Alabama struggled scoring with runners on, so Skyler Wallace found a solution. The freshman destroyed an eight-inning pitch deep to right center for a walk-off 2-1 win over Georgia. It pushes the Crimson Tide into the semifinals at 6 p.m. CT Friday against the winner of the Kentucky-Ole Miss game at 10 a.m. Auburn and Florida will play in the other semifinal. Alabama (51-6) went 1-for-17 (.059 average) with runners on base to strand 13 in the first seven innings. Three times it left the bases loaded before the No. 9 batter stepped to the plate as the first hitter in the eighth. Facing a 3-2 count, the freshman left no doubt barreling the sixth pitch she saw. Freshman Montana Fouts threw 127 pitches in a complete-game win for the Tide. She allowed four hits, struck out nine and walked three to improve to 15-3. Georgia scored first in the fourth with an Alysen Febrey double to score Alyssa DiCarlo. Alabama tied it in the bottom of the inning when Wallace drew a bases loaded walk to score Claire Jenkins. Tide batters went 5-for-8 leading off innings including Wallace’s homer. It just couldn’t get things going in clutch moments until the final swing as Alabama went 0-for-5 with the bases loaded. Georgia fell to 40-17 with the extra-inning loss. Weather forced the final quarterfinal to be played Friday morning with the winner meeting the Tide in the evening.<doc-sep>With the most competitive league in the nation, the Southeastern Conference will have ten ranked teams participating in the Tournament held this week May 8-11 in College Station. If you are anywhere near a casino, don’t bet on these games. They could all go any which way. 4. Alabama 50-6 9. Florida 40-15 10. LSU 40-15 11. Tennessee 39-13 13. Georgia 39-16 17. Ole Miss 36-16 19. Arkansas 38-17 20. South Carolina 36-16 23. Kentucky 32-21 24. Auburn 35-18 NR Missouri 32-22 NR Mississippi State 32-20 NR Texas A&M 28-24 (Vanderbilt does not field a softball team so they can win bowling championships against schools you’ve never heard of.) DAY 1 SCHEDULE Mississippi State and host team Texas A&M kick it off Wednesday morning for the rights to move on to a game later in the evening against 5-seed Ole Miss. Arkansas versus Georgia should be the best game of the day. Both teams are coming off a home sweeps of ranked SEC foes. The winner gets to face the No. 1 seeded Crimson Tide. 12 Mississippi St 3 , 13 Texas A&M 2 - The host team is the first eliminated. , 13 - The host team is the first eliminated. 11 South Carolina vs 6 Florida 12:30 CT - Tornado delays. That is SO Texas. vs 6 12:30 CT - Tornado delays. That is SO Texas. 10 Auburn vs 7 Missouri 3:00 CT SEC vs 7 3:00 CT SEC 9 Arkansas vs 8 Georgia 5:30 CT SEC vs 8 5:30 CT SEC 5 Ole Miss vs MSU 8:00 CT DAY 2 SCHEDULE Alabama, Tennessee, LSU, and Kentucky are your top four seeds. They all were rewarded with Day 1 byes and will not begin play until Thursday. 3 LSU vs SC -Florida winner 11:00 am CT vs winner 2 Tennessee vs Auburn- Mizz winner 1:30 CT Thurs vs winner Thurs 1 Alabama vs UGA- Ark winner 4:00 CT 8:28pm CT Thurs vs winner 8:28pm CT Thurs 4 Kentucky vs OM- MSU winner 6:30 CT will play Friday All games will be televised on SEC Network. The semifinals and final will be aired on ESPN2. Check SEC Network+ later in the week for online airings in your area. All Alabama games can be heard on Radio: 93.3 FM. UPDATED BRACKET Thanks to inclement weather, games have been pushed back. Alabama will now play UGA at 8pm CT.<doc-sep>Be sure to keep posted with all the day’s action today! GEORGIA 4, ARKANSAS 1 The Georgia Bulldogs picked up a win to start the day in College Station. The Dawgs defeated the Arkansas Razorbacks 4-1 and advanced through to the next round of the SEC Softball Tournament. Lacey Fincher, Alysen Febrey and Savana Sikes collected RBI in the victory. It was Sikes who got things started as she scored Fincher on an RBI single up the middle in the 2nd inning. The game was promptly tied in the next stanza after Arkansas’ Ashley Diaz smoked a home run to center field. But the Dawgs weren’t done. The aforementioned Febrey hit a single that eventually led to star Alyssa DiCarlo scoring. Febrey would later score on a sac fly by the aforementioned Febrey. The other run came across in the 6th inning. Amanda Kelley went through to home on a fielder’s choice, in which Tyler Armistead was tagged out at second afterwards. Kylie Bass was formidable in the circle. Bass