Montana Fouts Throws Fourth Career No-Hitter in Doubleheader Split vs. South Carolina

Saturday, April 8

Tuscaloosa, Ala.

2 p.m. CT

Alabama

28-11, 6-5

South Carolina

26-11, 3-8

South Carolina

Alabama

Montana Fouts Throws Fourth Career No-Hitter in Doubleheader Split vs. South Carolina

4/8/2023 8:19:00 PM | Softball

Box Score 1 Box Score 2 Game One Box Score (PDF)Game Two Box Score (PDF)

The Crimson Tide wins game one, 4-0, but falls in game two, 3-1

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Alabama fifth-year senior Montana Fouts threw the fourth no-hitter of her career and the 44th in program history in game one of Saturday's doubleheader against South Carolina, part of a two-game split as the Crimson Tide won game one, 4-0, to secure the weekend series before falling in game two, 3-1.

Alabama (28-12, 6-6 SEC) scored all four of its runs in game one vs. South Carolina (27-11, 4-8 SEC) in the third inning and Fouts (15-6) and the Tide defense did the rest, as she allowed just three base runners on a pair of walks and hit-by-pitch while striking out 10. The no-hitter was Fouts' second of the season, previously throwing a five-inning perfect game against Longwood on March 5. An Ashley Prange solo home run in the third inning of game two tied it at 1-1 before the Gamecocks regained the lead in the next half-inning with a two-run home run, and the score would ultimately remain at 3-1.

Eight different Alabama players earned a hit across the doubleheader, including two from Ally Shipman. Prange's solo home run improved her team-leading season total to 12, while Larissa Preuitt improved her hitting streak to five games.

Montana Fouts with the no-hitter!@MontanaFouts

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From Head Coach Patrick Murphy

"Montana [Fouts] is unreal, especially on the second day that she pitches against a team. Everybody got a day off with rain, but to do what she did the second time in a series is just unreal. It seems like she gets better and better. I don't know what else to say about her. She got all the awards last week and she'll probably get them again this week."

From Montana Fouts

"It was good to win the series and win the first game obviously, but I've still got some stuff to work on. I don't like free bases so some of that was on me. I could have done better than that, but we strung together some hits and played good defense and won the game. We're going to get better from the game three loss. We'll work on some things and move on."

Senior Day Solo Shot for Prange!????@a_prange

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Highlights

The series win is the second in conference play for Alabama this season
The no-hitter is the 44th in program history and the fourth for Montana Fouts, her third solo and second in seven innings
It is the second no-hitter for Fouts this season, throwing a five-inning perfect game earlier this year against Longwood (March 5)
Starting in game two, Larissa Preuitt went 1-for-2 with a walk to extend her hitting streak to five games and her reached-base streak to six
Ashley Prange's home run improved her team-leading season total to 12
Fouts now has 1,081 career strikeouts, 32 away from second-place Stephanie VanBrakle (2003-06) with 1,113
The win was the 90th of Fouts' career, seven away from fourth-place VanBrakle, and Fouts' 31st shutout, seven shy of second-place Kelsi Dunne (2008-11)

Game One Scoring Summary

B3 | With the bases loaded, Ally Shipman pulled a single through the left side to score one (1-0, 1 Out)
B3 | Jenna Johnson followed Shipman's single with another one, driving in a run (2-0, 1 Out)
B3 | Bailey Dowling lifted a sac fly RBI to right field (3-0, 1 Out)
B3 | With runners at the corners, a rundown between first and second allowed Shipman enough time to slide in from third (4-0, 2 Out)

Game Two Scoring Summary

T3 | South Carolina took the first lead on a double steal (0-1, 2 Out)
B3 | Ashley Prange tied it up with a solo home run (1-1, 1 Out)
T4 | Jordan Fabian put the Gamecocks back in the lead with a two-run home run (1-3, 0 Out)

Up Next: at Samford (Birmingham, Ala.)

Tuesday, April 11 – 6 p.m. CT

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