No. 5 Georgia softball beats Alabama again

ATHENS, Ga. – The fifth-ranked Georgia softball team secured its first Southeastern Conference series victory Saturday in front of a crowd of 2,308 fans at Jack Turner Stadium with a five-inning run-rule victory over Alabama, 11-3.

Dallis Goodnight provided the two-run single in the bottom of the fifth to walk off her former team. Georgia’s win streak is now eight as the Bulldogs are 23-2 on the season and 2-0 in SEC play. This is the first series win over Alabama since 2018.

Sara Mosley drove in five of Georgia’s 11 runs, which was highlighted by her first-career grand slam. Jayda Kearney and Sydney Kuma also left the yard in the game.

Kearney’s 12th home run of the season, a two-run home run, put Georgia out in front 2-0 in the first inning.

Alabama (21-5, 1-4) walked the bases full of Dogs in the bottom of the second, then Mosley knocked her first-career grand slam to widen the Bulldog lead to 6-0.

The Tide broke up Backes’ no-hit bid and shutout with one run on two hits in the top of the fourth, putting Bama on the board, 6-1.

Georgia answered back with a pair of runs in the bottom of the inning, first on a Lyndi Rae Davis RBI single, then a Mosley sacrifice fly, to go back up 8-1.

Alabama scratched two runs across in the fifth to bring the lead back to five, 8-3.

A leadoff Kuma home run started the bottom of the fifth off strong, 9-3. Base hits from Sydney Chambley and Jaydyn Goodwin and a hit-by-pitch (Tyler Ellison) loaded the bases with one out. Goodnight poked a base hit through the right side to plate Chambley and Goodwin, run ruling the Tide, 11-3.

The series finale is slated for 12 p.m. on Sunday at Jack Turner Stadium. The game will air live on SEC Network.

Head Coach Tony Baldwin

On Saturday’s game

“I thought that we really got off to a good start in terms of just getting good pitches to hit and doing what we do with Georgia softball. I thought we were present, I thought we were competitive, I thought we controlled the strike zone. When we do that, we can be a pretty good offense and I think we showed that today.”