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Live Updates: Alabama Softball at Texas A&M (Series Finale)

With Montana Fouts back in the circle, the Crimson Tide tries to avoid being swept for the first time this season.

Katie Windham

Alabama has been punched in the mouth by Texas A&M this weekend with the Aggies taking game one 6-4 and then run ruling the Crimson Tide 9-1 Saturday night, and Sunday is all about how Team 26 will respond. 

The Crimson Tide mustered just two hits in game two, and head coach Patrick Murphy is putting out a different lineup for the third time this weekend to try and get something going offensively. 

Montana Fouts is back in the circle for Alabama as it tries to salvage a game in College Station. First pitch is scheduled for noon, and the game will be streaming on SEC Network+.

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Live Updates

Bottom 7

FINAL: Alabama 4, Texas A&M 2

  • Cannon grounds out on the first pitch, and Alabama wins game three. 
  • Strikeout of Smith goes for out No. 2
  • Dowling makes a nice play at shortstop to get Lee for the first out of the inning. 
  • Fouts will be facing the top of the A&M batting order in the seventh. 

Top 7

MID 7: Alabama 4, Texas A&M 2

  • Johnson flies out to strand the bases loaded. 
  • Goodnight reaches on an error to load the bases with two outs for Johnson. 
  • Tow follows it up with a single of her own. Two on, one out for the Tide. M'Kay Gidley comes in to run for Tow which means her day is done. 
  • Dowling has her first hit of the day with a one-out single up the middle. 
  • Uribe comes back into the circle for the seventh. 

Bottom 6

END 6: Alabama 4, Texas A&M 2

  • Fouts strikes out the side as Wooley goes down swinging. Aggies don't score in the sixth. 
  • Make that back to back strikeouts for Fouts. 
  • Uribe strikes out for the third time today. One out. 
  • A wild pitch moves the runner into scoring position with no outs for the Aggies. 
  • Leadoff single for Dack. 

Top 6

MID 6: Alabama 4, Texas A&M 2

  • Lord flies out to right to end the top half of the inning. 
  • Texas A&M will make another pitching change. Herzog re-enters the circle. 
  • Prange walks and reaches base for the third time this game. Alabama has runners on first and second with two outs. 
  • Woodard hits a sac fly out to left, and Bloodworth comes into score. Alabama leads 4-2
    • For the third inning in a row, Alabama has two RISP with one out, and they finally take advantage with the sac fly from Woodard. 
  • Johnson lays down the sac bunt to move the runners into scoring position. 
  • Dallis Goodnight slaps an infield single to put two runners on with no outs for the Crimson Tide. 
  • Bloodworth leads off the sixth with a single for just the fourth hit of the day for the Crimson Tide. Bloodworth has three hits on the weekend and has reached base six times. 
  • Alabama will face a new pitcher in the sixth. Emiley Kennedy comes in to pitch for the Aggies. She has appeared in relief in all three games against the Tide. 

Bottom 5

END 5: Alabama 3, Texas A&M 2

  • A groundout ends the inning, and the error doesn't come back to bite Alabama this time like it previously has in the series. 
  • It was looking like Fouts was on the way to her first 1-2-3 inning of the game, but Tow drops the throw from Prange at first base, and Herzog reaches on another Alabama error. 

Top 5

MID 5: Alabama 3, Texas A&M 2

  • Shipman is left stranded at second after Dowling struck out and flew out. Alabama's 3, 4 and 5-hole hitters are 2-23 in the series. 
  • Shipman is hit by a pitch to give the Crimson Tide a one-out baserunner. 
  • Prange leads off the fifth with a solo home run left over the scoreboard. Alabama retakes the lead 3-2. 
  • Top of the lineup up for Alabama in the fifth. Crimson Tide has just two hits through the first four innings. 

Bottom 4

END 4: Alabama 2, Texas A&M 2

  • Alabama gets out of the jam with a double play turned by Prange. Maybe this will be the spark that finally gets Alabama going in the series as the team seems fired up heading into the dugout. 
  • Fouts walks the 9-hole to put two on with one out for Lee. 
  • Baker reaches with a one-out infield single. The second hit for the 8-hole hitter. 
  • Katie Dack leads off the bottom of the fourth with a home run on the first pitch to tie the game at 2-2. 

