Kirk McNair

6 days ago | 247sports.com | Kirk McNair

The first mistake Alabama made may have been moving up Friday's scheduled evening game against Georgia in Sewell-Thomas Stadium as the teams will be battling rain this weekend. A second game was scheduled for later, weather permitting, with the series to wind up SaturdayThere too many mistakes after that to count. Here's what can be counted: Georgia scored 19 runs, Alabama 3. The Crimson Tide had taken a 3-1 lead in the third inning on Kade Snell's bases-clearing double. After that, all Georgia.

1 week ago | 247sports.com | Kirk McNair

Grits are a favorite in Alabama. Shrimp and grits is a South Carolina specialty. On Wednesday night in the Southeastern Conference Softball Tournament in Athens the South Carolina Gamecocks feasted on Alabama Crimson Tide pitching and eliminated Bama with a 6-2 victory. Alabama has shown a lot of grit this season in running its record to 37-21, including 1-1 in the SEC Tournament. But after Audrey Vandagriff's home run to lead off Wednesday night's game, Bama managed only four more hits.

1 week ago | 247sports.com | Kirk McNair

Where to start? The outstanding defensive plays? Kali Heivilin's key triple? Jocelyn Briski's complete game pitching? All components were in play as Alabama defeated Auburn, 3-2, to advance to the second round of the Southeastern Conference Softball Tournament in Athens Tuesday. Auburn goes home. Alabama will meet South Caroline in Wednesday's final game on a four-game day, expected first pitch is at 7 p.m. CST. Alabama is now 36-20 overall, 13-12 in SEC games.

1 week ago | 247sports.com | Kirk McNair

What invariably will be called "the Iron Bowl of softball" (even though there is no iron ore in either Tuscaloosa or Lee counties) is part of the first day of the Southeastern Conference Softball Championship tournament. Alabama, the No. 10 seed, takes on No. 15 seed Auburn at approximately 7 p.m. ET, 6 p.m. central time, Tuesday in Jack Turner Stadium in Athens, Ga.Host Georgia vs. Kentucky starts the tournament at 1 p.m. ET/Noon central, followed by Ole Miss vs.

1 week ago | 247sports.com | Kirk McNair

An inability to get the third out in two innings, accompanied by bases on balls in those frames, led to Alabama falling in game three of the series at South Carolina Saturday. The Gamecocks took a 7-2 win in a weather-shortened game to 4 ½ innings. That gave South Carolina the series, two games to one. Both wins came on Saturday, the first the completion of a Friday night game that had been weather delayed for almost two hours before being suspended with SC holding on for a 3-1 victory.