Alabama Softball Opens Fall Ball Slate with Doubleheader Shutouts Over Itawamba
10/13/2024 8:19:00 PM | Softball
The Crimson Tide continues the fall schedule against West Alabama Friday
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Alabama softball opened its fall schedule Sunday afternoon at Rhoads Stadium with a doubleheader against Itawamba Community College, winning 9-0 and 15-0.
The game marked the first of four fall dates for the Crimson Tide, which continues its fall schedule at home Friday, Oct. 18 with a doubleheader against West Alabama at 5 p.m. CT.
HIGHLIGHTS
- All five pitchers saw time in the circle, combining for 14.0 shutout innings
- Jocelyn Briksi allowed just one hit over 3.0 innings pitched with six strikeouts
- Alea Johnson fanned eight batters across 3.0 innings
- Kristen White was 4-for-5 on the day with four RBIs and three runs scored
- Salen Hawkins led the team with five RBIs, batting 3-for-5 on the day
- In addition to 4.0 shutout innings pitched, Catelyn Riley was also 2-for-3 with four RBIs including a two-run home run
- Larissa Preuitt led the team with four runs scored, going 3-for-4 including a triple
GAME ONE SCORING SUMMARY (ALABAMA 9, ITAWAMBA 0)
- B2 | Larissa Preuitt got the scoring started with an RBI single (1-0)
- B2 | Lauren Johnson drove in Preuitt and Brooke Ellestad with a two-run single (3-0)
- B2 | Salen Hawkins tagged up and scored on an Audrey Vandagriff sac fly (4-0)
- B4 | Hawkins drove in her own run on a sac fly RBI (5-0)
- B6 | Preuitt and Kinley Pate scored on a single from Kristen White (7-0)
- B6 | Catelyn Riley roped a two-run home run (9-0)
GAME TWO SCORING SUMMARY (ALABAMA 15, ITAWAMBA 0)
- B1 | Catelyn Riley hit an RBI double (1-0)
- B1 | Pate scored on an RBI single from Mari Hubbard (2-0)
- B1 | Kennedy Marceaux drove in Riley Valentine with an RBI single (3-0)
- B1 | Hubbard scored on a fielding error (4-0)
- B1 | Ellestad tacked on two runs with a double (6-0)
- B1 | White hit a two-run single (8-0)
- B1 | Hawkins drove in White and Alexis Pupillo with a single (10-0)
- B1 | Pate scored on a sac fly RBI from Riley (11-0)
- B3 | Hawkins drove in two runs with a single (13-0)
- B5 | Following a leadoff triple, Preuitt came home on a Marlie Giles sac fly (14-0)
- B6 | Valentine hit a leadoff solo home run (15-0)
UP NEXT: WEST ALABAMA (DOUBLEHEADER)
- Friday, Oct. 18 – Tuscaloosa, Ala. – 5 p.m. CT
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