Friday, March 25
Columbia, S.C.
5 p.m. CT
Alabama
at
South Carolina
Photo by: Kent Gidley
Alabama Softball Continues Conference Play on the Road at South Carolina
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The Crimson Tide and Gamecocks begin the series Friday at 5 p.m. CT
This Week: #4/4 Alabama at South Carolina
- Columbia, S.C. – Carolina Softball Stadium
- Radio: 97.5 FM | nick975.com
- Video: SECN+ (Streaming)
- Friday, March 25 – 5 p.m. CT
- Saturday, March 26 – 1 p.m. CT
- Sunday, March 27 – 12 p.m. CT
Scouting Alabama
- Alabama resumes conference play with a three-game road series at South Carolina, the first meeting between the two since 2019
- The Tide is coming off an 8-1 road win Wednesday at UAB, its second victory over the Blazers this season
- 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. UAB
- Alabama defeated UAB 8-1 Wednesday night in Birmingham
- It was the Tide's second victory against the Blazers this season, previously posting a 7-0 shutout in Tuscaloosa on March 2
- The two teams were tied at 1-1 until Alabama took a 2-1 lead in the fifth and then broke the game open with six runs in the sixth inning
- The Tide is 28-0 all-time vs. UAB, including a 12-0 mark in Birmingham
- Eight different players earned a hit, including multi-hit games from Ally Shipman and Jenna Johnson
- Ashley Prange extended her hitting streak to six games with a fourth-inning single
- Aubrey Barnhart earned her first career hit, a sixth-inning RBI single
- Jaala Torrence earned the win in relief, throwing 4.0 hitless shutout innings
Alabama in the SEC Rankings (Top Five)
*Rankings through March 23*
Team - Overall
- 2nd - Batters Struck Out - 227
- 2nd - Fielding Pct. - .978
- 2nd - Fewest Errors - 17
- 3rd - ERA - 1.95
- 3rd - Runs Allowed - 63
- 3rd - Earned Runs Allowed - 52
- 3rd - Home Runs Allowed - 14
- 5th - Walks - 106
- 5th - Hit by Pitch - 21
- 5th - Opposing Batting Avg. - .208
- 5th - Hits Allowed - 144
Individual - Overall
- 2nd - Batters Struck Out - Montana Fouts - 128
- 3rd - RBIs - Ally Shipman - 32
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 169 runs in the first inning, which only trails the 38 scored in the fifth for them most runs scored in any inning
- The Tide is outscoring its opponents 37-5 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: Alabama State/Jacksonville State
- Tuesday, March 29 vs. Alabama State - Tuscaloosa, Ala. - 6 p.m. CT
- Wednesday, March 30 vs. Jacksonville State (Sand Mountain Showdown) - Albertville, Ala. - 6 p.m. CT
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