News release from Texas A&M Athletics:
TUSCALOOSA – The No. 12 Texas A&M softball team buried No. 13 Alabama, 17-6, as the Aggies plated seven runs in the final frame to even the series Sunday evening at Rhoads Stadium.
Texas A&M (32-9, 11-6 SEC) had all nine starters reach base, while the 17 runs are the most all-time for the Maroon & White in SEC play and most runs given up by an Alabama team in their program’s history. Texas A&M’s 3-4-5 batters, Jazmine Hill, Julia Cottrill and Trinity Cannon combined to go 6-for-11 and drove in 10 runs.
The Aggies opened with two three-run innings to take the driver’s seat with a 6-0 lead to the bottom of the second frame.
Alabama (30-9, 7-7 SEC) answered with a home run, before Allie Enright punched back mashing a pitch down Broadway off the videoboard for her ninth tater of the season. The Crimson Tide continued to chip away at the deficit with a run in the fourth and three runs in the fifth to make it a two-run game, 7-5.
Ol’ Sarge’s charges fended off Alabama with three runs off three hits and one walk in the top of the sixth. Holding on to a 10-6 lead heading into the final frame, things escalated as the Aggies loaded the bases with no outs before a sac fly drove and a pair of singles extended the lead to 14-6. Kennedy Powell blasted her first Aggie home run, a three-run shot to right field, to send the crowd of 3,999 for the gates as Texas A&M led 17-6.
Aggie starter Shaylee Ackerman pitched 3.1 innings, striking out one and yielding two runs, two walks and three hits to earn her seventh win. Emiley Leavitt came in relief for 1.2 innings, followed by Emiley Kennedy shutting the door in 2.0 innings of relief and striking out two.
UP NEXT
Monday’s rubber match is slated for a 6 p.m. first pitch on SEC Network.
AGGIE TOP PERFORMERS
Trinity Cannon – 3-for-3, 1 2B, 4 RBI, 1 R, 2 BB
Allie Enright – 2-for-4, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 2 R
Kennedy Powell – 2-for-4, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 2 R
SCORING SUMMARY
T1 | Kramer Eschete walked, followed by Jazmine Hill with a single through the right side. Julia Cottrill reached on a fielder’s choice to score Eschete before Trinity Cannon singled down the right field line to score Hill. Cottrill scored on a wild pitch. TAMU 3, BAMA 0
T2 | Kennedy Powell hit a bunt single to first base and advanced to second after Amari Harper was hit-by-pitch. Powell and Harper advanced a base after back-to-back stolen bases. Hill singled through the left side for a pair of two-out RBI scoring Powell and Harper. Cottrill reached first via throwing error by the shortstop scoring Hill. TAMU 6, BAMA 0
B2 | Dowling homered to center field. TAMU 6, BAMA 1
T3 | Allie Enright homered to left center. TAMU 7, BAMA 1
B4 | Dowling doubled to center field and was pinch ran for by Pate. Johnson singled to center to score Pate. TAMU 7, BAMA 2
B5 | Clark hit a three-run home run after back-to-back walks. TAMU 7, BAMA 5
T6 | Eschete singled to lead off, followed by a walk from Hill. Cottrill singled through the right side to score Eschete and was pinch ran for by Scout Lovell. Cannon doubled to right center to score Hill, followed by Enright scoring Lovell on a sac fly. TAMU 10, BAMA 5
B6 | Valentine reached first after striking out on a wild pitch and advanced to second on a passed ball. Cahalan singled to center field to score Valentine. TAMU 10, BAMA 6
T7 | Harper led off with a single, followed by Eschete reaching on a walk and Hill reaching on an error by the shortstop. Cottrill hit a sac fly to center field to score Harper, followed by Cannon with a single to left to score Eschete and Hill. Keely Williams pinch hit and walked, followed by Enright hitting a single up the middle to score Cannon. Powell hit a three-run home run to right field. TAMU 17, BAMA 6