“Obviously any time you can throw a shutout against an ACC Division I type team that’s going to be in a regional, you’ll take it all day long,” Alabama coach Patrick Murphy said.
Senior right-hander Leslie Jury (7-3) earned the win in the complete-game outing. She allowed seven hits and walked three. She struck out six.
“I just really felt really good about all my pitches,” Jury said. “I felt like I was hitting my spots and really making it move when I wanted to, so all in all I felt like it was a great game.”
Alabama had six hits. Sophomore Marisa Runyon hit an RBI double in the bottom of the third to break the scoreless tie. She has had at least one RBI in 12 of the last 13 games she’s played.
“She’s seeing the ball really well and that’s what we need,” junior Haylie McCleney said. “We need people to peak at the right time towards the end of the season when the games start to matter a little bit more, and she’s come up clutch.”
McCleney went 1-for-1 with a double in the first inning. She was walked three times. As a team, Alabama drew seven walks. The Crimson Tide left 11 on base, including leaving the bases loaded twice.
Alabama (33-9, 10-5 SEC) heads to No. 6 Auburn (40-6, 12-3 SEC) for a three-game series.