allowed the homer to Diaz, but was otherwise stout. She pitched a complete game, allowed just two hits, struck out seven batters and issued merely two walks. She induced seven groundouts as well and tossed 92 pitches in the win. Georgia will face off with top-seeded Alabama tonight at 9 p.m. ET. OLE MISS 9, MISSISSIPPI STATE 4 Trailing 3-1 going into the bottom of the 4th inning, Ole Miss needed to respond to Mississippi State’s outburst in the 3rd inning. Well... they did that and then some. The Rebels put up a seven spot — yes, a SEVEN SPOT — in the bottom stanza in the 4th inning to overtake the lead and the game. The biggest blow was dealt by was by Abbey Latham, who smacked a grand slam to left off the dang scoreboard that put the Rebels in front. It was a lead they wouldn’t relinquish, as they’d go on to win 9-4. Latham’s blast was the end result of a horrific inning for State. Walks and fielder’s choices allowed for Ole Miss to keep the bases loaded with no outs. It all bubbled up and eventually led to Latham’s bomb, a sequence that will certainly haunt State for some time. The Rebels would tack on another run int he bottom of the 6th after a sacrifice groundout by Kaylee Horton, which scored Autumn Gillespie. While Mississippi State put up a run on an RBI single by Candace Denis, it was just too much for them to overcome by game’s end. Ole Miss now goes on to face off with 4th-seeded Kentucky on Friday. FLORIDA 3, LSU 0 Florida’s stint in the SEC Softball Tournament just keeps on going. Kelly Barnhill tossed a CGSHO en route to the Gators’ 3-0 victory over the LSU Tigers. Barnhill needed 102 pitches to put the Tigers down, but still kept them in check and off the scoreboard. She tossed seven strikeouts and just one walk, with no extra base hits allowed among the one hit that she omitted in Thursday afternoon’s contest. The three runs for the Gators came early on in the game. In the 1st inning, Jordan Roberts clubbed a single that brought Amanda Lorenz in to score. Then in the top of the 2nd, Lorenz stepped up with the bases loaded and singled to bring Sophia Reynoso home with the Gators’ second run. Later, Kendyl Lindaman reached base on a fielder’s choice, allowing for Hannah Sipos to chug on in and score. While Shelbi Sunseri allowed no damage the rest of the way, her offense couldn’t figure out how to handle the ace in Barnhill. Florida will now advance to the semifinal round, where they’ll play the winner of Auburn-Tennessee, which is currently in action. AUBURN 2, TENNESSEE 0 We’ve got ourselves another upset! The 10-seeded Auburn Tigers have taken down the mighty 2-seeded Tennessee Volunteers. The Tigers defeated the Vols 2-0 on Thursday to earn a trip to Friday’s semifinals, where they’ll face the 6-seeded Florida Gators. Auburn took the Vols down thanks to deft pitching and two RBI singles. Justus Perry and Casey McCrackin collected those RBI singles in the 2nd and 5th innings of action, scoring Kendall Veach and Carmyn Greenwood in the process. Perry was one of two Tigers to rack up two hits on the day along with Alyssa Rivera, who went 2-for-2 with a walk. Ashlee Swindle was terrific on the night. She pitched a CGSHO, allowed five hits, struck out four and walked two. She needed 89 pitches to take down the Vols, and induced 11 groundouts and allowed just two XBH. The status of one Taylon Snow may be up in the air now going forward. Snow injured her shoulder on a play during the game and was taken out of the game. Nathan King reported that she was seen in a sling. ALABAMA 2, GEORGIA 1 They needed theatrics, but the Alabama Crimson Tide survived a scare on Thursday night. Skylar Wallace crushed a walk-off bomb in the 8th inning to lift the Tide over the feisty Georgia Bulldogs. The 8th-seeded Dawgs pushed the game into extras with mighty top-seeded ‘Bama, but in the end, the top dogs were, in fact, the ones with the elephant mascot. Wallace was responsible for both of the Tide’s runs on Thursday night. She drew a bases loaded walk that knotted things up back in the 4th inning after Alabama fell behind in the previous stanza. Georgia got on the board thanks to a double by Alysen Febrey, who brought home Alyssa DiCarlo. The pitching in this game was sensational, as you’d expect. Montana Fouts went the distance, going all eight innings, as she struck out nine batters and issued three free passes. She allowed two walks but was otherwise strong, giving up 13 groundouts and allowed four hits. On the opposite side, Mary Wilson Avant, Alley Cutting and Kylie Bass combined to allow just six hits from the sotut ‘Bama offense. They combined for four strikeouts but issued seven walks, four from Avant and three from Cutting.