Tuesday, March 7
Tuscaloosa, Ala.
6 p.m. CT
Alabama
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Alabama Softball Hosts Western Michigan Tuesday, Travels to UAB Wednesday
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Tuesday’s game concludes a 13-game homestand, six-game road swing starts Wednesday
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Alabama plays back-to-back midweek games, first hosting Western Michigan at Rhoads Stadium on Tuesday, March 7 at 6 p.m. CT before traveling to Birmingham on Wednesday, March 8 to take on UAB at 6 p.m. CT.
This Week: Western Michigan/UAB
- Tuesday, March 7 vs. Western Michigan – Tuscaloosa, Ala. – 6 p.m. CT
- Wednesday, March 8 at UAB – Birmingham, Ala. – 6 p.m. CT
- Radio: The Crimson Tide Sports Network at 97.5 FM in Tuscaloosa | nick975.com
- Tuesday Video: SEC Network+ (Streaming)
- Wednesday Video: ESPN+ (Streaming)
Scouting Alabama
- Alabama has a quick turnaround with a pair of midweek matchups, hosting Western Michigan at Rhoads Stadium on Tuesday, March 7 before making the quick trip to Birmingham to face UAB on Wednesday, March 8
- Tuesday's game concludes the Crimson Tide's 13-game home stand, with the Wednesday matchup against the Blazers as the first of six straight away from home
- Alabama is coming off a 5-0 weekend at the T-Mobile Crimson Classic, posting five shutout victories over Robert Morris, Longwood and Mercer
- Montana Fouts was named the SEC Pitcher of the Week after throwing 19.0 shutout innings over the week, including a perfect game on Sunday
- Kenleigh Cahalan leads the offense with 22 hits and a .400 batting average, while Ashley Prange is close behind with 21 hits, including a team-leading eight home runs and 23 RBIs
- Murphy is in his 25th season as head coach at Alabama with a 1,210-336 (.783) record
- Alabama returns 11 players from last year's team, including All-SEC honorees Montana Fouts, Ashley Prange, Ally Shipman and Bailey Dowling, while also welcoming five freshmen and three transfers
All-Time vs. the Opponents
- Overall vs. UAB: 28-0
- In Tuscaloosa: 15-0 | In Birmingham: 12-0 | At Neutral Sites: 1-0
- Current Streak: Alabama +28
- Last Meeting: March 23, 2022 - W, 8-1 - Birmingham, Ala.
- Overall vs. Western Michigan: 1-0
- In Tuscaloosa: 0-0 | In Kalamazoo: 0-0 | At Neutral Sites: 1-0
- Current Streak: Alabama +1
- Last Meeting: Feb. 26, 2011 - W, 12-4 (6 Inn.) - Tampa, Fla.
Last Time Out: T-Mobile Crimson Classic
- Alabama went 5-0 at last weekend's T-Mobile Crimson Classic in Tuscaloosa, earning a pair of wins each over Robert Morris and Longwood before ending the weekend with a win over Mercer
- The Crimson Tide pitching staff didn't allow a single run over the weekend, including a no-hitter from Jaala Torrence over Robert Morris on Saturday and a perfect game from Montana Fouts over Longwood on Sunday
- The five shutouts improve Alabama's season total to eight
- Three of the wins came via run-rule, giving the Tide seven this season
- At the plate, Ashley Prange led the team with six hits, six runs and seven RBIs, including two doubles and three home runs
- Bailey Dowling and Kenleigh Cahalan drove in six runs each, combining for nine hits including three doubles and two home runs
Back-to-Back No-Hitters
- Jaala Torrence's no-hitter vs. Robert Morris and Montana Fouts' perfect game vs. Longwood on back-to-back days mark just the second time in program history that has occurred, with Kelsi Dunne previously tossing consecutive no-hitters against Jacksonville State in the 2009 Super Regional round on May 22 and 23
- The next-closest two Alabama no-hitters have come together were four days apart, both in 2009 (April 22, April 26) and 2016 (Feb. 16, Feb. 20)
Alabama Perfect Games
- Fouts' perfect game was the third of her career and the eighth in program history
- She previously contributed to a combined perfect game at Alabama State (Feb. 12, 2021) before throwing a solo perfect game against UCLA at the 2021 Women's College World Series (June 5, 2021)
