Bailey Dowling Home Run Powers Alabama Softball to 4-2 Win Over Auburn

Sunday, March 14

Auburn, Ala.

2 p.m. CT

Alabama

22-1, 0

Auburn

16-4, 0

Alabama

Auburn

Photo by: Matthew Shannon/AU Athletics

Bailey Dowling Home Run Powers Alabama Softball to 4-2 Win Over Auburn

3/14/2021 4:59:00 PM | Softball

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The Crimson Tide completes the weekend sweep over the Tigers

AUBURN, Ala. – Alabama softball earned a come-from-behind victory Sunday vs. Auburn to complete the weekend sweep, with a home run from Bailey Dowling putting the Crimson Tide ahead in the fifth inning.

Alabama (22-1, 3-0 SEC) fell behind after Auburn (16-4, 0-3 SEC) scored a pair of runs in the third inning, taking its first lead of the weekend. With two on and two out in the fifth inning, Dowling blasted a home run halfway up the scoreboard in left center to put the Tide ahead, 3-2. An insurance RBI single from KB Sides made it 4-2 in the top of the sixth, which ultimately proved final.

The sweep is Alabama's 11th on SEC opening weekend and its first on the road since sweeping Kentucky in Lexington in 2012.

Seven different players in the Tide lineup earned a hit, including two-hit performances from Elissa Brown, KB Sides and Alexis Mack. Lexi Kilfoyl (9-0) earned the win in the circle with Montana Fouts getting the save with 3.0 shutout innings behind her.

FROM HEAD COACH PATRICK MURPHY

"I was really happy to finish a game today where we're down early and fight back to retake the lead. Winning games like this helps us down the road because it's in our memory banks if the situation comes up again. I was pleased at our power hitters, they were all great at some point during the series. Opposing pitchers are going to have to pick their poison from now on."

HIGHLIGHTS

The sweep is Alabama's 12th on SEC opening weekend and its first on the road since 2012
The Tide is now 51-22 all-time vs. the Tigers, including a 22-10 mark on the road
Bailey Hemphill drew two walks to push her career mark to 195, four shy of Haylie McCleney's school record 199
Bailey Dowling now leads the team with five home runs and 24 RBIs
Alexis Mack extended her reached-base streak 11 games

SCORING SUMMARY

B3 | Alyssa Rivera put Auburn on the board with an RBI double (0-1, 0 Out)
B3 | Tyler King doubled the lead with an infield RBI single (0-2, 2 Out)
T5 | Bailey Dowling put Alabama in front with a three-run home run (3-2, 2 Out)
T6 | KB Sides hit an RBI single up the middle to drive in Elissa Brown from second (4-2, 1 Out)

UP NEXT - ALABAMA AT UAB (BIRMINGHAM, ALA.)

Wednesday, March 17 – 6 p.m. CT

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