CLEARWATER, Fla. – Within the marquee Sunday evening matchup on the TaxAct Clearwater Invitational, Fifteenth-ranked Alabama used a pair of solo dwelling runs to beat No. 7 Florida State in a 2-1 pitcher’s duel.

Alabama (6-2) and Florida State (9-3) have been scoreless by the primary three innings till a pair of solo dwelling runs from Kenleigh Cahalan and Bailey Dowling broke up the proper recreation and gave the Crimson Tide a two-run lead. The Seminoles responded with their very own solo shot within the subsequent half-inning to make it 2-1, however Montana Fouts (3-1) and the Alabama protection did the work the remainder of the best way, stranding the potential tying run 60 toes away within the seventh to clinch the win.

The sport was Alabama’s third this season with a number of dwelling runs, the second homer of the season for Cahalan and the primary for Dowling. The entire recreation was Fouts’ third of the season, permitting 4 runs or much less in all of them.

Highlights

• The win snaps a five-game streak within the collection for Florida State, marking Alabama’s first win over the Seminoles since Feb. 23, 2018
• The sport was Alabama’s third this season hitting a number of dwelling runs, beforehand doing so in opposition to Lehigh (Feb. 10) and UCLA (Feb. 17)
• The house run was Kenleigh Cahalan’s second of the season and Bailey Dowling’s first
• Montana Fouts has thrown three full video games this season, holding the opponent to 4 or much less runs every time

Scoring Abstract

• B4 | Kenleigh Cahalan broke up the proper recreation with a first-pitch solo dwelling run (1-0, 0 Out)
• B4 | Bailey Dowling slugged a solo dwelling run to left (2-0, 2 Out)
• T5 | The Seminoles answered proper again within the subsequent half-inning with their very own solo homer (2-1, 0 Out)

Up Subsequent:

• vs. Samford (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) Wednesday, Feb. 22 – 6 p.m. CT