<doc-sep>UPDATE: Ole Miss and Mississippi State are scheduled to begin at 12:30 p.m. CT Thursday. UPDATED SEC TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE Wednesday Games Miss. State 3, Texas A&M 2 Florida 6, South Carolina 5 Auburn 3, Missouri 0 Thursday's Games Georgia vs. Arkansas | 10:00 a.m. CT | SEC Network Ole Miss vs. Miss. State | 12:30 p.m. CT | SEC Network Florida vs. LSU | 3 p.m. CT | SEC Network Auburn vs. Tennessee | 5:30 p.m. CT | SEC Network Georgia/Arkansas vs. Alabama | 8 p.m. CT | SEC Network Friday's Games Ole Miss/Miss. State vs. Kentucky | 10 a.m. CT | SEC Network LSU/Florida vs. Tennessee/Auburn | 3:30 p.m. CT | ESPN2 Alabama/Georgia/Arkansas vs. Ole Miss/Miss. State/Kentucky | 6 p.m. CT | ESPN2 Saturday's Game Championship | 7 p.m. CT | ESPN2 As widespread rain wreaks havoc across the South, the schedule of first day of the SEC Softball Tournament in College Station, Texas, has been altered. Ole Miss (36-16, 13-10 SEC) has had its first-round game against Mississippi State (33-20, 9-15 SEC), which was originally scheduled to be played at 8 p.m. CT Wednesday, moved to Thursday. As of this writing, play had resumed in College Station with games between Florida and South Carolina, Missouri and Auburn and Arkansas and Georgia still to be played Wednesday night. No start time has yet to be announced by the SEC for Thursday's Ole Miss/Mississippi State game. That's due in large part to the fact weather remains a threat to push other games scheduled to be played Wednesday night into Thursday. Wednesday's action in College Station was suspended for approximately five hours as heavy rains, thunderstorms and even a reported tornado impacted the area. The weather in College Station is a little more promising on Thursday morning with forecasts calling for only a 30 percent chance of rain and isolated thunderstorms. The chances for rain and more thunderstorms increase in the afternoon hours on Thursday. Check the Ole Miss Spirit for the latest schedule changes and announcements.<doc-sep>
This SEC Tournament has seen it’s share of drama. First off, several games were pushed back due to bad weather. In addition, there have been a good share of upsets by lower seeds. And now we have a walk-off home run in extra innings. Alabama struggled offensively in the game, leaving the bases loaded in the third, fourth, and sixth innings. The Tide stranded 13 runners on base for the game. Georgia scored first on a questionable double down the third base line in the fourth inning that coach Patrick Murphy challenged - the first challenge of his career. Due to the weather, ESPN removed a few of their camera crew from their positions. This likely led to a “not enough evidence to overturn” call by the umps and the play stood, 1-0 Bulldogs. As they have done so often this season, the Crimson Tide answered their opponent’s score with a score of their own in the next half inning. Bama tied the game at 1 without the aid of a hit, but left the bases jammed. In the bottom of the eighth, Skylar Wallace led off and ran the count full until she got a pitch she liked. She surely loved the offering she got as she sent the yellow ball deep into the Texas night sky for the walk-off win. With the wind blowing in, Alabama missed a few other fly balls that might have gone out under better conditions. Wallace’s bomb was a no-doubter. MVP Montana Fouts was phenomenal retiring 21 of the last 22 batters she faced. She notched her 15th win while allowing four hits and striking out nine over eight innings. was phenomenal retiring 21 of the last 22 batters she faced. She notched her 15th win while allowing four hits and striking out nine over eight innings. Skylar Wallace was 2 for 3 with a walk, HR and both RBIs. I have a good feeling about this young lady. She is a future star. UP NEXT The Tide will face the winner of this morning’s Ole Miss-Kentucky game tonight at 6pm CT on ESPN2. With Fouts throwing 127 pitches, she likely takes Friday off. Murphy will turn the Tide’s fate over to the combination of Sarah Cornell (20-1) and Krystal Goodman (10-0). All Alabama games can be heard on Radio: 93.3 FM. BRACKET