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Live Updates: No. 3 Alabama Softball vs. No. 2 Florida State

Updates, stats and analysis from Rhoads Stadium where the Crimson Tide seeks revenge against the team that eliminated it from the WCWS.
Katie Windham|
Live Updates: No. 3 Alabama Softball vs. No. 2 Florida State
Live Updates: No. 3 Alabama Softball vs. No. 2 Florida State

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — It's time for the biggest midweek matchup of the season. 

Rhoads Stadium is ready for a rematch of the 2021 Women's College World Series semifinal between Alabama and Florida State. Both teams have been able to build on last season's success and come into the game as top-five ranked teams. 

The Crimson Tide (22-2, 1-2 SEC) and Seminoles (24-1, 5-1 ACC) will meet again Wednesday night at 6 p.m. in Tuscaloosa. The game will be broadcast on SEC Network. 

Last year, Florida State beat Alabama on back to back days to advance to the WCWS finals where it would lose to Oklahoma. Lexi Kilfoyl got the start in game one and only gave up two runs, but could not get any run support. Montana Fouts started game two days after her perfect game against UCLA. The Seminoles jumped out to an 8-0 lead and held on for the 8-5 win to eliminate the Crimson Tide from the WCWS. 

Both teams return a lot of talent from those tams including the starting pitchers Fouts and Kilfoyl for Alabama and Kathryn Sandercock for Florida State. Sandercock is the leader in the circle for the Noles this season. She is 11-0 with a 0.89 ERA with 71 strikeouts. At the plate, Devyn Flaherty, Mack Leonard and Michaela Edenfield lead the way for Florida State. Flaherty is batting .403 with 16 RBIs and and Edenfield has eight home runs and 20 RBIs. 

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Live Updates

FINAL SCORE: No. 2 Florida State 6, Alabama 5

Bottom 7

  • Prange grounds out on the first pitch, and the Alabama rally comes up short. Florida State wins. 
  • Johnson strikes out swinging, and Alabama is down to its last out.
  • A passed ball allows Woodard to score from third and cut it to a one-run game. Goodnight moves to second. Florida State 6, Alabama 5
  • Goodnight flashes her speed with an infield to put runners on the corners with the top of the lineup coming up. 
  • Woodard rips a one-out double in almost the exact spot as her double in the fifth. 

Top 7

MID 7: Florida State 6, Alabama 4

  • Final line on Kilfoyl: 6.1 IP, 6 R (5 unearned), 5 hits, 4 walks and 6 strikeouts
  • A strikeout from Fouts ends the inning, but Alabama now has three outs to try and get at least two runs to keep this game going. 
  • A grounder to third turns into a fielder's choice as Prange decides to go to first and get the out, but another Seminole runner comes in. Florida State 6, Alabama 4
  • Another error at third brings in a run, and Florida State takes its first lead of the game. Florida State 5, Alabama 4
  • Alabama will make a pitching change. Montana Fouts enters for the Tide. 
  • A double from Sherrill on the first pitch puts runners on second and third with one out for Florida State. 
  • It takes until her fourth at-bat in the game, but Mudge finally gets her first hit of the game with one out in the 7th. 

Bottom 6

END 6: Alabama 4, Florida State 4

  • Alabama goes three up, three down in the 6th. 

Top 6

MID 6: Alabama 4, Florida State 4

  • The top of the 6th ends with Kilfoyl's sixth strikeout, but we have a whole new ballgame at Rhoads. 
  • The error turns out to be super costly as Edenfield pulls a ball right over the left field wall to tie the game up. Alabama 4, Florida State 4
  • A leadoff walk and error at third by Prange with two outs bring up Florida State's home run leader Edenfield with two on and two outs. 

Bottom 5

MID 5: Alabama 4, Florida State 1

  • The suicide squeeze is executed to perfection by Johnson as Woodard comes in to score from third. Alabama increases its lead to 4-1. 
  • Goodnight lays down a perfect bunt to get her first hit in her last 12 at-bats, and Alabama has runners on the corners with one out for the top of the lineup. 
  • Emily Pitek Clifford working to get the soldout Rhoads crowd up on its feet with Goodnight stepping to the plate. 
  • After a lengthy at-bat, Savannah Woodard knocks a double into the right field gap for Alabama's first hit since the 1st inning. 

Top 5

MID 5: Alabama 3, Florida State 1

  • A sac bunt moves the runner into scoring position, but a flyout from Mudge ends the inning. 
  • Designated player Hallie Wacaser rips a ball down the left field line for Florida State's second hit of the day. Johnson reacts quickly in left field to limit it to a single. 

