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From: Shane Ford <goufgators@bellsouth.net>
Date: April 3, 2016 at 8:41:18 AM CDT
To: GatorNews <gatornews@googlegroups.com>
Subject: [gatornews] [SUN]: No. 1 Florida evens series vs. No. 6 Alabama
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--No. 1 Florida evens series vs. No. 6 Alabama
Florida Gators baserunner Taylor Schwarz (49) celebrates with teammates while crossing home plate after hitting a home run to tie the game against the Alabama Crimson Tide on Saturday, April 2, 2016 in Gainesville, Fla. Florida defeated Alabama 3-2 to even the series at one a piece.
Matt Stamey/Staff PhotographerPublished: Saturday, April 2, 2016 at 9:18 p.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, April 2, 2016 at 10:32 p.m.
Top-ranked Florida bounced back from Friday night's tough 2-1 loss with a thrilling 3-2 win over No. 6 Alabama before a season-high crowd of 2,241 Saturday at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium.
UF evened the weekend softball series at one win apiece heading into the rubber game Saturday at 1 p.m.
"I thought the difference was us finding a way with two strikes and getting a couple of hits," UF coach Tim Walton said. "Overall, it was a tight, tight game."
Florida (34-2, 9-2 SEC) grabbed the lead with a run in the bottom of the third inning when freshman Amanda Lorenz doubled in senior Kirsti Merritt with two outs, but the Crimson Tide answered in the top of the
fourth with a two-run home run by freshman catcher Reagan Dykes.
Alabama (30-7, 4-4) almost had another run, but Merritt hustled to get to a double by Sydney Booker and got the relay throw to second baseman Nicole Dewitt, who threw a strike to catcher Aubree Munro to cut down Peyton Grantham at the plate and end the inning.
Taylor Schwarz then stepped to the plate with one out in the bottom of the frame and cranked a pitch from Alabama starter Alexis Osorio over the fence in left field to knot the score at 2-all, and the Gators retook the lead an inning later when senior Kelsey Stewart led off the fifth with a single, was sacrificed to second by Merritt and raced home with the go-ahead run on a single by Kayli Kvistad.
The Tide got two runners on base with just one out in the top of the sixth, but junior left-hander Delanie Gourley, who took over for freshman starter Kelly Barnhill, struck out Andrea Hawkins for the second out, and Munro threw a dart to second, where DeWitt stuck the tag on Bama pinch-runner Mari Cranek, who was too far off the base for a key double play that kept UF in the lead.
"It was really good to get two outs for the price of one," Munro said. "It's always big, especially in a situation like that late in the game. I was just excited to do it, and Nicole put a great tag on her."
The Tide put two runners on with one out in the top of the seventh, but Gourley retired Chandler Dare on a pop foul to Munro, then got Marisa Runyon to ground out to first to end the game.
Barnhill (12-0) got the win and Gourley earned the save, her second, while Osorio (8-5) was tagged with the loss.
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