Alabama Softball Falls to Oklahoma State, 4-1, to Close Weekend in Clearwater

Saturday, February 15

Clearwater, Fla.

9:30 a.m. CT

Alabama

4-5

Oklahoma State

6-3

Oklahoma State

Alabama

Photo by: Crimson Tide Photos / UA Athletics

Alabama Softball Falls to Oklahoma State, 4-1, to Close Weekend in Clearwater

2/15/2020 12:41:00 PM | Softball

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The Crimson Tide makes its 2020 home debut next weekend, hosting the Easton Bama Bash

CLEARWATER, Fla. – Alabama had the potential go-ahead run at the plate in the bottom of the sixth but the late rally fell just short as Oklahoma State edged out Alabama, 4-1, Saturday afternoon to close out play at the St. Pete/Clearwater Elite Invitational.

Alabama (4-5) fell behind after Oklahoma State (5-3) scored a pair of runs in the third and fourth innings. In the bottom of the sixth, the Crimson Tide looked to rally loading the bases with one out. A bases-loaded walk to junior Maddie Morgan pushed a run across but an inning-ending double play ended the rally. The Cowgirls added two insurance runs in the top of the seventh and Alabama stranded a runner on in the home half of the inning with the final score as 4-1.

Highlights

Senior Bailey Hemphill was 1-for-2 with a walk, stretching her reached-base streak to seven games
Freshman Lexi Kilfoyl pitched 4.0 relief innings with two runs allowed on four hits with six strikeouts, ending the weekend with five runs allowed, four earned, with 16 strikeouts across 14.2 innings pitched

Scoring Summary

T3rd | With two in scoring position and nobody out, a slow roller on the infield gave the runner from third enough time to come home and score on the infield RBI single (Alabama 0, Oklahoma State 1)
T4th | A groundout with the bases loaded doubled the Cowgirls' lead (Alabama 0, Oklahoma State 2)
B6th | Back-to-back singles and a fielding error loaded the bases with one out for junior Maddie Morgan, who drew a walk to move everyone up 60 feet (Alabama 1, Oklahoma State 2)
T7th | Sydney Pennington hit a leadoff solo home run to left field (Alabama 1, Oklahoma State 3)
T7th | With two in scoring position and two out, a wild pitch brought an insurance run home for the Cowgirls (Alabama 1, Oklahoma State 4)

Up Next

Alabama makes its 2020 home debut, hosting the Easton Bama Bash Feb. 21-23 at Rhoads Stadium. The Crimson Tide welcomes Wichita State, Penn State and Louisville for five games over three days.

Feb. 21 vs. Wichita State – 4 p.m. CT
Feb. 21 vs. Penn State – 6 p.m. CT
Feb. 22 vs. Louisville – 1:30 p.m. CT
Feb. 22 vs. Penn State – 4 p.m. CT
Feb. 23 vs. Louisville – 1:30 p.m. CT

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