In spite of the cupcakes the Dark red Tide (16-0) has gone up against, they have for the foremost portion taken care of trade. There’s no pardon for a group of Alabama’s caliber to drop to one of these subpar teams. Thus far, the defense has looked just like the best that Patrick Murphy has had – at slightest that this eyewitness can review. The pitching has for the foremost portion been beautiful strong as everybody learns their parts. The offense has had minutes but tend to drop asleep at times.
The great news is that Bama busted open a can of whupass within the to begin with inning. The bad news is that they did essentially nothing unpalatably the rest of the way. The Tide batted around the arrange within the to begin with, which included five singles, a twofold and Jenna Johnson’s to begin with homer of the season – a three-run jobber – to cap the scoring. At that point, rest caution.
In the mean time, the Coats were not going discreetly. They put two runners on base within the to begin with but a few solid Alabama defense held them at inlet. Birmingham U stacked the bases with no one out within the fourth on three straight strolls from Kayla Beaver (W, 4-0), but Bama overseen to wriggle off the snare with a strikeout and a P to C to 1B twofold play.
Alex Salter made her to begin with appearance of the season pitching the fifth and last inning. She gave up a single to the primary hitter, but whiffed the following one. A clever P to 2B to SS twofold play finished the game.
