Alabama
1-0
Southern Utah
0-2
No. 2 Alabama Softball Shuts Out Southern Utah 11-0 in Season Opener
2/11/2022 4:21:00 PM | Softball
Freshman Megan Bloodworth hits two home runs in her Crimson Tide debut
TUCSON, Ariz. – Alabama softball shut out Southern Utah, 11-0, in its 2022 season opener at the Candrea Classic.
Alabama (1-0) made an early statement in its season opener over Southern Utah (0-2), scoring eight runs in the first inning including RBIs from transfers Ally Shipman and Ashley Prange and a grand slam from Megan Bloodworth in their Crimson Tide debuts. The grand slam was the first of two home runs on the day for Bloodworth and Shipman added her own solo shot later in the fourth. Seven different players earned a hit, including multi-hit days from Shipman, Prange, Bloodworth and Jenna Johnson, with all 16 position players seeing time in the game. Jaala Torrence (1-0) earned the complete-game win in the circle, allowing just one hit while strikeout out a career-best nine.
Highlights
- Alabama moves to 21-5 all-time in season openers and today was its 11th shutout
- It was the seventh time Alabama scored double-digit runs in its season opener, doing so in three of the last four seasons
- Alabama hit four home runs, including two from freshman Megan Bloodworth
- Jenna Johnson finished with a career-high three hits
- Ally Shipman tied her career high with three RBIs in her Crimson Tide debut
- Jaala Torrence earned the complete-game victory in the circle with just one hit allowed and a career-high nine strikeouts
- All 16 position players saw game time, with the nine newcomers each making their Alabama debuts
Scoring Summary
- T1 | Ally Shipman drove in a pair of runs with a double to center field (2-0, 1 Out)
- T1 | Ashley Prange moved everyone up 60 feet with a bases-loaded RBI single (3-0, 1 Out)
- T1 | Megan Bloodworth unloaded the bases with a grand slam in her first career at-bat (7-0, 1 Out)
- T1 | Jenna Johnson drove in Savannah Woodard from second with an RBI single (8-0, 1 Out)
- T2 | Bailey Dowling hit a solo home run (9-0, 1 Out)
- T3 | Bloodworth hit her second home run of the day, a solo shot (10-0,0 Out)
- T4 | Shipman hit an opposite field home run to start the fourth inning (11-0, 0 Out)
Up Next
- Saturday, Feb. 12 vs. Oregon State – 4:30 p.m. CT
- Saturday, Feb. 12 at #9/11 Arizona – 7 p.m. CT
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Torrence, Jaala (1-0)
L: OWEN, Grace (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Johnson, Jenna 2 ; Shipman, Ally 1 ; Prange, Ashley 1
HR: Shipman, Ally 1 ; Dowling, Bailey 1 ; Bloodworth, Megan 2
RBI: Johnson, Jenna 1 ; Shipman, Ally 3 ; Dowling, Bailey 1 ; Prange, Ashley 1 ; Bloodworth, Megan 5
Base Running:
RUNS: Johnson, Jenna 1 ; Goodnight, Dallis 1 ; Shipman, Ally 2 ; Dowling, Bailey 2 ; Gidley, M'Kay 1 ; Prange, Ashley 1 ; Bloodworth, Megan 2 ; Woodard, Savannah 1
SB: Johnson, Jenna 1 ; Goodnight, Dallis 1 ; Woodard, Savannah 1
CS: Johnson, Jenna 1
