Alabama
Tennessee
Alabama Softball Drops Friday’s Series Opener at Tennessee, 5-1
3/24/2023 7:54:00 PM | Softball
Game two between the Crimson Tide and Lady Vols will air live on the SEC Network at 4 p.m. CT
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Alabama softball fell, 5-1, in Friday's series opener at Tennessee.
Alabama (23-9, 1-3 SEC) and Tennessee (25-1, 7-0 SEC) were scoreless until the Lady Vols got on the board with two runs in the bottom of the third. With the score still 2-0 in the bottom of the fifth, Lair Beautae doubled the Lady Vols' lead with a two-run home run. A Bailey Dowling solo home run in the seventh erased the shutout but it was too little, too late as the Crimson Tide could not rally in the seventh.
The home run extends Dowling's current hitting streak to six games, which is tied for her career long set last season. Montana Fouts (11-5) went the distance in the losing effort, striking out six batters to put her 19 away from tying fourth-place Shelley Laird on Alabama's career record books.
Highlights
- The home run extended Bailey Dowling's hitting streak to six games, tying her career long set last season
- Tonight's start was the 104th of Montana Fouts' career, putting her four shy of tying Alexis Osorio (2015-18) for fifth all-time at Alabama with 108
- Fouts' six strikeouts tonight improves her career total to 1,026, now just 19 away from Shelley Laird (1999-2002) in fourth place on the Alabama career record books with 1,045
Scoring Summary
- B3 | A fly ball to left scored a run on a sac fly RBI (0-1, 1 Out)
- B3 | Zaida Puni hit an RBI single to left (0-2, 2 Out)
- B5 | Lair Beautae hit a two-run home run down the left field line (0-4, 2 Out)
- B6 | McKenna Gibson led off the sixth with a solo home run (0-5, 0 Out)
- T7 | Bailey Dowling erased the shutout with a solo home run (1-5, 1 Out)
Up Next: at #4/3 Tennessee (Knoxville, Tenn.)
- Saturday, March 25 – 4 p.m. CT (SEC Network)
- Sunday, March 26 – 12:30 p.m. CT
For the latest information on the team, follow @AlabamaSB on Twitter, BamaSB on Instagram and Alabama Softball on Facebook. General athletic news can also be found at UA_Athletics on Twitter and Instagram and AlabamaAthletics on Facebook.
