Alabama Softball Clinches Weekend Series over Auburn with 4-1 Win Saturday

Saturday, March 13

Auburn, Ala.

4 p.m. CT

Alabama

21-1, 2-0

Auburn

16-3, 0-2

Alabama

Auburn

Photo by: Shanna Lockwood/AU Athletics

Alabama Softball Clinches Weekend Series over Auburn with 4-1 Win Saturday

3/13/2021 7:18:00 PM | Softball

Box Score

Kaylee Tow tied the single-game school record with three doubles

AUBURN, Ala. – Alabama softball clinched its weekend series against Auburn with a 4-1 win on Saturday.

Alabama (21-1, 2-0 SEC) has now won 18 of its 25 all-time SEC opening series, two of which have come over Auburn (16-3, 0-2 SEC). Kaylee Tow batted 3-for-4 from the cleanup spot, driving in two runs with a trio of doubles. The three doubles tie the single-game school record, matching previous performances by Brittany Rogers (May 15, 2008) and Kelley Montalvo (May 19, 2007).

In the circle, Montana Fouts (8-1) held the Tigers hitless until the top of the fifth, striking out seven with three hits and three walks. Leading the nation in strikeout-to-walk ratio heading into the weekend, her mark now stands at 96:7.

HIGHLIGHTS

Alabama has now won 18 of its 25 all-time SEC opening series, two of which have come against Auburn
The Tide is 50-22 all-time vs. the Tigers, including a 21-10 mark on the road
Kaylee Tow's three doubles ties the UA single game school record
With two walks, Bailey Hemphill now has 193 for her career, just six shy of Haylie McCleney's school-record mark of 199
Montana Fouts, who led the nation in strikeout-to-walk ratio heading into the weekend, improved her season mark to 96:7
Alexis Mack improved her reached-base streak to 10 games
Alabama is now 4-0 this season against left-handed pitchers

SCORING SUMMARY

T4 | Kaylee Tow drove in a run with an RBI double to the wall in right (1-0, 0 Out)
B4 | The Auburn runner stole third and came home on a fielding error (1-1, 2 Out)
T6 | Bailey Dowling drove in the go-ahead run on an RBI single and a fielding error on the play allowed another to cross (3-1, 1 Out)
T7 | Tow added an insurance run with an RBI double (4-1, 2 Out)

UP NEXT – ALABAMA AT AUBURN (AUBURN, ALA.)

Sunday, March 14 – 2 p.m. CT (SEC Network)

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