Softball Salvages Weekend Series with 4-2 Win Sunday in College Station

Sunday, April 24

College Station, Texas

12 p.m. CT

Alabama

39-8, 14-7

Texas A&M

26-18, 5-13

Alabama

Texas A&M

Softball Salvages Weekend Series with 4-2 Win Sunday in College Station

4/24/2022 3:33:00 PM | Softball

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Montana Fouts earns her 20th win, marking her third 20-win season with the Crimson Tide

COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Alabama softball took game three of its weekend series Sunday against Texas A&M, defeating the Aggies 4-2 to salvage its weekend series.

Alabama (39-8, 14-7 SEC) scored in the first inning and answered each of Texas A&M's (26-18, 5-13 SEC) runs with a run of their own in each of the next half-innings, plus an insurance run in the sixth to bring it to its final tally of 4-2. Jenna Lord and Ashley Prange each hit a solo home run off the scoreboard, part of a 2-for-3 day for Prange for her 10th multi-hit game of the year. Megan Bloodworth was 1-for-3 with a walk to extend her hitting streak to seven games and reached-base streak to eight. Montana Fouts (20-4) notched her 20th win of the season, marking the third 20-win season of her career.

For the first time this weekend, Alabama got on the board first courtesy of a solo home run from Lord in the top of the first. With a runner at second and two out in the bottom of the second, Cayden Baker dropped a single into left to drive the runner in and tie it at 1-1. The Tide answered right back in the next half-inning as a double in the gap from Prange drove in Savannah Woodard from first to make it 2-1 Alabama.

The Tide left two runners in scoring position in the top of the fourth, unable to add to its 2-1 lead before Katie Dack sent the first pitch of the home half of the inning down the left field line for a solo home run to tie it at 2-2. Alabama responded immediately yet again as Prange crushed a solo home run over the scoreboard to make it 3-2 leading off the top of the fifth. A sac fly RBI from Woodard in the sixth added an insurance run and the Tide stranded the bases loaded in the seventh, bringing the top of the Texas A&M order up in the bottom of the seventh trailing by two. Fouts and the Tide defense retired them in order to secure the 4-2 win and salvage the series.

Highlights

The win salvaged the series and avoided the Alabama's first three-game sweep loss since April 26-28, 2013 (at LSU)
The Tide improves to 30-4 when scoring first and 16-2 when scoring in first inning
The home run was Ashley Prange's sixth of the season and Jenna Lord's second
Megan Bloodworth extended her hitting streak to seven games and her reached-base streak to eight
Today's win was the 20th of the season for Montana Fouts, marking her third 20-win season in Tuscaloosa

Scoring Summary

T1 | Jenna Lord hit a solo home run (1-0, 1 Out)
B2 | Cayden Baker dropped an RBI single into left (1-1, 2 Out)
T3 | Ashley Prange hit a double in the gap to drive in Savannah Woodard from first (2-1, 1 Out)
B4 | Katie Dack hit a solo home run down the left field line (2-2, 0 Out)
T5 | Prange crushed a solo home run over the scoreboard (3-2, 0 Out)
T6 | Woodard lined out to left and Megan Bloodworth tagged up and scored from third on the sac fly RBI (4-2, 1 Out)

Up Next: at Western Kentucky (Bowling Green, Ky.)

Wednesday, April 27 – 4 p.m. CT

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