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Game Notes: No. 13 Mizzou 8, No. 6 Alabama 6

May 1, 2014

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No. 13 Mizzou vs. No. 6 Alabama

• With a hit in the third inning, Taylor Gadbois increased her season hit total to 75. She is sixth all-time, and 14 hits away from breaking Mizzou's single-season hit record.

• Following her go-ahead home run in the third inning, Emily Crane surpassed her home run total from last year (3). It was her first home run in conference play.

• Crane recorded her eighth multi-RBI game of the year, giving her the third-highest figure on the team.

• Crane also notched her 29th career multi-hit game. She is in a three-way tie (Sykes, Genovese) for second among active Tigers.

• In the fourth inning, Angela Randazzo recorded her first sacrifice fly of the season.

• With a home run in the fourth inning, Kelsea Roth tallied her fourth homer of conference play, tied for the most on the team.

Sami Fagan's two-hit performance today was her the 19th multi-hit game of the season. She trails only Taylor Gadbois, who has 25 such games.

Natalie Fleming's two-RBI double in the sixth inning helped increase her .609 slugging percentage. She leads the team in conference slugging percentage and regular season slugging percentage.

• Tonight's game is the first time that six different Tiger batters recorded an RBI since March 22 against North Dakota State

• Tonight's win marks Mizzou's sixth come from behind win when trailing after five innings.

• Mizzou improved to 32-2 when scoring five or more runs.

• Mizzou is now 11-1 in night games this year.

• Tonight's University Field crowd of 1,489 ranks second-highest for home crowds this season, only behind the 1,540 on hand for the March 15 game vs. Kentucky.