{"id":227838,"date":"2025-05-07T01:24:38","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T01:24:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/alabama\/sec-softball-tournament-hawkins-propels-alabama-to-win-over-auburn\/"},"modified":"2025-05-07T01:24:38","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T01:24:38","slug":"sec-softball-tournament-hawkins-propels-alabama-to-win-over-auburn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=227838","title":{"rendered":"SEC SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT: Hawkins Propels Alabama to Win Over Auburn"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Alabama gets over hurdle number one at the 2025 SEC Softball Tournament.<\/p>\n

ALABAMA 3, AUBURN 2<\/h3>\n

It didn\u2019t take Bama starting pitcher Jocelyn Briski <\/strong>long to give Auburn the advantage. The second batter of the game hit a no-doubt home run over the right field fence. Yet, Briski would settle in after awhile.<\/p>\n

Audrey Vandagriff<\/strong> led off the bottom of the 1st with a bunt single. Poor Lauren Johnson<\/strong> was forced to bunt her over to second, but that is as far as Vandagriff got.<\/p>\n

Marlie Giles<\/strong> led off the 2nd inning with a solid single. Salen Hawkins<\/strong> followed up with a double to the warning track that tied the score. <\/p>\n

An Abby Duchscherer<\/strong> single put runners at the corners with no outs but the Tide could do no more damage.<\/p>\n

After Johnson singled to lead off the 3rd, Bama took the lead on a RBI triple by Kali Heilvin<\/strong> that rolled to the wall. After a Giles walk, Hawkins hit a sac fly to make it 3-1 Tide.<\/p>\n

Briski seemed to tire in the 6th against the heart of the Aub order. At one point in the inning, she skipped a pitch up to Giles\u2019s glove. A leadoff walk and a single put two on with no outs. A fly ball moved a runner to third and a wild pitch moved the other to second. Hawkins fielded an in-between pop fly to shallow left and threw home but could not stop the run from scoring. Meanwhile, the other Aubie broke for third but was gunned down by an alert Giles, 3-2. Of note, the runner was initially called safe. The call was overturned on a video challenge.<\/p>\n

Briski returned to the circle in the 7th and seemed to get a second wind. She struck out the first batter on three pitches. It took five pitches to whiff the next batter. But a seeing-eye single dribbled through the left side of the Alabama infield to represent a potential tying run. However, Briski retired the final batter on strikes as well to earn the too-close-for-comfort win.<\/p>\n

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