TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Eighth-ranked Alabama softball split its two games Friday at the Easton Crimson Classic, posting an 11-3 run rule victory over UT Arlington before dropping a narrow 2-1 decision to No. 7 Arizona.

Alabama (10-6) scored in three of the four innings it came to bat against UT Arlington (7-10), posting 11 runs on 12 hits. Against Arizona (14-3), the Wildcats struck first with a run in the top of the first before the Crimson Tide answered right back with one in the bottom half. The score remained tied until a two-out RBI single in the top of the seventh put the Wildcats in front 2-1, which proved final.

Sophomore Skylar Wallace , the MVP of last weekend's Easton Bama Bash, led the team at the plate again Friday going 5-for-7 with two doubles, a triple and four runs scored. Junior KB Sides was 4-for-6 on the day with three runs scored and a team-leading four RBIs. In the circle, sophomore Montana Fouts (3-2) got the win over the Mavericks with her third-consecutive shutout while freshman Lexi Kilfoyl (4-3) pitched a gem against a potent Arizona offense, allowing just two runs on four hits with seven strikeouts, which ties her season high.

From Head Coach Patrick Murphy

"Not getting a key hit was the big thing against Arizona. We had four runners at second base with one out and didn't get anything after that. She either stayed there or we got a fly out. We just have to get a hit one of those times. We out-him them. I thought Lexi did a really good job and I think their kid did too. It was just a really good PAC-12 SEC matchup, but they got the key two-out hit in the last inning."

Highlights

The run-rule victory over UT Arlington was Alabama's seventh of the season, capping a streak of four straight

With a combined four hits between Friday's games, Sides extended her current hitting streak to a career-best eight games

Senior Alexis Mack had four hits on the day, pushing her current hitting streak to seven games

had four hits on the day, pushing her current hitting streak to seven games Senior Bailey Hemphill pushed her reached base streak to 14 games

pushed her reached base streak to 14 games Freshman Savannah Woodard hit her first career home run in the win vs. the Mavericks, making her the seventh Tide player to go yard this season

hit her first career home run in the win vs. the Mavericks, making her the seventh Tide player to go yard this season Wallace had a pair of multi-hit performances Friday, including a career high three hits vs. UT Arlington

All of Kilfoyl's outs against the Wildcats were either groundouts or strikeouts

Last weekend's MVP picked up right where she left off ??#Team24 #RollTide pic.twitter.com/TGQ3S0yDfi — Alabama Softball (@AlabamaSB) February 29, 2020

Scoring Summary

vs. UT Arlington B1st | With two in scoring position, Sides sent the first pitch of her at-bat back up the middle, driving in both runners (Alabama 2, UT Arlington 0) B1st | A deep fly ball to left from junior Maddie Morgan allowed Sides to tag up and score from third on the sacrifice fly (Alabama 3, UT Arlington 0) B2nd | Woodard blasted a two-run home run to right center (Alabama 5, UT Arlington 0) B2nd | With runners at the corners, a sailed throw trying to catch the runner stealing at second allowed Mack to come home from third (Alabama 6, UT Arlington 0) B2nd | Another single from Sides drove in a run to make it a seven-run game (Alabama 7, UT Arlington 0) B2nd | Morgan pulled a single through the left side to score a run from third (Alabama 8, UT Arlington 0) T3rd | After a fielding error, an RBI single allowed the Mavericks to break up the shutout (Alabama 8, UT Arlington 1) T3rd | UT Arlington scored another on an RBI groundout (Alabama 8, UT Arlington 2) T3rd | A two-out RBI single kept the inning going for the Mavericks (Alabama 8, UT Arlington 3) B4th | Junior Kaylee Tow pulled a single through the right side to increase the lead to six (Alabama 9, UT Arlington 3) B4th | An RBI single from Morgan followed by an error scored two runs as the Tide built an eight-run advantage (Alabama 11, UT Arlington 3)

vs. Arizona T1st | Arizona scored the first run of the day on a double steal (Alabama 0, Arizona 1) B1st | After a triple by Wallace into the right field corner, Sides brought her home with an RBI double to tie the game (Alabama 1, Arizona 1) T7th | With a runner at third and two out, Alyssa Palomino dropped an RBI single into left field to break the tie (Alabama 1, Arizona 2)



Up Next

Alabama matches up against UT Arlington and No. 7 Arizona again on Saturday, Feb. 29 at 1:30 p.m. CT and 4 p.m. CT, respectively.

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