The lone run Danielle Williams surrendered during her 122-pitch complete game came on a dribbler, with a runner on first base and two outs in the fourth inning. The play managed to combine a Bill Buckner-esque mistake from Nikki Cuchran — who entered the game with a fielding percentage of .994 — with a mental lapse that allowed Jordan Stephens to score all the way from first and cut Alabama’s deficit to two runs.
It was a pairing of the most improbable of circumstances. With the way the Tuscaloosa crowd came alive for what seemed like the first time all night, one might have had the urge to expand that combination.