Alabama
7-5
Louisville
5-8
Alabama Softball Posts Pair of Run-Rule Victories Saturday at Easton Bama Bash
2/22/2020 7:31:00 PM | Softball
The Crimson Tide run-rule Louisville in five innings, Penn State in six
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Alabama softball put on an offensive showcase in two run-rule victories Saturday at the Easton Bama Bash, defeating Louisville 9-0 in five innings and Penn State 14-6 in six innings.
Alabama (7-5) opened Saturday defeating Louisville (5-8) 9-0 in five innings, led by five RBIs from junior KB Sides. The Crimson Tide were in an early hole against Penn State (5-7) after the Nittany Lions scored five in the opening frame but Alabama continued to chip away until a five-run fourth inning gave the Tide the lead and they kept rolling, eventually winning by run rule in the sixth inning, 14-6.
Sides and junior Maddie Morgan each ended the day with seven RBIs, accounting for over half of the Tide's total. The pair were tied for the team lead with three hits each along with senior Alexis Mack. Celebrating her senior day, Taylor Clark hit a two-run home run against Penn State, her second long ball of the year. In the circle, freshman Lexi Kilfoyl (4-2) fanned five across 5.0 scoreless innings while senior Krystal Goodman (2-0) took home the win in game two, throwing 5.0 innings with senior Sarah Cornell adding a scoreless sixth behind her.
From Head Coach Patrick Murphy
"I think today we had more of a battle mentality at the plate and never gave in. Last year we talked about just competing in the box. Halfway through the season last year we played a midweek game that we ended up winning but we struck out maybe seven times. The mentality needs to be that you're better than the pitcher once you step in the box, period."
KB Sides drives in ??
— Alabama Softball (@AlabamaSB) February 22, 2020
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Highlights
- Senior Bailey Hemphill stretched her reached base streak to 11 straight games
- Sides drove in a career-best five runs in against Louisville, coming off a triple, single and sacrifice fly
- Morgan's six RBIs mark a career high and it is the highest total for a Crimson Tide player since Peyton Grantham at Missouri on April 1, 2017
- Skylar Wallace scored a career-best four runs in the win over the Nittany Lions
Senior day fireworks ??
— Alabama Softball (@AlabamaSB) February 22, 2020
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Scoring Summary
- vs. Louisville
- B1st | Sides blasted a two-run triple that rolled to the wall in left center (Alabama 2, Louisville 0)
- B1st | With Sides at third, Morgan laid down a squeeze bunt to drive her in (Alabama 3, Louisville 0)
- B2nd | With the bases loaded and nobody out, sophomore Skylar Wallace drew a walk as everyone moved up 60 feet (Alabama 4, Louisville 0)
- B2nd | Sides lifted a high fly ball to left with the bases loaded, allowing sophomore Savannah Woodard to tag up and score on the sac fly (Alabama 5, Louisville 0)
- B3rd | With the bases loaded, Mack poked a single through the left side and everyone moved up a base (Alabama 6, Louisville 0)
- B3rd | Wallace followed Mack's single with an RBI groundout (Alabama 7, Louisville 0)
- B3rd | A bases-loaded single from Sides added two more runs (Alabama 9, Louisville 0)
- vs. Penn State
- T1st | With the bases loaded, a double to right field drove in a pair of runs for Penn State (Alabama 0, Penn State 2)
- T1st | A three-run home run padded the Nittany Lions' early lead (Alabama 0, Penn State 5)
- B1st | A bases-loaded single from Morgan rolled all the way to the wall in center, clearing the bases and making it a two-run game (Alabama 3, Penn State 5)
- B2nd | A sac fly RBI to left field from Sides made it a one-run game (Alabama 4, Penn State 5)
- B2nd | With two on and two out, Morgan came through with an RBI single to tie the game (Alabama 5, Penn State 5)
- T3rd | Destiny Weber hit her second home run of the day, a solo shot to give the Nittany Lions the lead (Alabama 5, Penn State 6)
- B4th | On a single to shallow center, the PSU outfielder bobbled the ball to allow Wallace to score from third on the error and tie the game (Alabama 6, Penn State 6)
- B4th | Freshman Abby Doerr laced a two-run double down the right field line to give Alabama the lead (Alabama 8, Penn State 6)
- B4th | Clark smashed a two-run home run to straightaway center (Alabama 10, Penn State 6)
- B5th | Another sacrifice fly from Sides increased the Tide's lead to five (Alabama 11, Penn State 6)
- B5th | Morgan slugged a two-run home run to center field (Alabama 13, Penn State 6)
- B6th | Wallace ended the game, putting the Tide ahead by eight with an RBI single to cap the run-rule victory (Alabama 14, Penn State 6)
Up Next
Alabama wraps up its weekend with a rematch against Louisville on Sunday, Feb. 23 at 1:30 p.m. CT.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Kilfoyl, Lexi (4-2)
L: Taylor Roby (3-4)
Base Running:
CS: Maddy Newman 1
Batting:
3B: Sides, KB 1
RBI: Mack, Alexis 1 ; Wallace, Skylar 2 ; Sides, KB 5 ; Morgan, Maddie 1
SH: Morgan, Maddie 1
SF: Sides, KB 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Mack, Alexis 1 ; Wallace, Skylar 1 ; Hemphill, Bailey 1 ; Sides, KB 1 ; Anderson, Mary Greg 1 ; Kilfoyl, Lexi 1 ; Woodard, Savannah 2 ; Johnson, Jenna 1
SB: Wallace, Skylar 1