Top 4

MID 4: Alabama 2, Texas A&M 1

  • Woodard pops out, and for the second straight inning, Alabama can't take advantage of runners on second and third with one out. 
  • Johnson strikes out on a changeup after a nine-pitch at-bat. She is 1-for her last 24 at the plate.
  • Texas A&M catcher Mayce Allen got hit by the pitch on the passed ball and will leave the game. Lee slides behind the plate to the catcher spot, and Mariana Torres enters at first base. 
  • Both runners move up 60 feet on a passed ball. Alabama has two runners in scoring position with one out. Crimson Tide is 0-3 today with RISP. 
  • Doerr strikes out on three pitches for the first out. 
  • Jordan Stephens enters to pinch run for Tow. 
  • Bloodworth walks on four pitches. Two on, nobody out for Alabama. 
  • Tow draws a leadoff walk, her 23rd walk of the year.  

Bottom 3

END 3: Alabama 2, Texas A&M 1

  • Fouts gets out of the jam with a groundout to strand the runners. 
  • A lineout to short goes for the second out after Fouts got into her sixth three-ball count of the game. 
  • Fouts hits Cannon with a pitch for the second free pass of the inning. Texas A&M has runners on first and second with one out. 
  • Smith reaches with a one-out walk. 

Top 3

MID 3: Alabama 2, Texas A&M 1

  • Dowling pops up, and Alabama strands two runners in scoring position. 
  • Another wild pitch moves Lord to second, but Shipman strikes out swinging. Two outs for Dowling. 
  • Lord draws a walk to put Alabama runners on the corners for Alabama's RBI leader Shipman. 
  • A wild pitch moves Prange to third with one out. 
  • Prange greets Herzog with an RBI-double to the left/center gap. Woodard comes in to score from first, and Alabama retakes the lead 2-1. 
  • Woodard draws a one-out walk to turn it over to the top of the lineup, and Texas A&M will make a pitching change. Game two starter Makinzy Herzog enters for the Aggies. 

Bottom 2

END 2: Alabama 1, Texas A&M 1

  • Fouts' third strikeout ends the second, but the Aggies tie the game in the inning. 
  • Baker singles to left field with two outs, and Allen comes in to score and tie the game. Alabama 1, Texas A&M 1
  • A single and passed ball give the Aggies their first runner in scoring position with one out. 
  • Bloodworth makes a nice play at second base charging the ball to get the first out of the inning. 

Top 2

MID 2: Alabama 1, Texas A&M 0

  • Three groundballs from Tow, Bloodworth and Doerr quickly retire Alabama in the second.

Bottom 1- Texas A&M batting

END 1: Alabama 1, Texas A&M 0

  • A popup in foul territory ends the inning, and Fouts keeps the Aggies off the board in the first. 
  • Cannon with a two-out single to left field for A&M's first baserunner. 

Top 1- Alabama batting

MID 1: Alabama 1, Texas A&M 0

  • Shipman and Dowling are retired, but Alabama jumps out to the early lead thanks to the home run from Lord. 
  • Jenna Lord continues her hot hitting with a solo home run over the left field wall to give Alabama the 1-0 lead with one out. 
    • This is Alabama's first home run of the series and the second of Lord's career. 

Alabama Starting Lineup (38-8, 13-7 SEC)

Ashley Prange BamaU
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1. Ashley Prange- 3B

Jenna Lord vs Kentucky
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2. Jenna Lord- RF

Ally Shipman
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3. Ally Shipman- C

Bailey Dowling
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4. Bailey Dowling- SS

Kaylee Tow
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5. Kaylee Tow- 1B

Megan Bloodworth
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6. Megan Bloodworth- 2B

Abby Doerr
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7. Abby Doerr- DP

Jenna Johnson diving catch
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8. Jenna Johnson- LF

Savannah Woodard
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9. Savannah Woodard- CF

Montana Fouts
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Starting pitcher- Montana Fouts

Texas A&M Starting Lineup (26-17, 5-12 SEC)

1. Haley Lee- 1B

2. Morgan Smith- RF

3. Trinity Cannon- 3B

4.  Makinzy Herzog- DP

5. Rylen Wiggins- 2B

6. Mayce Allen- C

7. Grace Uribe- P

8. Cayden Baker- LF

9. Koko Wooley- SS

Star Ferguson- CF

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Katie Windham
KATIE WINDHAM

Katie Windham is the assistant editor for BamaCentral, primarily covering football, basketball gymnastics and softball. She is a two-time graduate of the University of Alabama and has covered a variety of Crimson Tide athletics since 2019 for outlets like The Tuscaloosa News, The Crimson White and the Associated Press before joining BamaCentral full time in 2021. Windham has covered College Football Playoff games, the Women's College World Series, NCAA March Madness, SEC Tournaments and championships in multiple sports. 

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