Alabama Softball Closes Weekend with 2-1 Win over LSU

Sunday, March 13

Baton Rouge, La.

2 p.m. CT

Alabama

21-2, 1-2

LSU

19-7, 2-1

Alabama

LSU

Alabama Softball Closes Weekend with 2-1 Win over LSU

3/13/2022 5:12:00 PM | Softball

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Montana Fouts strikes out 10, Bailey Dowling hits her third home run of the season

BATON ROUGE, La. – Alabama salvaged its opening weekend series of Southeastern Conference play with a 2-1 win over LSU Sunday afternoon.

For the third time this weekend, Alabama (21-2, 1-2 SEC) took the first lead of the game over LSU (19-7, 2-1 SEC) in the top of the second inning, with Bailey Dowling smashing a solo home run to left field. Megan Bloodworth made it a two-run game with an RBI double in the third before the Tigers broke into the run column in the bottom half of the inning with a sac fly RBI. LSU looked to tie it up in the bottom of the fifth with a two-out single but a great throw from Jenna Johnson in left to Ally Shipman at the plate cut down the runner to end the inning and preserve the one-run lead. The putout made the difference as Alabama retired the next six straight to close out the 2-1 win to salvage the series.

Johnson was 2-for-3 from the leadoff position, ending the weekend at 5-for-8 (.625) with four RBIs, two home runs and two runs scored. Shipman went 1-for-2 with a walk and a run scored while the double from Bloodworth and home run from Dowling drove in the runs. Montana Fouts (11-0) went the distance for her seventh complete game of the year and her fifth with double-digit strikeouts.

Highlights

Alabama avoided the series sweep, as the Tide has not been swept in a three-game SEC series since 2013
Over her last five games, Jenna Johnson is 7-for-11 with nine RBIs, two home runs a double and two runs scored
Bailey Dowling has at least one hit in four of her last six games, including two home runs
Montana Fouts now has 33 career games with double-digit strikeouts

Scoring Summary

T2 | Bailey Dowling slugged a solo home run to left field (1-0, 2 Out)
T3 | Megan Bloodworth dropped a ball into no-man's land in shallow right, good for an RBI double (2-0 2 Out)
B3 | A sac fly RBI put the Tigers into the run column (2-1, 1 Out)

Up Next: at Southern Miss (Hattiesburg, Miss.)

Tuesday, March 15 – 4 p.m. CT

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