Live Updates: Series Finale No. 4 Alabama Softball vs. No. 18 Georgia

Updates, stats and analysis from the series finale between the Crimson Tide and Bulldogs.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — It's time for Monday Night Softball between the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Georgia Bulldogs with a series win on the line. 

The Bulldogs took game one 5-3 with the key hit being a home run from Sydney Kuma. Alabama rebounded in game two on Sunday with a 9-3 win behind a offensive onslaught in the sixth inning led by a Jenna Johnson home run and a complete game effort in the circle from Lexi Kilfoyl.

Tonight, it's the game one winner vs. the game two winner in the circle. Madison Kerpics is starting for Georgia, and Kilfoyl will be the starting pitcher for Alabama in the winner-take-all game three. Not only will tonight's winner clinch the series, but they will also move into a tie for first place in the SEC standings. 

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Bottom 6

• Shipman hits a walk-off 3-run home, and it's a PERFECT GAME for Lexi Kilfoyl. ALABAMA WINS 9-0

• Goodnight walks to put two on with no outs and the potential walk-off runner on base. 

• Grill opens the inning with her second hit and promptly steals second.

Top 6

MID 6: Alabama 6, Georgia 0

• Kilfoyl's ninth and tenth strikeouts end the inning for the Bulldogs. 

• A popout goes for the first out of the sixth. 

Bottom 5

END 5: Alabama 6, Georgia 0

• Bloodworth strikes out to end the inning. Alabama sends 11 to the plate in the 5th, scoring six runs. 

• Johnson keeps passing the bat down with a 2-RBI single through the right side. Alabama 6, Georgia 0

• Barnhart walks to load the bases with two outs. Georgia making another change in the circle. Kylie Macy (8-2, 3.79 ERA) coming in for in the Bulldogs to try and limit the damage.

• Tow reaches on a fielding error that brings in Shipman from third to extend the Alabama lead to 4-0. Runners on the corners with two outs.

• Pitching change for Georgia after the RBI single. Lauren Mathis (4-3, 4.43 ERA) enters for the Bulldogs. 

• Dowling hits one into left field for her second hit of the game, and Alabama brings in another run. Alabama 3, Georgia 0

• And Shipman delivers with a single up the middle to score two runs. Alabama 2, Georgia 0

• Prange walks to load the bases for Alabama's RBI and home run leader Ally Shipman. In game one, Shipman came up with bases loaded and two outs. She struck out looking and said in teh postgame that she would've traded her solo home run for a single. She'll be looking to do that here. 

• Goodnight hits into a fielder's choice. Two speedy runners on first and second with two outs for Prange. 

• Jordan Stephens is in to run for Bloodworth at second. 

• Grill places a bunt right in front of the plate and beats out the throw for an infield single. Two on with one out for the top of the lineup. Georgia takes a timeout for a meeting int he infield for the entire infield. 

• Bloodworth is hit by a pitch on her hands. The play is under review. The review confirms that Bloodworth was hit by the pitch. 

• Johnson flies out to begin the Alabama half of the 5th. 

Top 5

MID 5: Alabama 0, Georgia 0

Kilfoyl with a season-high 8⃣ strikeouts through 5.0 IP
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• And Kilfoyl strikes out the side and ties her season high with eight strikeouts. 

• Make that back to back strikeouts for Kilfoyl to open the 5th.

• The 5th inning starts with Kilfoyl's sixth strikeout of the day.

Bottom 4

END 4: Alabama 0, Georgia 0 

• Barnhart goes down swinging to strand the bases loaded. We're still scoreless after 4 in Tuscaloosa. 

• Tow draws a walk to load the bases.

• Dowling gets frozen by the changeup on the 3-2 count and strikes out looking. Still two runners in scoring position for the Crimson Tide, now with two outs. 

• Shipman steals second to put both runners in scoring position. 

• Shipman is hit by a pitch to put runners on the corners with one out for Dowling. 

• Prange puts down a sac bunt, and Goodnight catches the Georgia defense sleeping and advances all the way to third on the sacrifice. 

• Goodnight lays down a perfect bunt to get a leadoff infield single for the Crimson Tide. 

Top 4

MID 4: Alabama 0, Georgia 0

• The most solid contact from Georgia so far today comes from Fincher out to the left field warning track, but it was still another three up, three down inning for Kilfoyl.

• Big Al has made an appearance at the Rhoads House. He is fortunate enough to don the legendary pink sombrero of softball superfan Emily Pitek Clifford. 

Bottom 3

END 3: Alabama 0, Georgia 0

• Grill goes down swinging. Both pitchers have faced the minimum through three. 

• For the third time today, an Alabama hitter flies out to the warning track. This time, it's Bloodworth for the second out of the inning. 
• Johnson strikes out looking to open the inning. 

• In between innings, the PA announcer shared that Alabama pitcher Montana Fouts tapped assistant coach Alyson Habetz into the prestigious XXXI society at UA today. Habetz gets an ovation from the fans at Rhoads as she heads to the first base coaches box. 

Top 3

MID 3: Alabama 0, Georgia 0

• Kilfoyl keeps making it look easy. Another three up, three down inning where she has two more strikeouts. Kilfoyl had a season high eight strikeouts on Sunday and already has five through three innings today. 

Bottom 2

END 2: Alabama 0, Georgia 0

• Barnhart grounds out for the final out of the 2nd. 

• Tow lines into a double play back to the pitcher that erases the baserunner. 

• Dowling rips one down the left field line for the first hit of the game for either team. 

Top 2

MID 2: Alabama 0, Georgia 0

• Another easy 1-2-3 inning for Kilfoyl. She only needed seven pitches to retire the Bulldogs in the 2nd. 

Bottom 1- Alabama batting

END 1: Alabama 0, Georgia 0

• Shipman hits one in almost the exact same place as Prange for the third out. Solid contact from the Crimson Tide in the first, but no baserunners yet.

• Prange sends one out to the warning track for the second out. Goodnight grounded out to start the game. 

Top 1- Georgia batting

MID 1: Alabama 0, Georgia 0

• Fincher goes down swinging to end the inning. Relatively easy three up, three down start to the game for Kilfoyl. 

• Kilfoyl gets Fields looking for a big second out. Fields walked in her first two plate appearances against Kilfoyl on Sunday. 

• First pitch from Kilfoyl is a ball on the inside corner of the plate, and we are underway at Rhoads Stadium. 

Alabama Athletics

1. Dallis Goodnight- CF

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2. Ashley Prange- 3B

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3. Ally Shipman- C

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4. Bailey Dowling- SS

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5. Kaylee Tow- 1B

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6. Aubrey Barnhart- DP

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7. Jenna Johnson- LF

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8. Megan Bloodworth- 2B

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9. Kat Grill- RF

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Starting Pitcher- Lexi Kilfoyl (6-2, 2.10 ERA)

Georgia Starting Lineup

1. Savana Sikes- 3B

2. Jaiden Fields- RF

3. Lacey Fincher- 1B

4. Sydney Kuma- 2B

5. Jayda Kearney- CF

6. Aniyah Black- DP

7. Ellie Armistead- SS

8. Payden Bordeau- C

9. CJ Landrum- LF

Starting Pitcher- Madison Kerpics (12-2, 1.98 ERA)