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Texas A&M upsets No. 2 Alabama in series opener at Davis Diamond, 6-4

April 22, 2022
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Texas A&M softball kicked off their weekend series with an upset win against No. 2 Alabama, 6-4, on Friday night at the Davis Diamond, snapping their three-game losing streak.

“I don’t know if I’ve ever been happier for one of my ball clubs than I am tonight for these guys,” Texas A&M head coach Jo Evans said. “Our kids have been working hard and they came out and just fought.

“Our pitching staff did a phenomenal job. We did a good job taking advantage of Alabama’s errors and got a couple of runs off their mistakes, but we continued to put pressure on them and get some quality at-bats.”

The Aggies' defense shut Alabama down at the top of the first, setting the momentum for the game.

“I don’t know if I’ve ever been happier for one of my ball clubs than I am tonight for these guys. Our kids have been working hard and they came out and just fought.”
- A&M head coach Jo Evans

Makinzy Herzog slammed her fourth home run of the season in the bottom of the first to give the Aggies an early lead.

Alabama forged ahead in the third inning, capitalizing on an error to score four unearned runs, but in the bottom of the inning, a poor throw and error by the Tide sent Koko Wooley and Haley Lee home to cut the deficit to one.

Two fly-outs and a line out at the top of the fifth stifled the Tide’s progress, preventing them from gaining any more ground as the defense sought to keep them pinned.

In the fifth, Trinity Cannon smashed a two-run double into the right-center wall to pull the Aggies ahead, followed by a single by Morgan Smith to send Cannon home and build a two-run lead.

The sixth inning saw a clutch defensive performance by the Aggies, with catcher Mayce Allen tagging an Alabama player out at home to maintain the lead.

With tensions high at the top of the seventh, the A&M defense sat Alabama down for the last time, acting fast to keep the Tide from gaining any ground.

On the last play of the game, a groundout by third baseman Trinity Cannon clinched the win for Texas A&M.

“It was a sigh of relief. We actually got over this stepping stone, and all of our pitchers played lights-out,” Cannon said. “Our defense stepped up tonight. We finished that game in the seventh inning. That was really good.”

The game set a record for attendance at home, with a total of 2,231 fans attending the contest.

“I’m just really happy our team could perform the way they did so that the crowd could see what this team is all about,” Evans said.

Texas A&M will continue the series against Alabama tomorrow evening, with first pitch slated for 6 p.m. CT.

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Texas A&M upsets No. 2 Alabama in series opener at Davis Diamond, 6-4

3,663 Views | 2 Replies | Last: 2 yr ago by mullokmotx
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Big plays in the game were the grounders to 3rd that Lee and Cannon hit in the third inning. Looked like the first baseman lost the ball in the sun both times. Pat Henry may want to recruit Lee after she scored from first on the ball that Cannon hit. Also in that inning, Wooley fouled off 3 pitches before getting a base hit and scored ahead of Lee.
After Bama got the first 2 batters on base against Kennedy she was able to get 6 ground ball outs in the next 7 batters to close out the game.
in the bottom of the 6th Bama decided to intentionally walk Lee but they were some of the worst intentional walk pitches I've ever seen. They were close to the plate and the 4th pitch was called a strike. I thought Lee should have swung away.
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I forgot to mention the nice running catch that pitcher Grace Uribe had in left field in the 5th inning.
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