TUSCALOOSA, Ala.— Alabama head coach Patrick Murphy put it best after Thursday night's game. He'd rather take an ugly win than a pretty loss any day of the week. That best describes the Crimson Tide's win at Rhoads Stadium as No. 3 Alabama took the opener 3-2 over No. 21 South Carolina. Kinley Pate scored the game-winning run on a wild pitch in the sixth inning. "I thought Briski and Vic pitched really well," Murphy said after the win. "We just didn't get enough offense." Jocelyn Briski and Vic Moten combined to give Alabama another strong performance in the circle with both Gamecock runs being unearned because of Tide errors. Briski got the start, and Moten entered with two on and two outs in the fifth inning. She got out of the jam with a fly ball to left field. After the error allowed a run to score in the sixth inning, Moten bounced back with a strikeout to strand the runners. "It's just been my mindset in knowing that things are going to happen in softball that don't always go my way," Moten said.…