ALABAMA 8, TEXAS 5
Alabama’s five-run 3rd inning boosted their cause and helped send them back to the Women’s College World Series.
Both teams were scoreless through the first 1.5 innings on Saturday afternoon in Tuscaloosa. However, Bama struck first blood when KB Sides hit an RBI single that allowed for Maddie Morgan to race home and score. The game was tied though in the top of the 2nd when Texas’ Mary Iakopo knotted things up with an RBI single of her own. Iakopo’s single brought leadoff hitter Lauren Burke home, and Texas was poised to strike again. But Montana Fouts was able to elude further damage, and on we went to the bottom of the 3rd.
That was when Bama felt they’d had enough of this mess. Fist, Morgan hit a sac fly to left, and brought home Skylar Wallace to break the tie. A few batters later, KB Sides squared up and pulverized a bat to center, hitting a three-run bomb to give them a 5-1 lead. But that wasn’t enough for Alabama, either.
Bailey Hemphill continued the great week for Baileys of all kinds and spellings with her solo shot, a back-to-back jack that pushed their lead up to 6-1. Maddie Morgan would step up again in the next inning. Morgan punched in a single which scored Wallace again to thrust the lead up to 7-1.
Texas wouldn’t go away though. Shannon Rhodes hit a grand slam that made it 7-5. With memories of the Longhorns’ comeback still burned in their minds, this certainly put some fear in Bama’s minds. Luckily, there was Maddie Morgan again. Morgan hit another RBI single, collecting her third RBI of the day. That brought, you guessed it, Skylar Wallace in to score and Alabama was up 8-5.
Texas threatened in the top of the 7th as they got two runners on. But Fouts got MK Tedder to fly out to end the threat, the game and the Longhorns’ season.
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