Title: Alabama's top of the order peaking at the right time Post by: pmull on May 23, 2012, 09:54:31 AM Quote Nineteen of Hunt's 70 RBIs -- a total that ranks second in Alabama history for a single season -- have come in the last nine games, eight of which the Crimson Tide has won. How she's batted them in has differed from game to game, but the majority of the runs have come from a constant source: Alabama's 1-2 punch at the top of the lineup, speedy outfielders Kayla Braud and Jennifer Fenton. "If they don't have a day," Hunt said, "then I don't have a day." Since the start of Alabama's stretch of eight wins in nine games -- victories that have clinched the SEC's regular season and tournament titles and allowed the Crimson Tide to advance from last weekend's four-team NCAA Regional unscathed -- Braud and Fenton have combined to hit .446 (25-for-56), walk 11 times, steal 16 bases and score 22 runs. The rest of the Crimson Tide's lineup has combined for 29 runs during that stretch. http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2012/05/with_super_regionals_looming_a.html (http://media.al.com/sports_impact/photo/11066686-large.jpg) |