Alabama Softball Returns Home to Face Georgia State Wednesday

Wednesday, April 10

Tuscaloosa, Ala.

6 p.m. CT

Alabama

Georgia State

Photo by: Crimson Tide Photos / UA Athletics

Alabama Softball Returns Home to Face Georgia State Wednesday

4/9/2019 2:50:00 PM | Softball

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THIS WEEK: #5/7 ALABAMA (38-4) VS. GEORGIA STATE (5-34)
Wednesday, April 10 – 6 p.m. CT
Tuscaloosa, Ala. – Rhoads Stadium

SCOUTING ALABAMA

Alabama is 38-4 entering this weekend's games, owning an 8-4 record in conference play. The Crimson Tide is currently tied for second in the SEC standings
Last time out, Alabama fell in two of its three games at South Carolina, taking its first SEC series loss of the season
This week begins a four-game home stand for the Tide, with only three home games after that on the regular-season schedule. Alabama is 18-1 at home this season
Alabama is No. 5 in USA Today/NFCA top-25 and No. 7 in the ESPN.com/USA Softball rankings
Six of the Tide's regular starters are hitting above .300, led by sophomore Kaylee Tow at .375. Junior Bailey Hemphill is right behind Tow, batting .353 with 19 home runs and an NCAA-best 60 RBIs while junior Elissa Brown is third on the team with a .345 batting average and team-leading 30 stolen bases
Freshman Montana Fouts sports a 12-1 record and 1.05 ERA, striking out 111 over 87.0 innings pitched. Junior Sarah Cornell is 15-1 with a 2.00 ERA over 80.1 innings while junior Krystal Goodman has a 1.48 ERA and a 6-0 record

ALL-TIME VS. GEORGIA STATE

Overall: Alabama leads 7-1
In Tuscaloosa: 4-1 | In Atlanta: 2-0 | At Neutral Sites: 1-0
Current Streak: Alabama +5
Last Meeting: Feb. 23, 2018 - Tuscaloosa, Ala. - W, 5-1

LAST TIME OUT: ALABAMA FALLS IN TWO OF THREE AT SOUTH CAROLINA

Alabama won the series opener on Friday against South Carolina, 9-1, before falling in games two, 5-1, and three, 2-0
The series loss is the first this season for the Tide, and Sunday's game was the first shutout loss of the year
Junior Elissa Brown led the team at the plate over the weekend, batting .444 (4-for-9) and was 3-for-3 in stolen bases
Junior Claire Jenkins hit a pair of home runs in Friday's win, the first multi-home run game of her career. She is now second on the team with 12 home runs this season, seven of which have come in SEC play
Junior Krystal Goodman pitched 4.2 strong relief innings on Sunday against the Gamecocks, holding them scoreless with six strikeouts while allowing just one hit

ALABAMA AMONG THE NATIONAL LEADERS

The Tide leads the SEC and ranks eighth nationally with 91 stolen bases, averaging 2.17 per game
Alabama paces the conference and is sixth in the country with 65 home runs over 42 games, averaging 1.55 per contest
The Tide is one of four teams in the country and the only SEC team with at least 300 runs scored, averaging 7.14 runs-per-game
Junior Bailey Hemphill is the national leader with 60 RBIs and is third with 19 home runs
Sophomore Kaylee Tow leads the NCAA with 49 walks, helping build a .571 on base percentage that ranks sixth
Freshman Montana Fouts leads the SEC and is fifth nationally with a 1.05 ERA and her 6.53 strikeout-to-walk ratio ranks 11th

ALABAMA IN SEC PLAY (TOP 3)

On Base Percentage - .433 - 1st
Walks - 76 - 1st
Stolen Bases - 20 - 1st
Triples - 4 - T1st
Home Runs Allowed - 7 - 1st
Home Runs - 24 - 2nd
Slugging Percentage - .573 - 2nd
Earned Run Average - 3.05 - 2nd
Earned Runs Allowed - 36 - T2nd
Batting Average - .297 - 3rd
Runs Scored - 85 - 3rd
RBIs - 74 - 3rd
Hits - 96 - T3rd

HEMPHILL SLUGGING INTO SINGLE-SEASON TOP 10

Through 42 games, junior Bailey Hemphill is already posting some of the best power numbers in UA single-season history
Her 19 home runs is tied for 3rd all-time at UA with Marisa Runyon (2015) and Charlotte Morgan (2008)
The single-season record for home runs is 25, set by Kelly Kretschman in 1998. The only other player to surpass 20 home runs in a season was Kaila Hunt with 21 in 2012
Hemphill's NCAA-leading 60 RBIs is tied for 10th all-time at UA. The single-season record is 80, set by Marisa Runyon in 2015, and only four players have surpassed 70

REAGAN DYKES TWO AWAY FROM CAUGHT STEALING RECORD

With six runners caught stealing this season, Reagan Dykes is second all-time at UA with 42 career runners caught stealing
She is two shy of Kendall Dawson's (2009-12) record total of 44
Dykes' 16 runners caught stealing last year was one off the single-season school record of 17 set by Dawson in 2011
Dykes, Dawson and Lacy Prejean (2000-03) are the only three catchers in school history with at least 16 runners caught stealing in a season

HOME SWEET HOME

Alabama is 18-1 at home this season, sporting its highest home winning percentage (.947) since 2011 when the Tide went 25-1 (.962)
Tide hitters have outscored the opponents 123-50 this season at Rhoads Stadium
29 of the team's 65 home runs have come at Rhoads Stadium, paced by nine from junior Bailey Hemphill
Tide pitching owns a 2.08 ERA this season at home, holding the opponent to two or fewer runs in 14 of the 19 games played

UP NEXT
Alabama hosts Georgia for three nationally-televised contests this weekend at Rhoads Stadium. The series begins Saturday, April 13 at 11 a.m. CT live on ESPN2, with game two on Sunday, April 14 at 6 p.m. on SEC Network and the series finale also set for a 6 p.m. start on SEC Network Monday, April 15.