Alabama
Michigan
Softball Falls in Rubber Game to Michigan, 4-2
3/6/2010 12:00:00 AM | Softball
March 6, 2010
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - In the rubber game between the two teams the No. 7 ranked Michigan Wolverines downed the No. 6 ranked Alabama Crimson Tide 4-2 Saturday afternoon at the Alabama Softball Complex. After the day the Tide moves to 13-5 overall while the Wolverines improve to 13-4.
Michigan put three runs on the board in the third and that proved to be the difference. With two outs Dorian Shaw hit a three-run home run to left-center that scored Roya St. Clair and Maggie Viefhaus.
Alabama got one run back in the fifth when junior Whitney Larsen led off the inning with a prodigious blast to left field.
In the seventh the Wolverines tacked on a final insurance run with a single off the bat of Angela Findlay that plated Steph Kirkpatrick.
Alabama tried to mount a comeback in the bottom half when sophomore Amanda Locke hit a moon shot over the left field wall to pull the score to the final margin of 4-2.
The Crimson Tide will wrap up the Easton Challenge on Sunday against DePaul. The two teams will meet at 12:15 p.m. after the South Carolina and Michigan game that will start at 10:00 a.m.
