Live Updates: Alabama Softball vs Florida State
OKLAHOMA CITY -- It's do or die tonight for Alabama.
The Crimson Tide has to beat Florida State to reach the Women's College World Series championship series.
Alabama has played in two title series in its previous 12 trips to OKC, winning it all in 2012.
If Alabama does make it past FSU, a familiar foe awaits. Oklahoma fought back from an opening day loss to James Madison and swept the Dukes in the semifinals to earn a spot in the championship series.
Alabama defeated the Sooners 2-1 for the 2012 national title, and was eliminated by the Sooners in the 2019 semifinals.
Here are the lineups
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Alabama (52-8)
1. Alexis Mack - CF
2. Bailey Hemphill - C
3. Kaylee Tow - 1B
4. Jenna Johnson - DP
5. KB Sides - RF
6. Savannah Woodard - 2B
7. Maddie Morgan - 3B
8. Taylor Clark - SS
9. Elissa Brown - CF
Montana Fouts - P
Florida State (46-11-1)
1. Kaley Mudge - LF
2 Sydney Sherrill - 3B
3 Elizabeth Mason - 1B
4 Cassidy Davis - DP
5 Devyn Flaherty - 2B
6 Dani Morgan - CF
7 Josie Muffley - SS
8 Anna Shelnutt - C
9 Kalei Harding -RF
Kathryn Sandercock - P
Top of 1st inning - FSU batting
- Mudge singles to center
- Sherrill walks, runner on first and second, no out
- Mason three-run home run to left field, 3-0
- Davis strikes out, 1 out
- Flaherty ground out to 3B, 2 out
- Morgan strikes out, 3 out
- FSU 3 runs on two hits, leads 3-0
Bottom of 1st inning - Alabama batting
- Mack fouls out to left field, 1 out
- Hemphill grounds out to SS, 2 out
- Tow grounds out to SS, 3 out
- Alabama no runs on no hits, FSU leads 3-0
Top of the 2nd inning - FSU batting
- Muffley draws leadoff walk
- Shelnutt fielder's choice, E5 allows Muffley to reach third, Shelnutt at first, no out
- Harding fly out to SS, 1 out
- Mudge bunt single scores Muffley, Shelnutt to second, 4-0
- Sherrill draws a walk, bases loaded, 1 out
- Mason strikes out, 2 out
- Davis strikes out, 3 out
- FSU 1 run on one hit, leads 4-0
Bottom of the 2nd inning - Alabama batting
- Johnson fly out to CF 1 out
- Sides groundout to 1B, 2 out
- Woodard strikes out, 3 out
- Alabama no runs on no hits, FSU leads 4-0
Top of the 3rd inning - FSU batting
- Flaherty leadoff single
- Morgan single to left, runners on first and second
- Muffley strikes out, 1 out
- Shellnutt sac bunt, Flaherty to third, Morgan to second, 2 out
- Harding two-run single to left, 6-0
- Kilfoyl in to pitch for Fouts
- Mudge single to CF, Harding scores, 7-0
- Sherrill RBI double to left-center scores Mudge, 8-0
- Mason fly out to SS, 3 out
- FSU 4 runs on 5 hits, leads 8-0
Bottom of the 3rd inning - Alabama batting
- Morgan lines out to 1B, 1 out
- Clark singles to LF
- Brown singles to RF, Clark to 2nd
- Mack strikes out, 2 out
- Hemphill RBI single scores Clark, Brown to third, 8-1
- Tow single to 2B scores Brown, Hemphill to 3B, 8-2
- Johnson groundout to 1B, 3 out
- Alabama 2 runs on 4 hits, FSU leads 8-2
Top of the 4th inning - FSU batting
- Davis strikes out, 1 out
- Flaherty strikes out, 2 out
- Morgan walks
- Morgan steals 2nd
- Muffley grounds out to P, 3 out
- FSU no runs on no hits, FSU leads 8-2
Bottom of the 4th inning - Alabama hitting
- KB Sides doubles to right-center field
- Caylan Arnold in to relieve Sandercock
- Woodard flyout to RB, 1 out
- Morgan flyout to CF, 2 out
- Clark groundout to 2B, 3 out
- Alabama no runs on 1 hit, FSU leads 8-2
Top of the 5th inning - FSU batting
- Shellnutt flyout to CF, 1 out
- Harding strikes out, 2 out
- Mudge double to CF
- Sherrill strikes out, 3 out
- FSU no runs on 1 hit, FSU leads 8-2
Bottom of 5th inning - Alabama batting
- Brown leadoff single
- Mack sac bunt, Brown to 2nd, 1 out
- Hemphill two-run home run to LF, 8-4
- Danielle Watson relieves Arnold for FSU
- Tow grounds out to 1B, 2 out
- Johnson draws four-pitch walk
- Sides singles to RF, Johnson to 2nd
- Woodard singles to CF, Sides scores, Johnson out at 3B, 8-5, 3 out
- Alabama scores 3 runs on 4 hits, FSU leads 8-5
Top of the 6th inning - FSU batting
- Mason infield single to SS
- Pinch-hitter D'Aun Riggs groundout to SS, Mason to 2B, 1 out
- Flaherty flyout to RF
- Mason steals 3rd
- Morgan groundout to 2B, 3 out
- FSU no runs on 1 hit, leads 8-5
Bottom of the 6th inning - Alabama batting
- Morgan flyout to LF, 1 out
- Clark flyout to 3B, 2 out
- Brown groundout to P, 3 out
- Alabama no runs on no hits, FSU leads 8-5
Top of the 7th - FSU batting
- Muffley groundout to 2B, 1 out
- Shellnutt groundout to 3B, 2 out
- Harding single to CF
- Mudge single to LF, Harding to 2B
- Sherrill fielder's choice, Harding out at 3B, 3 out
- FSU no runs on two hits, leads 8-5
Bottom of the 7th - Alabama batting
- Mack flyout to RF, 1 out
- Hemphill flyout to LF, 2 out
- Tow draws four-pitch walk
- Johnson flyout to RF, 3 out
- Alabama no runs on no hits
Florida State wins 8-5
