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Live Blog: No. 15 Alabama Softball vs. Missouri (Game 3)

Score updates and analysis from Rhoads Stadium in Tuscaloosa as the Crimson Tide goes for the sweep over the Tigers in the regular season home finale.

Katie Windham

Senior Day at Rhoads Stadium
Senior Day at Rhoads Stadium / BamaCentral

TUSCALOOSA, Ala.— For the first time this season, Alabama softball has won its first two games of an SEC series. The Crimson Tide used a walk-off error to beat Missouri in Game 2 on Saturday night.

Now, the two teams are back at Rhoads Stadium for the series finale as Alabama is going for its first sweep of the year. Jocelyn Briski (13-10, 2.61 ERA) will be back in the circle for the Crimson Tide, and Marissa McCann (9-10, 3.87 ERA) gets the nod for the second day in a row for the Tigers.

First pitch is scheduled for 2 p.m., and today's game is streaming only on SEC Network+ so be sure to follow along for updates on BamaCentral.

Starting lineups:

Starting lineups for Missouri softball at Alabama
Starting lineups for Missouri softball at Alabama- April 27, 2025 / Statbroadcast

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Live Blog

(latest updates at the top)

FINAL: Alabama 2, Missouri 0

In-Game

Top 7

Alabama turns another double play to end the game and sweep the series

One-out single up the middle brings the winning run to the plate for Missouri.

Strikeout goes for out No. 1

END 6: Alabama 2, Missouri 0

Bottom 6

Kruse gets out of the inning on two pitches. Clark pops up a bunt attempt on the first pitch she sees, and then Valentine grounds into a double play.

Pitching change for Missouri. McCann exits, and senior Jayci Kruse will come in. McCann was really good for five innings, but seemed to run out of gas a little this inning.

Hawkins singles up the middle.

Leadoff home run for Brooke Ellestad, towering flyball over the right field wall. Alabama 2, Missouri 0

4-5-6 due up for Alabama, looking to add some insurance runs

MID 6: Alabama 1, Missouri 0

Top 6

Groundout on the next pitch ends the threat.

Two-out single up the middle puts the tying run on base for Mizzou.

END 5: Alabama 1, Missouri 0

Bottom 5

Heivilin flies out and the inning is over, but the Tide takes the lead in the fifth.

Johnson reaches second on the throw home.

Johnson singles up the middle, and the ball squirts weird off the shortstop's glove, and the centerfielder falls down, allowing Vandagriff to score from first. Alabama 1, Missouri 0

Vandagriff singles through the left side to give Alabama a two-out baserunner, still searching for its first run of the game.

Diving catch in centerfield robs Duchscherer of her second hit of the day. She's really the only Alabama batter to make solid contact today.

MID 5: Alabama 0, Missouri 0

Top 5

Groundball ends the threat. Briski sitting at 56 pitches through five innings.

Fly ball to left field goes for the second out.

Sacrifice bunt moves the runner into scoring position with one out.

Leadoff single up the middle for Uptegrove.

END 4: Alabama 0, Missouri 0

Bottom 4- Alabama batting

Valentine pops out to strand the runner. Still scoreless.

Clark chops one just over the pitcher's head for a two-out hit and her first hit in SEC play.

4-5-6 due up for the Tide. Alabama only has two hits and no runs through three innings.

MID 4: Alabama 0, Misosuri 0

Top 4 - Mizzou batting

Strikeout ends the half inning. Briski has only had to throw 46 pitches through four innings.

Two-out single for Ebbs

END 3: Alabama 0, Missouri 0

Bottom 3- Alabama batting

Heivilin grounds out, and Alabama can't do anything after the leadoff triple. We're scoreless at Rhoads through three.

Johnson walks to put runners on the corners for Heivilin.

Vandagriff strikes out looking, so the inning's hopes after the leadoff triple come down to Johnson.

Preuitt flies out to shallow center. Murphy thinks about sending Pate, but it isn't quite deep enough. Turns out to be a good call as the throw home was good, and she would've been out.

Kinley Pate comes in to pinch run for Duchscherer at third. (I think Patrick Murphy has sacrifice fly in mind.)

Leadoff triple for Duchscherer. Cahalan makes a diving attempt on the ball, but it rolls past her glove to the wall, allowing Duchscherer to reach third. First career triple for Duchscherer.

8-9-1 due up for the Tide, looking for its first run of the game

MID 3: Alabama 0, Missouri 0

Top 3- Mizzou batting

Nice play by Ellestad at third retires Crenshaw for the final out.

Passed ball by Valentine allows Cahalan to move into scoring position for the top of the lineup.

Cahalan slaps one hard into left field for Mizzou's first baserunner of the game.

END 2: Alabama 0, Missouri 0

Bottom 2- Alabama batting

Nothing doing for Alabama in the second.

MID 2: Alabama 0, Missouri 0

Top 2- Mizzou batting

Another quick inning in the circle for Briski. Three up, three down. During her start on Friday night, the second inning was the trouble inning for Briski, but she gets out unscathed today.

Great play by Hawkins up the middle to rob a hit for the second out.

END 1: Alabama 0, Missouri 0

Bottom 1 - Alabama batting

Ellestad flies out. For the first time this series, Alabama does not score in the first inning.

Two-out bloop single from Heivilin gives Alabama its first baserunner.

MID 1: Alabama 0, Missouri 0

Top 1 - Mizzou batting

Three up, three down for Mizzou in the first. Briski strikes out the first two batters she faces.

The first pitch from Briski is a strike, and this game is underway.

Pregame

You could not ask for better weather for a college softball game–– sunny and 81 degrees. A good crowd is gatherhing out in the Brickyard as well.

Alabama is wearing the all-white uniforms today.

Softball does things a little different with individual senior days throughout the whole season to honor each senior, but with today being the regular season finale, it's a team-wide senior day with the numbers of the seniors (Brooke Ellestad, Catelyn Riley, Emily Winstead, Kenal Clark and Kali Heivilin) painted behind home plate today.

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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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