During his concert in Atlanta, a former boyband member and Grammy award winning artist gave a shoutout to the Atlanta Braves for making it to the World Series.
Fouts Throws Perfect Game: Alabama Advances in Winner’s Bracket
After shutting out the reigning national champions, UCLA, 6-0 Alabama will head to Semifinal Sunday.
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Montana Fouts held her own in the circle, throwing the first perfect game in the Women’s College World Series since 2000.
“I didn t think she would get better from yesterday,” head coach Patrick Murphy said. “But she did. To throw a perfect game against legendary UCLA is something else for a kid from a small town from northeast Kentucky. So it’s just an unbelievable feeling.”
The Grayson, Ky., native went to work at the very beginning of the first inning. Fouts faced leadoff batter and Olympian, Bubba Nickles, and forced her to groundout. Six pitches later, she recorded her first strikeout of the night against Rachel Garcia, the starting pitcher, and the other Olympian on UCLA s team.
Alabama Shuts Out Clemson Again and Advances to Super Regionals
Alabama advances to the NCAA Super Regionals after defeating Clemson 5-0. The sold out crowd at Rhoads Stadium was loud during every play. Taylor Clark’s big three-run home run in the second inning gave the Crimson Tide a four-run cushion.
“Again, Montana was terrific,” head coach Patrick Murphy said. “And then Taylor Clark comes through again with a big home run.”
Alabama came out of the gate scoring quickly. As the visiting team placed one run on the board in the top first inning.
Starting pitcher Montana Fouts retired the side and recorded her first strikeout of the day in 12 pitches.