The Alabama softball catcher missed over a month with a broken arm and was one of the Crimson Tide's best batters at the time of injury.
TUSCALOOSA, Ala.— In 25 games against SEC opponents, Alabama softball averaged less than three runs per game. It didn't help that the Crimson Tide was without one of its most productive hitters at the plate for the final five conference series.
"Injuries happen all the time, and unfortunately she got hit smack right and broke her arm. Things like that happen in athletics, it stinks," Alabama head coach Patrick Murphy said Thursday before the team's practice. "But she was really doing well, was one of our best hitters at the time and obviously is a fiery person behind the plate. And when she came back, she had a double opposite field against LSU, and I don’t she’d faced any live pitching really.
Despite missing a good chunk of the season, Giles is still third on the team in batting average , tied for second in double and tied for first in home runs In her absence the team averaged just 2.5 runs per game in SEC play. Kayla Beaver started and allowed two runs over six innings. In relief, true freshman Jocelyn Briski held the Tigers scorless for 7.1 innings before allowing the game-winning run in the 14th inning. Both Beaver and Briski have kept Alabama in most games this season, but have gotten very little run support, especially over the final three weeks of the regular season with Alabama getting shut out five times in nine games.
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