Alabama softball beat Texas, 5-4, Friday night in a back-and-forth opening game of the T-Mobile Crimson Classic, with freshman Megan Bloodworth blasting...
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Alabama softball beat Texas, 5-4, Friday night in a back-and-forth opening game of the T-Mobile Crimson Classic, with freshman
Megan Bloodworth blasting the sixth-inning go ahead home run.
Alabama (17-0) got off to a hot start, scoring three runs in the first inning before Texas (10-8) responded with a two-run home run in the next half-inning.
Ally Shipman drove in
Dallis Goodnight off an RBI double in the third to make it a 4-2 ballgame, but another two-run shot from the Longhorns tied the game 4-4 in the fourth. The score remained tied until the bottom of the sixth, when Bloodworth crushed the 3-1 pitch down the left field line for a solo home run.
Montana Fouts (7-0) closed out the win in the top of the seventh, retiring the side in order.
Bloodworth's home run was her team-leading fifth of the season but her first at Rhoads Stadium. Shipman stayed hot at the plate with a 3-for-3 performance, driving in two RBIs.
Dallis Goodnight was 2-for-2 with two runs scored and a walk, as the freshman has now reached safely in seven straight at-bats. Fouts earned the win in the circle with her sixth complete game of the season.
"First, I want to thank all of the people that came out tonight. We had a great crowd, really great weather and a great opponent. It was a fun way to open this tournament and battle through some stuff. We came through in the end and a freshman hit the home run to win it. I'm just really proud of this team and the effort they gave tonight. It was seven really hard-fought innings tonight."
Highlights
- Alabama has scored first in every game this season, scoring in the first inning for the ninth time tonight
- Ally Shipman has at least one RBI in four of her last five games
- Dallis Goodnight now leads the team with eight multi-hit games
- Today marked the second time this season the Crimson Tide has turned two double plays in a game, previously doing so against Virginia Tech on Feb. 19
- Megan Bloodworth now leads the team with five home runs, with today's marking her first at Rhoads Stadium
- Kaylee Tow extended her reached-base streak to 14 games, Goodnight to 10 and Kat Grill to nine
Scoring Summary
- B1 | Ally Shipman pulled an RBI single through the left side and another run came home on an error (2-0, 1 Out)
- B1 | Kaylee Tow drove a run in with an RBI single up the middle (3-0, 1 Out)
- T2 | Alyssa Washington hit a two-run home run to left (3-2, 1 Out)
- B3 | Shipman drove in Dallis Goodnight from first with an RBI double (4-2, 1 Out)
- T4 | Texas tied it up with a two-run home run (4-4, 0 Out)
- B6 | Megan Bloodworth crushed a solo home run down the left field line (5-4, 1 Out)
Up Next: T-Mobile Crimson Classic (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)
- Saturday, March 5 vs. Texas – 2:30 p.m. CT
- Saturday, March 5 vs. Miami (OH) – 5 p.m. CT
- Sunday, March 6 vs. Miami (OH) – 12:30 p.m. CT
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