- It was the fourth Alabama perfect game thrown at Rhoads Stadium, the first for Fouts
Alabama Perfect Games
- Stephanie VanBrakle at Kentucky - April 1, 2006
- Sydney Littlejohn vs. Eastern Kentucky - Feb. 6, 2015
- Sydney Littlejohn vs. Ole Miss - March 8, 2015
- Alexis Osorio at Coastal Carolina - Feb. 10, 2017
- Montana Fouts/Sarah Cornell at Alabama State - Feb. 12, 2021
- Montana Fouts vs. UCLA - June 4, 2021 (WCWS)
- Lexi Kilfoyl vs. Georgia - April 4, 2022
- Montana Fouts vs. Longwood - March 5, 2023
Fouts Named SEC Pitcher of the Week
- Fouts threw 19 shutout innings this week across three starts last week, allowing just four hits and four walks while striking out 36
- After six shutout innings on Wednesday vs. Southern Miss and a complete-game shutout vs. Longwood on Saturday, she saved her best performance for last with a six-inning perfect game in the rematch against the Lancers on Sunday
- The perfect game is the eighth in program history and the third for Fouts, previously contributing to a combined perfect game at Alabama State (Feb. 12, 2021) and throwing a solo perfect game against UCLA at the Women's College World Series (June 4, 2021)
- The Grayson, Ky., native had double-digit strikeouts in each game this week, pushing her past 100 Ks for the season
- The weekly award is Fouts' first this season and the 14th weekly award of her career, including four Freshman of the Week honors in 2019 and nine previous Pitcher of the Week awards
- Alabama pitchers have now won a combined 51 SEC Pitcher of the Week awards all-time.
Fouts Career Record Watch
- With 84 career wins, Montana Fouts is fifth all-time at Alabama, with Stephanie VanBrakle (2003-06) as the next milestone in fourth place with 97 wins
- Fouts also has 99 career starts, putting her one shy of becoming the sixth player in program history to make 100 career starts
- Her 965 career strikeouts rank sixth all-time, with Jaclyn Traina (2011-14) as the next highest at 976 in fifth place
- If Fouts breaks 1,000 career strikeouts, she would become the fifth player in program history to do so and the first since Osorio
Murphy Earns 1200th Win at Alabama
- With a win Feb. 22 against Samford, Alabama head coach Patrick Murphy earned his 1,200th win at the helm of the Crimson Tide
- Including his one year as the interim head coach at Northwest Missouri State, Murphy has 1,228 wins across all levels
- Seventeen other head coaches have surpassed the 1,200 win mark with 11 doing so entirely at the Division I level
- Current and former SEC coaches on the 1,200 win list include Ralph Weekly (Tennessee), Jo Evans (Texas A&M) and Karen Weekly (Tennessee), though Murphy is the only one with over 1,000 wins entirely at a Southeastern Conference program
- Murphy is the ninth coach to earn 1,200 wins at one Division 1 program
1,200 wins at One Division 1 School
- Carol Hutchins - 1,684 - Michigan (1985-2022)
- Mike Candrea - 1,674 - Arizona (1986-2021)
- Patty Gasso - 1,395 - Oklahoma (1995-pres.)
- Diane Ninemire - 1,355 - California (1988-2020)
- Eugene Lenti - 1,327 - DePaul (1980-97, 1990-2018)
- Margie Wright - 1,294 - Fresno State (1987-2012)
- Donna Papa - 1,276 - North Carolina (1986-2020)
- Margo F. Jonker - 1,268 - Central Michigan (1980-2019)
- Patrick Murphy - 1,210 - Alabama (1999-pres.)
Sweet Home Alabama
- Alabama sports a 697-127 (.846) all-time record at home, including a 661-111 (.856) mark under head coach Patrick Murphy and a 642-107 (.857) record at Rhoads Stadium, the Tide's home field since 2000
- Since Rhoads Stadium opened in 2000, Alabama has won at least 25 home games in 19 of its 22 previous years there
Up Next: Bevo Classic (Austin, Texas)
- Friday, March 10 at Texas - 4 p.m. CT
- Saturday, March 11 vs. Texas State - 12:30 p.m. CT
- Saturday, March 11 at Texas - 6:30 p.m. CT
- Sunday, March 12 vs. Wisconsin - 9:30 a.m. CT
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