At Buzz City Classic, Kayla Beaver flirts with her second no-hitter as Alabama completes a perfect weekend.
In the wake of overwhelming Longwood with a 13-0 run-rule triumph and getting a 3-1 win against Georgia Tech on Friday, the Alabama softball crew expected to reproduce their outcome in Saturday’s doubleheader at the Buzz Exemplary in Atlanta. Yet again confronting both Longwood and Georgia Tech, the Blood red Tide displayed their public ability.
In the initial game, Abby Duchscherer had a quick effect, sending off a strong two-run grand slam over the left-focus field wall in the highest point of the main inning that brought Kenleigh Cahalan across the plate, giving Alabama the 2-0 lead early. Not to be outshone, second baseman Kali Heivilin got down to business and conveyed a grasp single to focus field minutes after the fact, driving in Bailey Dowling and stretching out the Red Tide’s lead to 3-0.
Duchscherer kept on sparkling in the subsequent inning, hitting a booming twofold to left focus that got Cahalan and Jenna Johnson, broadening the lead to a telling 5-0.
Alabama pitcher Alea Johnson ran into trouble in the bottom of the second, allowing Longwood infielder Sophia Knock to score a run with a bases-loaded single. Johnson was pulled presently subsequently for Jocelyn Briski, completing the day with a last line of 2.1 innings pitched while permitting three hits and a procured run.
Not long later, Briski ran into her very own tight spot, permitting a spat the lower part of the third on a wild pitch, with the sprinter being acquired from Johnson, as the Lancers slice the Ruby Tide lead to three.
In the highest point of the 6th inning, Dowling hit a very much positioned single to passed on field to score Johnson, giving Alabama the 6-2 benefit.
In the highest point of the seventh inning, the Blood red Tide had the bases stacked, however could gather a solitary run politeness of a Cahalan walk, making the score 7-2 for Patrick Murphy’s crew.
With the impressive feat of striking out the final two Longwood batters, Briski ended the game with 4.2 innings, zero hits, and seven strikeouts.
In the second game against Georgia Tech, Cahalan proceeded with her heavenly exhibition, driving a solitary down the right-field line to score Lauren Johnson and give Alabama a 1-0 benefit. With a powerful double to center field in the fourth inning, Lauren Esman increased the lead to 2-0.
Jenna Johnson scored on a bases-loaded wild pitch from Georgia Tech pitcher Jaidyn Studebaker in the top of the seventh inning, giving Alabama pitcher Kayla Beaver a 3-0 lead. It wasn’t some time before Esman conveyed one more single up the center, scoring Dowling and Cahalan, prior to being tossed out at a respectable halfway point to end the inning.
Beaver, a Central Arkansas fifth-year senior transfer, pitched a stellar seven innings, leading the team to a no-hitter into the sixth before giving up a hit to Georgia Tech’s Reese Hunter. The Crimson Tide won 5-1 thanks to her remarkable performance, which included striking out seven Yellow Jacket batters while allowing just three hits and one run.
Alabama is looking forward to the Easton Bama Bash, which takes place in Tuscaloosa starting on February 16 after a flawless weekend. At 5-0 for the season, Alabama is still undefeated.