Wednesday, March 23
Birmingham, Ala.
6 p.m. CT
Alabama
at
UAB
Photo by: Kent Gidley
Alabama Softball Heads to UAB Wednesday for Midweek Road Matchup
3/22/2022 2:51:00 PM | Softball
The Crimson Tide and Blazers will be meeting for the second time this season
This Week: #4/4 Alabama at UAB
- Wednesday, March 23 – 6 p.m. CT
- Birmingham, Ala. – Mary Bowers Field
- Radio: 97.5 FM | nick975.com
- Video: ESPN+ (Streaming)
Scouting Alabama
- Alabama resumes makes the quick trip to Birmingham on Wednesday for an in-state showdown against UAB at 6 p.m. CT
- The Crimson Tide and Blazers previously met on March 2 in Tuscaloosa, with Alabama earning the 7-0 shutout victory
- The Tide won its three-game series last weekend at home against Kentucky, taking two of three games from the Wildcats
- Alabama is ranked as high as No. 4 in this week's national polls
- Head Coach Patrick Murphy is in his 24th season as head coach at Alabama with a 1,173-324 (.784) record
- Alabama returns 11 players from last year's team that made the Women's College World Series semifinals, including a pair of All-Americans in Montana Fouts and Kaylee Tow
- The Tide welcomes nine newcomers, including three transfers and six freshmen
Last Time Out: vs. Kentucky
- Alabama won its weekend series against Kentucky, taking the first two games by scores of 4-2 and 3-2 before falling in game three, 9-4
- Ashley Prange led the team with a .571 average, with all four of her hits going for extra bases including two doubles, a triple and a home run
- Bailey Dowling hit her fourth home run of the season in game three of the series, tying her for second on the team in homers
- Dallis Goodnight went 2-for-3 in Friday's win, marking her team-leading 11th multi-hit game of the season
- Ally Shipman had three RBIs in the series opener, marking her 11th multi-RBI game of the season, which leads the team
Alabama in the SEC Rankings (Top Five)
*Rankings as of March 22*
Team - Overall
- 2nd - Batters Struck Out - 225
- 2nd - Fielding Pct. - .978
- 2nd - Fewest Errors - 16
- 3rd - ERA - 1.98
- 3rd - Runs Allowed - 62
- 3rd - Earned Runs Allowed - 51
- 4th - Home Runs Allowed - 14
- 5th - Walks - 102
- 5th - Opposing Batting Avg. - .209
- 5th - Hits Allowed - 139
- 5th - Walks Allowed - 61
Individual - Overall
- 2nd - Batters Struck Out - Montana Fouts - 128
- 4th - RBIs - Ally Shipman - 31
Team - SEC Only
- 1st - Batters Struck Out - 47
- 4th - Home Runs - 6
- 4th - Doubles - 6
- 5th - Stolen Bases - 3
Individual - SEC Only
- 1st - Batters Struck Out - Montana Fouts - 30
- 2nd - Doubles - Ashley Prange - 3
- 4th - RBIs - Ally Shipman - 31
Fouts Passes 700 Career Strikeouts
With her fourth strikeout in Sunday's game vs. Kentucky, Montana Fouts became the sixth player in program history to reach 700 career strikeouts
Alabama Career Strikeouts
- 1st - Kelsi Dunne (2008-11) - 1,219
- 2nd - Stephanie VanBrakle (2003-06) - 1,113
- 3rd - Alexis Osorio (2015-18) - 1,063
- 4th - Shelley Laird (1999-02) - 1,045
- 5th - Jaclyn Traina (2011-14) - 976
- 6th - Montana Fouts - 711
Starting Early
- Alabama has scored 37 of its 161 runs in the first inning, tied for the most runs scored in any inning
- The Tide is outscoring its opponents 37-4 in the first inning, the widest margin of any inning
- Alabama has hit 11 of its 26 home runs in the first two innings
- The Tide has scored in the first inning in 13 games, winning all but one of those contests
Career Record Watch
- Kaylee Tow's double against Nicholls on Feb. 25 was the 43rd of her career, now one shy of tying ninth-place Dani Woods (2005-08) and three away from eighth-place Christy Kyle (1997-2000)
- Tow is sixth all-time with 145 career walks, which puts her six away from fifth-place Stephanie VanBrakle (2003-06)
- Montana Fouts moved past Jaclyn Traina (2011-14) into sixth all-time with 23 career shutouts, which is just one away from Chrissy Owens (2005-08) and three from Stephanie VanBrakle (2003-06)
Alabama in SEC Play
- Alabama is 475-182 (.723) all-time in SEC play, including a 440-161 (.732) mark under Head Coach Patrick Murphy
- The Crimson Tide has won six SEC regular season titles (2006, '10, '11, '12, '14 and '19) and six SEC Tournament titles (1998, 2003, '05, '10, '12 and '21)
- Alabama has never had a losing record in conference play, winning 20 or more conference games 11 times
- The Tide is the only team to win the SEC Tournament on its home field, doing so in 2012 and 2021
Up Next: at South Carolina (Columbia, S.C.)
- Friday, March 25 - 5 p.m. CT
- Saturday, March 26 - 1 p.m. CT
- Sunday, March 27 - 12 p.m. CT
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