Softball Rallies for 5-2 Midweek Road Win at Southern Miss Tuesday

Tuesday, March 15

Hattiesburg, Miss.

4 p.m. CT

Alabama

22-2

Southern Miss

17-9

Alabama

Southern Miss

Softball Rallies for 5-2 Midweek Road Win at Southern Miss Tuesday

3/15/2022 7:44:00 PM | Softball

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The Crimson Tide scored four unanswered to earn the comeback win over the Golden Eagles

HATTIESBURG, Miss. – Alabama softball rallied from an early deficit to Southern Miss Tuesday afternoon, scoring four unanswered runs to earn the 5-2 comeback win.

For the 21st time this season Alabama (22-2) took the first lead of the game with a second-inning RBI single from Megan Bloodworth but Southern Miss (17-9) responded with a two-run single in the bottom half of the inning to take the lead. The score remained the same until the top of the fourth inning when a Bailey Dowling RBI single tied it up at 2-2 and then the Crimson Tide offense added another run to its lead in each of the next three innings, ending with a 5-2 final score.

Ally Shipman was 2-for-3 batting third, including the go-ahead RBI single in the fifth inning. Ashley Prange also had a two-hit game batting cleanup, driving in Shipman with an RBI double in the sixth inning. Montana Fouts (12-0) earned the win in relief, pitching 3.1 shutout innings with five strikeouts and just two hits.

Highlights

Alabama improved to 15-2 all-time over Southern Miss, including a 12 game win streak
The Tide improves to 19-2 when scoring first and 14-0 when leading after the fifth inning
The multi-hit game was Shipman's ninth of the season, tying her with Dallis Goodnight for the team lead
Bailey Dowling has at least one hit in five of her last seven games, including two home runs and four RBIs
Kaylee Tow drew a walk to improve her career total to 145, now just six behind fifth-place Stephanie VanBrakle (2003-06) in the Tide's career records

Scoring Summary

T2 | Megan Bloodworth drove in a run with an infield single (1-0, 2 Out)
B2 | A bases-loaded single plated two runs for the Golden Eagles (1-2, 1 Out)
T4 | Bailey Dowling lined an RBI single to center to tie the game (2-2, 1 Out)
T5 | Ally Shipman ripped an RBI single through the left side to give Alabama the lead (3-2, 1 Out)
T6 | Abby Doerr drove in M'Kay Gidley from third with a sac fly RBI (4-2, 1 Out)
T7 | Ashley Prange hit an RBI double to drive in Shipman from second (5-2, 0 Out)

Up Next: vs. #2/2 Florida State (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)

Wednesday, March 16 – 6 p.m. CT – SEC Network

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