The one factor that did not go Alabama softball and Ashley Prange’s means in its SEC Event opener on Wednesday was the climate.
Prange led 5-seed Alabama (39-17) to a 7-2 win over 13-seed Missouri with two homeruns in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Alabama took management of the sport with 4 runs over the primary two innings. The Crimson Tide noticed Montana Fouts go all seven innings with 10 strikeouts.
The sport was delayed 5 hours, partially to a four-hour lightning delay. 5-seed Alabama advances to play 4-seed Arkansas on Thursday, 35 minutes after the conclusion of Georgia-South Carolina.
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Prange leads as Alabama passes the bat
The primary Ashley Prange dwelling run began a series response of high quality at-bats for Alabama. Ally Shipman nearly hit a house run however closed the primary inning out. Within the second inning, they acquired seven at-bats: three hits and two high quality outs and reached on an error.
Prange wasn’t completed there, she hit a house run within the fifth, giving her six dwelling runs in eight video games versus Missouri. It’s the second time this yr she has hit two dwelling runs in a sport, the opposite vs. UCLA.
“All 9 spots within the lineup had been productive and that is additionally what you actually need in a bigtime ambiance versus a extremely good crew,” Alabama coach Patrick Murphy stated. “If you may get manufacturing one by way of 9 and you’ve got a pitcher like Montana, in all probability going to be a great night time.”
300 strikeouts for the Montana Fouts
Together with her eighth strikeout of the night time, Fouts crossed the 300-strikeout mark for the season, which leads Division I. It’s the second season in her profession that she crossed the mark. Fouts continued her stretch of dominance towards Missouri, the place she did not permit a run within the first 18 innings she confronted the Tigers. In the course of the common season, he recorded 26 strikeouts, whereas permitting seven hits over 16 innings.
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