Live Updates: Alabama Softball vs. Auburn (Game 3)

Katie Windham | May 4, 2024

Feb 24, 2023; Tuscaloosa, AL, USA; Alabama batter Larissa Preuitt (11) connects with a pitch / Gary Cosby Jr.-The Tuscaloosa News / USA

After a long night at the ballpark Friday, the Alabama softball team is back in action Saturday morning to take on the Auburn Tigers. 

Alabama (33-15, 10-13 SEC) and Auburn (26-18-1, 8-15) needed 11 innings and three-and-a-half hours to decide Game 2 of the series, with the Crimson Tide coming out on top 2-0. 

First pitch for Game 3 is 11 a.m. and is televised by SEC Network. 

Jocelyn Briski and Kayla Beaver combined for the 11-inning shutout. Briski got the start and pitched 5 2/3 innings. She allowed five hits with four strikeouts. Beaver allowed just two hits and struck out seven over 5 1/3 innings. She got the win to improve to 16-8. 

Kenleigh Cahalan was the offensive hero with three hits, including the game-winning, two-run single in the 11th. 

Alabama plays Auburn  in the series and regular-season finale on Saturday. 

Briski is back in the circle for Saturday’s regular-season finale. She has a 2.32 ERA with a 7-3 record. Auburn will start Annabelle Widra, who has a 3.54 ERA with a 4-3 record. 

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FINAL: Auburn 3, Alabama 0

Top 7
• Duchscherer flies out and that ends the game.
• Preuitt pops up for out No. 2
• Pinch hitter Kat Grill strikes out for the first out

End 6: Auburn 3, Alabama 0
Bottom 6
• A strikeout ends the inning
• Wohlers reaches on an error to extend the inning
• Lech grounds out and Milanowski flys out for two quick outs

Top 6
• Broadfoot pops up to end the inning. Alabama has no answer for Widra. She's allowed four hits with six strikeouts and just one Alabama player has reached second base.
• Heivilin strikes out for the second out
• Runner at second is the first Alabama player in scoring position today
• Jenna Johnson hit by a pitch and Alabama has runners on first and second with one out
• Cahalan singles for her first hit of the day
• Clark lines out for the first out

End 5: Auburn 3, Alabama 0
Bottom 5
• A strikeout ends the inning
• Johnson allows a two-out walk
• Two fly outs to left field for two outs
• Alea Johnson in to pitch for the Tide

Top 5
• Great defensive play by AU third baseman Wohlers to rob a hit from Valentine.
• Duchscherer pinch hits and singles to left field off the wall.
• Preuitt pops up to the catcher
• Esman strikes out. That's five strikeouts for Widra

End 4: Auburn 3, Alabama 0
Bottom 4
• Alabama gets out of the inning without further damage
• Milanowski singles to left. She has two hits this game.
• Lech leads off the inning with her second homer of the series and 12th of the season. Auburn up 3-0

Top 4
• Momentum short lived as Broadfoot grounds into a double play
• Heivilin singles for the Crimson Tide's second hit of the day
• Jenna Johnson pops up for the first out

End 3: Auburn 2, Alabama 0
Bottom 3
Another strikeout for Beaver for the third out
• Groundout and a strikeout and there are two outs

Top 3
• Cahalan pops up and it's a 1-2-3 inning for Alabama
• Lauren Johnson pops up for the second out
• Valentine strikes out. Fourth strikeout for Auburn's Wilda

End 2: Auburn 2, Alabama 0
Bottom 2
• Call upheld and that's the third out
• Peralta with an RBI single, runner from second called out at home. Play is under review for obstruction. Auburn up 2-0
• A strikeout for Beaver and there are two outs
Briski exits the circle. Kayla Beaver is in. Briski pitches just 1 1/3 innings and gives up three hits. She's still responsible for the runners on second and third.
• Groundout to first for the first out. Runners on second and third
• Wohlers singles in the first run and Auburn has runners on the corners with still no outs. Auburn leads 1-0
• Milanowski doubles to left and the Tigers have runners on second and third with no outs
• Lech gets a leadoff walk for Auburn

Top 2
• Dowling strikes out for the third out. Wilda with three stikeouts against seven hitters
• Preuitt with a grounder to first for out 2
• Esman pops up for the first out

End 1: Scoreless
Bottom 1
• Packer gets a one-out hit but Tresvik grounds into a double play to end the inning

Top 1
• Broadfoot strikes out for the third out
• Heivilin strikes out and there are two outs
• Jenna Johnson singles and Alabama has its first base runner early
• Cahalan flies out and we are under way

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Alabama starting lineup

SS Kenleigh Cahalan 

LF Jenna Johnson 

2b Kali Heivilin 

1b Emma Broadfoot 

DP Lauren Esman 

RF Larissa Preuitt 

3b Bailey Dowling 

C Riley Valentine  

CF Lauren Johnson 

P Jocelyn Briski 

Auburn starting lineup

LF KK McCrary 

CF Makayla Packer 

RF Icess Tresvik 

DP Amelia Lech 

1b Axe Milanowski 

3b Anna Wohlers  

2b Rose Roach 

P Annabelle Widra 

SS Nelia Peralta 

C Skylar Elkins