Alabama ace Kayla Beaver was lifted after four innings for Jocelyn Briski, and Alea Johnson made her first appearance since early May.
OKLAHOMA CITY– On the biggest stage in the biggest moment of Sunday's elimination game against Florida, Alabama sophomore pitcher Alea Johnson made her first appearance of the NCAA tournament.
It was the first home run Erickson had hit off of a changeup this season. Erickson had scouted Alabama's pitching and was prepared for what Johnson might throw. Beaver allowed six hits and two runs over those four innings and was getting hit pretty hard by the potent Florida offense. After the game, Murphy explained Alabama's pitching plan against the Gators. Florida had struggled at the plate so far in the Women's College World Series, but had one of the best offenses in the SEC and college softball this season averaging over 7.5 runs per game.
"I actually thought Briski was going to start today given some of the matchups recently," Walton said. "With a day off yesterday, everything made sense. I'm one of those, I don't really put too much stock into what the other team does. They know their team better than I do. We just got prepared. We prepared for Alea Johnson last time with a lot of film and some prep there, too. She didn't pitch against us in the series down there.
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