Alabama Softball Posts Pair of Run-Rule Victories Over Kent State

Friday, March 5

Tuscaloosa, Ala.

4 p.m. CT

Alabama

16-0

Kent State

2-3

Kent State

Alabama

Photo by: Crimson Tide Photos / UA Athletics

Alabama Softball Posts Pair of Run-Rule Victories Over Kent State

3/5/2021 11:06:00 PM | Softball

Box Score 1 Box Score 2 Game One Box Score (PDF)Game Two Box Score (PDF)

The Crimson Tide scored a combined 20 runs in two games

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Second-ranked Alabama softball scored a combined 20 runs in a pair of run-rule victories Friday night against Kent State.

Alabama (17-0) defeated Kent State (2-4), 9-1, in six innings in game one of the doubleheader before the Crimson Tide offense scored even more runs in the second six-inning contest, winning 11-3. Today's games were the second- and third-highest run totals of the season for Alabama, only trailing the 13 scored against LSU on Feb. 21.

Alexis Mack provided the spark at the leadoff spot, scoring four runs and hitting 6-for-7 between the two games, including a double and a triple. Bailey Hemphill batted 5-for-7 and was a home run shy of hitting for the cycle in game two against the Golden Flashes. Lexi Kilfoyl (7-0) allowed just one unearned run on two hits across 6.0 innings in the opener with Krystal Goodman (2-0) throwing 4.0 innings in game two backed up by 2.0 from Jaala Torrence in relief.

FROM HEAD COACH PATRICK MURPHY

"I thought it was a good doubleheader for us. Our offense was really good tonight, all up and down the lineup. Bailey Hemphill hit the ball really well tonight. All of us thought she was going to go for the cycle. She just missed that last one. The bottom of the lineup came through, Kat Grill and Taylor Clark were impressive. It was a fun night. Alexis Mack's bunting skills are just unreal. When someone can do what she does, it puts so much pressure on the defense. If she puts it where she wants to, she will beat it out."

HIGHLIGHTS

Alabama entered the game on a 28-inning scoreless streak and extended it to 30 before Kent State scored on an RBI single in the top of the third of game one. It was the longest shutout streak of the season for Alabama, beating the 26.1 to start the year
The 13 and nine runs scored are the second- and third-highest run totals of the year for the Tide
The 16 hits in game two is the most since totaling 17 on Feb. 9, 2019 against Murray State
Alexis Mack extended her hitting streak to five games with a pair of three-hit performances today, tying her season high
Bailey Hemphill was a home run shy of the cycle in game two, starting things off with a first-inning triple, the third of her career and first since her freshman season

SCORING SUMMARY

GAME ONE (Alabama 9, Kent State 1)
- T3 | Kent State got on the board first with an RBI single (0-1, 2 Out)
- B3 | Bailey Dowling dropped a single into center field to dive in Elissa Brown from third (1-1, 1 Out)
- B3 | Bailey Hemphill laid down a bunt single against an infield playing deep to score Alexis Mack (2-1, 1 Out)
- B3 | Claire Jenkins added another with an RBI single down the left-field line (3-1, 2 Out)
- B4 | A dropped fly ball in right field extended the inning and allowed two to score for Alabama (5-1, 2 Out)
- B4 | Bailey Hemphill ripped an RBI single into center field (6-1, 2 Out)
- B5 | Brown made it a six-run lead with a sacrifice fly (7-1, 0 Out)
- B6 | With the bases loaded, Abby Doerr was hit by a pitch to move everyone up 60 feet (8-1, 1 Out)
- B6 | A bases-loaded walk to Brown ended it (9-1, 1 Out)
GAME TWO (Alabama 11, Kent State 3)
- B1 | Alexis Mack scored on a wild pitch (1-0, 1 Out)
- B1 | Bailey Hemphill scored on a wild pitch (2-0, 2 Out)
- T2 | An infield single ticked off the edge of a diving defender's glove to drive in a run (2-1, 2 Out)
- T2 | Brooklyn Whitt tied it with an RBI triple (2-2, 2 Out)
- T2 | An RBI double gave the Golden Flashes the lead (2-3, 2 Out)
- B2 | Mack bounced a triple off the wall in left center to score Elissa Brown from first (3-3, 2 Out)
- B3 | A hot shot from Maddie Morgan ate up the Kent State second baseman for an RBI single (4-3, 1 Out)
- B3 | Taylor Clark dropped an RBI single into center field (5-3, 1 Out)
- B3 | Kat Grill drove in a run with a single to left (6-3, 1 Out)
- B3 | Elissa Brown popped up to the shortstop, playing deep enough for Taylor Clark to tag from third and score on the sacrifice fly (7-3, 1 Out)
- B4 | Hemphill drove in Kaylee Tow with an RBI single (8-3, 1 Out)
- B5 | Tow hit an opposite-field double to score Mack (9-3, 2 Out)
- B5 | Bailey Dowling pulled a double down the left field line to drive in Tow (10-3, 2 Out)
- B6 | An infield single from Grill brought in the game-ending run from third (11-3, 1 Out)

UP NEXT – EASTON T-TOWN SHOWDOWN (TUSCALOOSA, ALA.)

Saturday, March 6 vs. UNI (DH) – 11 a.m. CT
Sunday, March 7 vs. South Alabama – 4 p.m. CT (SEC Network)

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