| BSB/SB 🥎 Women's College World Series 🥎 Alabama Softball Forces If-Necessary Game Against Oklahoma but Falls in Nightcap to End Season

[rick4bama]

What team is next?

 

[rick4bama]

So I see that Bama will be playing Arizona tonight and that winner will play Sooner tomorrow. Washington and OkSt playing now? Because that winner will play UCLA tomorrow.

 

[planomateo]

 

[bama alum]

Fouts is on her game and Hemphill has churned out a couple more RBIs. 2 - 0, Bama so far. RTR!

 

[bama alum]

Fouts found herself in another jam but clutch pitching and a helluva play by Hemphill... Bama's still up 2 - 0 after 4.

 

[bamachine]

Bama wins 2-0. Now beat OU twice tomorrow, just don't strand so many base runners.

 

[UA Press Release]

Alabama Shuts Out Arizona, 2-0, to Advance to Sunday WCWS Rematch with Oklahoma - University of Alabama Athletics

After an offensive showcase earlier in the day against Florida, Alabama had to battle in a low-scoring pitcher's duel against Arizona as the Crimson Tide sh...

rolltide.com

OKLAHOMA CITY – After an offensive showcase earlier in the day against Florida, Alabama had to battle in a low-scoring pitcher's duel against Arizona as the Crimson Tide shut out the Wildcats, 2-0.

Alabama (59-9) needed just two runs to defeat Arizona (48-14), with freshman Montana Fouts (20-6) and the Tide defense blanking the Wildcats for just the second time this season, as the Grayson, Ky., right-hander fanned nine batters and allowed just three hits. Junior Bailey Hemphillaccounted for Alabama's entire offensive output, hitting a two-run double in the third inning.

"That was one of Montana's best performances of the year," UA head coach Patrick Murphy said. "She had nine strikeouts and held them to three hits and struck out their murderer's row in order the first time she saw them. That's a really good hitting team and for her to do that, she was throwing it really well."

A pair of walks put two on base for Alabama in the top of the third and junior Bailey Hemphill made the Tide's first hit of the day count, roping a standup double into the left-field gap to drive in both runners and give Alabama a 2-0 lead. Arizona threatened in the bottom of the fourth, loading the bases with one out. A swinging strikeout went for out number two and Hemphill reached out to her right to snag a hard-hit line drive to end the inning, getting out of the bases-loaded jam and preserving the two-run lead.

With the score still 2-0 in the top of the seventh, Alabama moved a pair of runners into scoring position but could not add to its lead. Senior Rylee Pierce led off the bottom of the seventh with a hard-hit ball to right that just died on the warning track for out number one. A one-out infield single brought the potential tying run to the plate. A force-out at second went for out number two but the batter beat out the back end of the double play attempt for a fielder's choice. Fouts' ninth strikeout of the day ended the game to preserve the shutout victory for the Tide.

Alabama will rematch against Oklahoma on Sunday, June 2 at 2:30 p.m. CT. A victory for the Tide in that game would force a second game at 8:30 p.m. CT, with the winner of that contest advancing to the championship series on Monday.

For the latest information on the team, follow @AlabamaSB on Twitter, BamaSB on Instagram and Alabama Softball on Facebook. General athletic news can also be found at UA_Athletics on Twitter and Instagram and AlabamaAthletics on Facebook

 

[50+yeartidefan]

Game must have ended into the morning

 

[bamanc50]

It ended about 12:45 am.

 

[rick4bama]

What times are these game today?

 

[planomateo]

NCAA.com

www.ncaa.com

2:30p CST for game 1

 

[rick4bama]

OK, These ladies has came a long way from the start of the season. I'm not going to look for it, but I know some on here didn't think Bama ladies had a snow ball chance to go this far into the season. Hemphill's had a record day vs UF with one swing of the bat. She broke the HR record at Bama with 26, and RBI 82. I wish I could watch this player play the game.

 

[252BAMA]

Top 4 teams left and should have been seeded that way. If Florida is 5, Arizona 6, and Minnesota 7, then Bama is 4. Bama is now 8-1 against the three.

 

[252BAMA]

Let's run rule 'em!



Well, I thought we were in luck not to get Mowins, but damn! This crew loves Florida!

Unbelievable! Clemson beats the crap out of Bama in football and the TV folks slobber all over Clemson. Bama beats the crap out of Florida in softball and they slobber all over Florida.

 

[50+yeartidefan]

Unbelievable! Clemson beats the crap out of Bama in football and the TV folks slobber all over Clemson. Bama beats the crap out of Florida in softball and they slobber all over Florida.

And they did 100%..... was pitiful
Only Oklahoma got more video time
Would be great to put them out

 

[bama alum]

Beth Mowins was actually better - a lot better! - than was Adam Amin.

(Duck! Lightning! )

 

[TerryP]

but I know some on here didn't think Bama ladies had a snow ball chance to go this far into the season

Meh...
I've pointed to the pitching for this team as its weakness. I still do.. Going into what we're looking at this afternoon it's a question mark.

Can a team win two on a Sunday to advance? Can this team? A few breaks, and yes. They can.

You're a sportsbook guy, Ricky, consider ...

 

[RTB Twitter Bot]

 

[PurlJam]

No matter the ourcome today..
#8 seed my ass....we turned the #5 and # 6 seeds sideways and performed a colonoscopy with them...girls been underrated all year (picked to finish 7th, I believe in the SEC), I'm proud of them.

 

[Max]

(picked to finish 7th, I believe in the SEC),

It was 8th by the coaches (I think it was the coaches) which made the 8 seed like salt in the wound.