Alabama
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Softball Drops Saturday Doubleheader at LSU to Open SEC Play
3/12/2022 7:51:00 PM | Softball
The Crimson Tide will look to salvage the series Sunday at 2 p.m. CT
BATON ROUGE, La. – Alabama softball dropped both games of a Saturday doubleheader against LSU in the opening series of Southeastern Conference play, falling 13-6 and 5-1.
Game one of the doubleheader was a back-and-forth slugfest, with Alabama (20-2, 0-2 SEC) taking the first lead in the top of the second before LSU (19-6, 2-0 SEC) rallied back to lead 3-1 in the bottom half. The Tide knotted it up at 3-3 in the third but the Tigers again responded with two in the bottom half to lead 5-3. Alabama briefly regained the lead after a three-run fifth but LSU put the game away with eight unanswered runs over the next two innings to hand the Tide its first loss of the season. Game two started in similar fashion, with a solo home run putting Alabama up in the second before a grand slam in the third swung the momentum back to LSU. A solo shot added some insurance for the Tigers in the sixth inning, with the 5-1 score ultimately proving final.
Jenna Johnson had a stellar day at the plate, going a combined 3-for-5 with two home runs, four RBIs and two runs scored. Five other players earned a hit on the day, including Savannah Woodard's first home run of the season. In the circle, all four pitchers made appearances between the two games, with Jaala Torrence (4-1) and Lexi Kilfoyl (3-1) taking their first losses of the season.
Highlights
- Alabama falls to 40-45 all-time vs. LSU, including an 11-25 record in Baton Rouge
- Jenna Johnson and Savannah Woodard hit their first home runs of the season in game one and Johnson added another in game two
- Alabama turned a double play in game one, its eighth on the season
- Over her last four games, Johnson is 5-for-8 with nine RBIs
- Kaylee Tow extended her reached-base streak to a career-best 18 games in game one before failing to reach base in the second game
- Tow drew two walks to improve her career total to 144, now seven behind fifth-place Stephanie VanBrakle (2003-06) with 151
Scoring Summary – Game One
- T2 | Jenna Johnson hit a solo home run to center field (1-0, 2 Out)
- B2 | LSU tied it up on a bases-loaded walk (1-1, 1 Out)
- B2 | A wild pitch with the bases loaded plated a run for the Tigers (1-2, 2 Out)
- B2 | LSU drew another bases-loaded walk (1-3, 2 Out)
- T3 | Savannah Woodard led off the inning with a solo home run (2-3, 0 Out)
- T3 | Ally Shipman tied the game with a sac fly RBI (3-3, 1 Out)
- B3 | The Tigers retook the lead with an RBI groundout (3-4, 0 Out)
- B3 | A passed ball brought home the LSU runner from third (3-5, 2 Out)
- T5 | Johnson tied the game with a two-run single to left (5-5, 2 Out)
- T5 | Megan Bloodworth ripped an RBI single through the left side to give Alabama the lead (6-5,2Â Out)
- B5 | McKenzie Redoutey hit an RBI double to tie the game (6-6, 1 Out)
- B5 | Danieca Coffey chopped an RBI single up the middle to give LSU the lead (6-7, 1 Out)
- B5 | Taylor Pleasants hit a three-run home run (6-10, 1 Out)
- B5 | Presleigh Pilon hit an RBI triple (6-11, 2 Out)
- B6 | Georgia Clark hit a two-run home run (6-13, 2 Out)
Scoring Summary – Game Two
- T2 | Jenna Johnson hit a solo home run (1-0, 1 Out)
- B3 | Georgia Clark hit a grand slam to put LSU in front (1-4, 2 Out)
- B6 | Clark hit her second homer of the day, a solo shot (1-5, 0 Out)
Up Next: at #21/21 LSUÂ (Baton Rouge, La.)
- Sunday, March 13 – 2 p.m. CT
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