā No. 12 seed Northwestern took Friday's opening game of the Tuscaloosa Super Regional, defeating No. 5 seed Alabama 3-1.
With the loss Alabama (43-20) will need to win Saturday's game two to force a winner-take-all game three on Sunday, while one more win would send Northwestern (42-11) to the Women's College World Series. The Crimson Tide has dropped the opening game of a Super Regional series five times, rallying to win in three games in 2011 vs. Stanford and 2015 vs. Oklahoma, both in Tuscaloosa.
Northwestern scratched the first run of the game across in the top of the second on a solo home run from Angela Zedak. Alabama threatened in the bottom half, loading the bases with two out for the top of the order but a long fly ball ended the inning as the Wildcats got out of the jam holding the one-run lead. The Wildcats added another run in the third and fourth innings to lead 3-0 before the Crimson Tide scored in the bottom of the fourth on some heads-up baserunning from Jordan Stephens, who went all the way from first to home. The Wildcats stranded a combined four baserunners over the final three innings, unable to add to their lead, but the Tide wasn't able to threaten either as the 3-1 score ultimately proved final.
After suffering an injury in the SEC Tournament against Arkansas on May 11, Montana Fouts (23-10) made her return to the circle throwing 3.1 innings in the start while Jaala Torrence backed her up with 3.2 shutout innings in relief. For the second time in the last three games, Ashley Prange went 2-for-3 including a first-inning double, her 10th of the season.
From Head Coach Patrick Murphy
"The goal of the weekend is to win two games. They won the first one, so we have to win tomorrow to play on Sunday. Tomorrow is our focus. Today was a fact-finding mission. We have an idea of what they do now, so we'll go home, watch film and study and come out with a really great game plan for tomorrow night. The players just need to keep their poise. They've been playing this game since they were five years old."
4 pitches in and this Northwestern pitcher is already on my nerves walking halfway back to 2nd base after every single pitch...
bama alum
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For her sake, I hope Braud was right, that this was just a missed signal. That looked bad. Even Murphy had a deer-in-the-headlights look after she was tagged out.
Example: Not a strike in his worldā¦Home plate ump has quite the interpretation of a strike zone.
bama alum
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Zzzzackly! But a ball clearly outside the zone is a strike.
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