Alabama softball put on an offensive showcase Saturday against South Carolina, downing the Gamecocks 10-2 to clinch the weekend series.
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COLUMBIA, S.C. – Alabama softball put on an offensive showcase Saturday against South Carolina, downing the Gamecocks 10-2 to clinch the weekend series.
Alabama (27-4, 5-3 SEC) took advantage of a South Carolina (18-12, 2-6 SEC) throwing error in the second inning to score the first run of the game, adding a second on a
Dallis Goodnight RBI single. Another fielding error the next inning made it a 3-0 lead for the Tide where it remained until the bottom of the fourth, when the Gamecocks' first hit of the day stayed fair down the right field line for a double, driving in a pair to make it a one-run game. In the top of the fifth,
Kaylee Tow bounced a double off the wall in right center, driving in two runners to make it 5-2.
A sac fly RBI from
Ashley Prange in the sixth made it 6-2 before
Ally Shipman sent a ball to the right field gap, bouncing off the glove of the diving center fielder and allowing her to hustle all the way home on the inside-the-park home run, scoring two to make it 8-2.
Jenna Johnson made it 10-2 with a two-run homer in the seventh before the Tide defense retired the side in order in the bottom half to close out the win.
Tow posted her second multi-hit game of the weekend, now batting 4-for-7 with four RBIs in two games against the Gamecocks. Shipman's inside-the-park home run was the ninth in program history and just the third to occur away from Rhoads Stadium. Prange also extended her hitting streak to eight games, one shy of her career best.
Lexi Kilfoyl (5-2) got the complete-game win, holding the Gamecocks to just two hits.
Highlights
- Alabama improves to 45-20 all-time vs. South Carolina, including a 22-11 in Columbia
- It was the most runs scored by Alabama in the series since March 8, 2014 in Tuscaloosa 10-5
- The game marked Alabama's fifth multi-HR game of the season, its second in conference play
- Ally Shipman's inside-the-park home run was the ninth in program history and just the third away from Rhoads Stadium
- Ashley Prange extended her hitting streak to a season-best eight games, now just one shy of tying her career best of nine set in 2019 as a freshman at Ohio State
- Jenna Lord's three walks are the most for any Tide batter this season, with Bailey Hemphill as the last to do so in last year's Super Regional round against Kentucky (May 29, 2021)
Scoring Summary
- T2 | After a lineout, an errant throw out of play allowed Aubrey Barnhart to advance home from second (1-0, 1 Out)
- T2 | Dallis Goodnight beat out a slap single and Jenna Lord scored from third (2-0, 2 Out)
- T3 | A two-out fielding error brought Ashley Prange home from second (3-0, 2 Out)
- B4 | South Carolina's first hit of the day was a two-run double down the right field line (3-2, 0 Out)
- T5 | Kaylee Tow bounced a two-run double off the wall in right center (5-2, 1 Out)
- T6 | Ashley Prange drove in a run on a sac fly RBI (6-2, 1 Out)
- T6 | Ally Shipman hustled all the way around the bases on an inside-the-park home run (8-2, 2 Out)
- T7 | Jenna Johnson pulled a two-run home run to left field (10-2, 0 Out)
Up Next: at South Carolina (Columbia, S.C.)
- Sunday, March 27 – 12 p.m. CT
