Alabama Softball Beats Liberty, Eighth-Ranked LSU Saturday in Tuscaloosa

Saturday, February 20

Tuscaloosa, Ala.

1:30 p.m. CT

Alabama

6-0

Liberty

6-3

Liberty

Alabama

Photo by: David Gray

Alabama Softball Beats Liberty, Eighth-Ranked LSU Saturday in Tuscaloosa

2/20/2021 8:10:00 PM | Softball

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The Crimson Tide earns 22 hits and outscores its opponents 13-3

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Fifth-ranked Alabama softball remained undefeated on the young season with a pair of wins Saturday over Liberty, 8-1, and No. 8 LSU, 5-2.

Alabama (7-0) continued to hit the ball well, tallying 10 hits in the win over Liberty (6-3) before bettering it with a season-high 12 against LSU (4-2). The Crimson Tide has now totaled 10 or more hits in four of the seven games played this season.

Kaylee Tow hit a blistering .714 on the day, going 5-for-7 with three runs scored and three RBIs. After hitting a two-run single in the first inning against the Flames, she added a fifth-inning solo home run. It was the second home run of the game for Alabama, following a three-run shot from Claire Jenkins, who was celebrating her senior day Saturday. The win over Liberty was the first multi-home run game of the season for the Tide. Elissa Brown went a combined 3-for-5, earning a hit in each game to extend her current streak to eight.

The hot offense was matched by a shut-down bullpen and defense, with Montana Fouts (3-0) and Lexi Kilfoyl (4-0) coming away with wins against Liberty and LSU, respectively. Fouts struck out a career-high 13 batters in 6.0 innings against the Flames while Kilfoyl pitched the complete-game victory against the eighth-ranked Tigers, allowing just two runs, one earned.

FROM HEAD COACH PATRICK MURPHY

"Eleven hits are a lot against a really good [LSU] team and I was very pleased with the two wins. For the team, Claire's home run was unbelievable. We want to make sure our young ladies know that we will love them whether they get a big hit or not on their senior night, but obviously its very special when they do. She hit the ball hard and consistently throughout the whole game."

HIGHLIGHTS

Alabama has scored in the first inning in four of its seven games played and is outscoring its opponents 16-0 in the opening frame
Elissa brown extended her current hitting streak to eight games, earning at least one in every game so far this season
Alabama has had at least 10 hits in four of its seven games this season, including a season-high 12 against LSU Saturday
Montana Fouts struck out a career-high 13 batters in her 6.0 innings against Liberty
The win against the Flames was the first multi-homer game this year for Alabama, its first since Feb. 22, 2020 against Penn State

SCORING SUMMARY

GAME ONE (ALABAMA 8, LIBERTY 1)
- B1 | With the bases loaded, Kaylee Tow pulled a two-run single through the right side (2-0, 1 Out)
- B1 | Claire Jenkins smacked a three-run home run to left field (5-0, 1 Out)
- B1 | Elissa Brown poked a single through the left side to score Kat Grill from third (6-0, 2 Out)
- T4 | A double to center field drove in the runner from first (6-1, 2 Out)
- B5 | Kaylee Tow led off the half-inning with a solo home run to center (7-1, 0 Out)
- B6 | KB Sides scored on a wild pitch (8-1, 1 Out)
GAME TWO (ALABAMA 5, LSU 2)
- B1 | Bailey Dowling ripped an RBI double into the left field corner (1-0, 2 Out)
- B2 | A fielding error with the bases loaded allowed a run to come home (2-0, 1 Out)
- B4 | The LSU catcher dropped the ball on a tag attempt at home, allowing Elissa Brown to score (3-0, 1 Out)
- T5 | LSU scored its first run on a fielding error (3-1, 1 Out)
- T5 | An RBI groundout plated another for the Tigers (3-2, 1 Out)
- B5 | A two-out fielding error extended the inning and allowed Kaylee Tow to score from third (4-2, 2 Out)
- B6 | Maddie Morgan dropped an RBI single into right, driving in Kat Grill from third (5-2, 2 Out)

UP NEXT - ALABAMA VS. LSU

Sunday, Feb. 21 – 1 p.m. CT

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