Bottom 4

END 4: Alabama 3, Florida State 1

  • Another quick inning for the Crimson Tide on offense against Sandercock. Crimson Tide is not making her work at all. She's only had to throw 22 pitches in three innings. 

Top 4

MID 4: Alabama 3, Florida State 1

  • Back to back strikeouts end the inning and limit the damage. 
  • A single up the middle and an error by Goodnight in center scores the first run for the Seminoles. Alabama 3, Florida State 1
  • A walk, fielder's choice and wild pitch put a Florida State runner in scoring position for the first time today. 

Bottom 3

END 3: Alabama 3, Florida State 0

  • Three quick outs for Alabama in the 3rd. 

Top 3

MID 3: Alabama 3, Florida State 0

  • Another three up, three down inning for Kilfoyl as the Seminoles remain scoreless. 

Bottom 2

END 2: Alabama 3, Florida State 0

  • Sandercock quickly gets the Tide to go 1-2-3 in the 2nd. 
  • Florida State already makes a pitching change not even one time through the Alabama order. Kathryn Sandercock (11-0, 0.89 ERA) enters the circle for Florida State. 

Top 2

MID 2: Alabama 3, Florida State 0

  • Kilfoyl gets a swinging strikeout to end the inning. 
  • Michaela Edenfield draws a two-out walk and becomes the first Seminole baserunner. 

Bottom 1

END 1: Alabama 3, Florida State 0

  • A strikeout and flyout end the inning, but Alabama grabs the early lead on the Tow HR. 
  • Kaylee Tow absolutely destroys a ball out to centerfield for her second home run of the year. Alabama leads 3-0. 
  • A single from Shipman puts two on with one out for Tow. 
  • Prange singles through the left side for Alabama's first hit. 
  • Johnson strikes out swinging at the rise ball to open the day for the Crimson Tide on offense. 
  • Pitching coach Stephan van Brakle Prothro is in the first base coaching box tonight because long time associate head coach Allyson Habetz's father passed away today.

Top 1

MID 1: Alabama 0, Florida State 0

  • A lengthy battle at the plate by Mack Leonard ends in a flyout to left field, and the Seminoles go three up, three down in the 1st. 
  • Kaley Mudge grounds out for the first out of the game. This might not seem like a big deal, but she was a huge thorn in Alabama's side in OKC at the WCWS. Mudge was 7-8 in the two games against the Crimson Tide last year, including 5-5 in game two. 
  • The first pitch from Kilfoyl is a strike, and we are underway. 

Pregame

  • Alabama men's golf coach Jay Seawell threw out the ceremonial first pitch. 
  • Starting Lineup notes
    • Lexi Kilfoyl gets the start in the circle for Alabama. (Montana Fouts pitched yesterday against Southern Miss.)
    • Jenna Johnson moves back into the leadoff spot, and Dallis Goodnight slides back down to the nine-hole. 
    • Savannah Woodard gets the start over Kat Grill in right field. 
    • Florida State Starting Lineup
      • 1. Kaley Mudge- LF
      • 2. Sydney Sherrill- 3B
      • 3. Mack Leonard- 1B
      • 4. Kalei Harding- RF
      • 5. Devyn Flaherty- 2B
      • 6. Michaela Edenfield- C
      • 7. Jahni Kerr- CF
      • 8. Hallie Wacaser- DP
      • 9. Josie Muffley- SS
      • Starting Pitcher- Danielle Watson (9-1, 1.28 ERA)

      Alabama Starting Lineup

      1. Jenna Johnson- LF

      2. Ashley Prange- 3B

      3. Ally Shipman- C

      4. Kaylee Tow- 1B

      5. Bailey Dowling- SS

      6. Abby Doerr- DP

      7. Megan Bloodworth- 3B

      8. Savannah Woodard- RF

      9. Dallis Goodnight- CF

      Starting Pitcher- Lexi Kilfoyl (3-1, 1.64 ERA)

      • Florida State is wearing the all gold uniforms it wore in last year's elimination game. Looks like Alabama will be going with the crimson on crimson combo. 
      • Hundreds of fans are already lined up outside the gates more than an hour before first pitch hoping to be one of the first 250 to collect the foam finger Bama U. 

      Alabama vs. Florida State in 2021 WCWS

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Katie Windham
KATIE WINDHAM

Katie Windham is the assistant editor for BamaCentral, primarily covering football, basketball, gymnastics and softball. She is a two-time graduate of the University of Alabama and has covered a variety of Crimson Tide athletics since 2019 for outlets like The Tuscaloosa News, The Crimson White and the Associated Press before joining BamaCentral full time in 2021. Windham has covered College Football Playoff games, the Women's College World Series, NCAA March Madness, SEC Tournaments and championships in multiple sports.

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