Home Runs Lift Alabama Softball to Pair of Sunday Wins over Copiah-Lincoln
10/23/2022 6:48:00 PM | Softball
The Crimson Tide wins 2-0 and 17-0 in a Sunday doubleheader
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Alabama softball continued its fall slate Sunday afternoon at Rhoads Stadium with a doubleheader against Copiah-Lincoln, taking home a pair of 2-0 and 17-0 victories.
Alabama took home a 2-0 victory in a game one pitchers' duel, with a Jenna Johnson squeeze bunt to drive in Larissa Preuitt breaking the scoreless tie and Ally Shipman adding a solo home run in the bottom of the seventh. Montana Fouts made her fall debut in the circle, throwing a complete-game shutout with three hits allowed and 10 strikeouts.
The Tide didn't waste any time getting on the board in game two, scoring five runs in the bottom of the first including an RBI double from Ashley Prange and a three-run double from Bailey Dowling. Kali Heivilin sent the first pitch of the bottom of the second out of the park, making it 5-0 on the solo homer. Prange drove in her second RBI of the day later in the inning, as the two-out single made it 7-0. A pair of home runs from Abby Duchscherer and Heivilin in the third stretched the lead to double digits and Alabama kept it rolling in the fourth with seven more runs, which brought the game to its final total of 17-0.
Highlights
- Four different players combined for five home runs for Alabama, including two from Kali Heivilin and the first of freshman Abby Duchscherer's Crimson Tide career
- Montana Fouts made her fall debut in the circle, throwing a complete-game shutout in game one with three hits allowed and 10 strikeouts
- Alex Salter threw a five-inning shutout in game two, allowing just one hit and one walk along with six strikeouts
- The Alabama bullpen has not allowed a run in the last 26.0 innings pitched, which includes all four pitchers on the staff
- Bailey Dowling had six RBIs in game two on a three-run double and three-run home run
- Larissa Preuitt led the team with four runs scored between the two games, batting 2-for-3
- Jordan Stephens had two extra-base hits with a double and a triple
Game One Scoring Summary
- B4 | Jenna Johnson drove in Larissa Preuitt from third with a squeeze bunt (1-0, 1 Out)
- B7 | Ally Shipman hit a solo home run (2-0, 0 Outs)
Game Two Scoring Summary
- B1 | Ashley Prange got the scoring started with an RBI double (1-0, 1 Out)
- B1 | Bailey Dowling drove in three runs with a double (4-0, 1 Out)
- B1 | Dowling scored on a wild pitch (5-0, 2 Out)
- B2 | Kali Heivilin sent the first pitch of the inning out for a solo home run (6-0, 0 Outs)
- B2 | Prange drove in Preuitt with an RBI single (7-0, 2 Out)
- B3 | Abby Duchscherer hit a solo home run (8-0, 2 Out)
- B3 | Heivilin hit her second homer of the day, a two-run shot (10-0, 2 Out)
- B4 | Aubrey Barnhart tacked on another with an RBI double (11-0, 0 Outs)
- B4 | Prange drove in Barnhart on a sac fly RBI (12-0, 0 Outs)
- B4 | KJ Haney hopped one over the fence for a ground rule double, driving in a run (13-0, 1 Out)
- B4 | Lauren Esman drove in M'Kay Gidley with an RBI single (14-0, 1 Out)
- B4 | Dowling hit a three-run home run (17-0, 1 Out)
Up Next
- Saturday, Oct. 29 vs. Wallace State – Tuscaloosa, Ala. - 2 p.m. CT
- Saturday, Oct. 29 vs. Birmingham Southern – Tuscaloosa, Ala. – 4 p.m. CT
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