Somewhere you know Alabama Crimson Tide Head Coach Patrick Murphy was smiling as two of his premier recruits—2023 infielder Kenleigh Cahalan and 2022 catcher Marlie Giles—were instrumental in the Birmingham Thunderbolts 18U – Rocky team winning last Saturday’s PGF 18U Premier National Championship in Irvine, California.
Training 1-0 in the top of the 4th inning, Kenleigh, a lefty, tied up the game with a smash over the right field fence and two innings later Marlie put the Bolts ahead for good in the 5-2 win with her no-doubter over the left field fence at Deanna Stadium in Bill Barber Park.
Just minutes after their team won the title, we caught up with the pair and asked about what they thought when they first hit their homers and if they knew they’d cleared the fences… here’s what they had to say:
