COLLEGE STATION -- Less than 24 hours after BYU dropped a heartbreaker to No. 14 Texas A&M, the Cougars exacted revenge in the form of an 8-0 drubbing of the Aggies Friday afternoon.
BYU swept the two games of its Friday doubleheader, getting a 2-1 victory of College of Charleston in game one.
"This is as good as we've played all year," BYU head coach Gordon Eakin said. "We are getting closer to where we want to be as a team."
The Cougars pitching dominated in both games. Pitching her first complete game of the season Brooke Boyce-Humbert held College of Charleston to just one run on five hits. Daniella Urincho followed with a one-hit, five-inning shut out of the 14th-ranked team in the nation.
"Our pitching was awesome," Eakin said. "Brooke threw a heckuva game. She had great command of her pitches today. Dani was dominant."
In game one, it was Charleston that jumped to an early lead. The Charleston Cougars scored once in the third inning when they strung together a pair of infield hits with a pair of sacrifice bunts to go ahead 1-0.
BYU pounced back in the next half-inning, when Paige Paramore laced a RBI double to tie the game at one. Pinch runner Krystle Chamberlain scored on the play.
The game stagnated until the top of the seventh when the Cougars got two runners aboard with two outs in the inning. BYU's Emi Snow came up with a clutch RBI single to give the Cougars a 2-1 advantage. Boyce-Humbert retired the side in order in the bottom half of the seventh to secure the win.
Against Texas A&M Urincho held the dangerous Aggies' bats silent the whole game giving up only one hit.
With no score in the bottom of the fourth, Chamberlain used her speed to get on base with a bunt single. Ashlyn Russell followed by nailing her first home run of the season to put the Cougars ahead, 2-0.
In the bottom of the fifth, BYU's bats exploded. After the Cougars' first hitter recorded an out to start the inning, seven consecutive BYU hitters reached base. The Cougars scored a total of six runs to end the game by virtue of the eight-run rule. Russell came up with a game-winning, two-run single.
BYU looks to finish strong at the Texas A&M invitational when it finishes tomorrow with games against Texas Southern and a rematch with College of Charleston.
"This is a hostile environment to play in," Eakin said. "We've had a good showing at this tournament and have been playing very well against good competition."
BYU vs Col of Charleston
Mar 03, 2006 at College Station, TX (Aggie Softball Compl)
BYU 2 (11-5)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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RAMIREZ, Andrea ss....... 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
GONZALES, Monica lf...... 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
LE`I, Ianeta 1b.......... 3 0 1 0 0 0 10 0 0
CHAMBERLAIN, Krystle pr. 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RUSSELL, Ashlyn 3b....... 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
PARAMORE, Paige rf....... 3 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0
KENNEDY, Lindi pr....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
URINCHO, Daniella dp..... 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
ANDERSON, Jana pr....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
WHITELEY, Jennifer cf.... 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
HOCH, Tracee 2b.......... 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
NIX, Cortney c........... 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
SNOW, Emi ph............ 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
BOYCE-HUMBER, Brooke p... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals................... 21 2 6 2 3 1 21 9 4
Col of Charleston 1 (10-6)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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SHIFFLETT, A 2b.......... 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0
RUSSELL, L. rf........... 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
DURAND, J. c............. 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 1
GOLDEN, J. lf............ 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1
HOWARD, S. dp............ 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0
LOUDERMILK, pr.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FRANCIS, R. 1b........... 3 0 1 0 0 0 10 1 0
CABRERA, I. 3b........... 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 2
LYNESS, J. ss............ 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 6 2
SCHLICHENMAY cf.......... 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
HAVNAR, A. p............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals................... 26 1 5 1 0 6 21 18 6
Score by Innings R H E
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BYU................. 000 100 1 - 2 6 2
Col of Charleston... 001 000 0 - 1 5 0
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E - RAMIREZ; RUSSELL. DP - COFC 1. LOB - BY 4; COFC 6. 2B - PARAMORE. HBP -
HOCH. SH - RUSSELL; HOCH; SHIFFLETT, A; SCHLICHENMAY.
BYU IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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BOYCE-HUMBER, Brooke 7.0 5 1 1 0 6 26 28
Col of Charleston IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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HAVNAR, A........... 7.0 6 2 2 3 1 21 27
Win - BOYCE-HUMBER (1-0). Loss - HAVNAR, A. (5-2). Save - None.
HBP - by HAVNAR, A. (HOCH).
Umpires - HP: Patti Gunst 1B: Mike Hall 3B: James Martarona
Start: 12:15 pm Time: 1:45 Attendance: 25
Game notes:
BYU vs Col of Charleston - Play-by-Play
Mar 03, 2006 at College Station, TX (Aggie Softball Compl)
Score by Innings R H E
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BYU................. 000 100 1 - 2 6 2
Col of Charleston... 001 000 0 - 1 5 0
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BYU starters: 31/ss RAMIREZ; 24/lf GONZALES; 66/1b LE`I; 25/3b RUSSELL; 19/rf
PARAMORE; 22/dp URINCHO; 3/cf WHITELEY; 4/2b HOCH; 10/c NIX; 9/p BOYCE-HUMBER;
Col of Charleston starters: 8/2b SHIFFLETT, A; 3/rf RUSSELL, L.; 9/c DURAND, J.;
44/lf GOLDEN, J.; 14/dp HOWARD, S.; 22/1b FRANCIS, R.; 11/3b CABRERA, I.; 23/ss
LYNESS, J.; 7/cf SCHLICHENMAY; 20/p HAVNAR, A.;
BYU 1st - RAMIREZ flied out to ss. GONZALES grounded out to 3b. LE`I flied
out to cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Col of Charleston 1st - SHIFFLETT, A flied out to lf. RUSSELL, L. grounded
out to 3b. DURAND, J. singled to left field. GOLDEN, J. struck out swinging. 0
runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
BYU 2nd - RUSSELL grounded out to ss. PARAMORE singled to right field.
URINCHO grounded into double play ss to 2b to 1b; PARAMORE out on the play. 0
runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Col of Charleston 2nd - HOWARD, S. struck out swinging. FRANCIS, R. grounded
out to 3b. CABRERA, I. grounded out to p. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
BYU 3rd - WHITELEY singled. HOCH grounded out to 1b unassisted, SAC, bunt;
WHITELEY advanced to second. NIX flied out to lf. RAMIREZ out at first p to 2b to
1b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Col of Charleston 3rd - LYNESS, J. reached on an error by ss. SCHLICHENMAY
grounded out to 3b, SAC, bunt; LYNESS, J. advanced to second. SHIFFLETT, A grounded
out to p, SAC, bunt; LYNESS, J. advanced to third. RUSSELL, L. singled to pitcher,
RBI; LYNESS, J. scored. DURAND, J. flied out to rf. 1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 1
LOB.
BYU 4th - GONZALES grounded out to 3b. LE`I singled to center field.
CHAMBERLAIN pinch ran for LE`I. RUSSELL out at first c to 2b, SAC, bunt; CHAMBERLAIN
advanced to second. PARAMORE doubled to left field, RBI; CHAMBERLAIN scored. KENNEDY
pinch ran for PARAMORE. URINCHO out at first p to ss to 1b. 1 run, 2 hits, 0
errors, 1 LOB.
Col of Charleston 4th - LE`I to 1b for CHAMBERLAIN. PARAMORE to rf for
KENNEDY. GOLDEN, J. flied out to lf. HOWARD, S. struck out swinging. FRANCIS, R.
reached on an error by 3b. CABRERA, I. singled to right field; FRANCIS, R. advanced
to second. LYNESS, J. grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB.
BYU 5th - WHITELEY walked. HOCH hit by pitch; WHITELEY advanced to second.
HOCH advanced to second on the throw; WHITELEY out at third c to 1b to 3b. NIX
grounded out to ss. RAMIREZ struck out looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1
LOB.
Col of Charleston 5th - SCHLICHENMAY grounded out to 3b. SHIFFLETT, A flied
out to rf. RUSSELL, L. struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
BYU 6th - GONZALES grounded out to 3b. LE`I grounded out to ss. RUSSELL flied
out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Col of Charleston 6th - DURAND, J. grounded out to 3b. GOLDEN, J. flied out
to ss. HOWARD, S. singled to third base. FRANCIS, R. singled to left field; HOWARD,
S. advanced to second. LOUDERMILK, pinch ran for HOWARD, S.. CABRERA, I. struck out
swinging. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
BYU 7th - PARAMORE flied out to 2b. URINCHO walked. ANDERSON pinch ran for
URINCHO. WHITELEY singled, advanced to second on the throw; ANDERSON out at second
ss to 3b to 2b. HOCH walked. SNOW pinch hit for NIX. SNOW singled to left field,
RBI; HOCH out at second c to ss; WHITELEY scored. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1
LOB.
Col of Charleston 7th - NIX to c for SNOW. LYNESS, J. grounded out to 3b.
SCHLICHENMAY struck out looking. SHIFFLETT, A grounded out to 1b unassisted. 0
runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
#14 Texas A&M at BYU
Mar 03, 2006 at College Station, TX (Aggie Softball Cplx)
Texas A&M 0 (12-7)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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McDonald cf.............. 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0
Hinshaw 3b............... 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2
Gibson 1b................ 1 0 0 0 1 0 9 0 2
Scarborough p............ 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1
Smith, R. lf............. 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Spencer rf............... 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wunderlich c............. 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Ridley ss................ 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0
Davis 2b................. 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0
Gorzycki dp.............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 15 0 1 0 4 5 13 8 5
BYU 8 (12-6)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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RAMIREZ, Andrea ss....... 3 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0
CHAMBERLAIN, Krystle lf.. 3 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0
LE`I, Ianeta 1b.......... 3 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 0
KENNEDY, Lindi pr....... 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RUSSELL, Ashlyn 3b....... 2 1 2 4 1 0 1 1 0
PARAMORE, Paige dp....... 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SNOW, Emi rf............. 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
WHITELEY, Jennifer cf.... 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
HOCH, Tracee 2b.......... 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 0
NIX, Cortney c........... 2 1 1 0 0 0 5 1 0
URINCHO, Daniella p...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 21 8 7 6 1 1 15 6 1
Score by Innings R H E
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Texas A&M........... 000 00 - 0 1 2
BYU................. 000 26 - 8 7 0
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Note: 1 out, 1 runner LOB when the game ended.
E - Davis 2(5). DP - A&M 1. LOB - A&M 5; BYU 1. HR - RUSSELL. HBP - Hinshaw.
SB - WHITELEY. CS - Hinshaw(3).
Texas A&M IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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Scarborough......... 4.1 7 8 3 1 1 21 22
BYU IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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URINCHO, Daniella... 5.0 1 0 0 4 5 15 20
Win - URINCHO (5-2). Loss - Scarborough (5-4). Save - None.
HBP - by URINCHO (Hinshaw).
Umpires - HP: Clyde Oberg 1B: James Martarona 3B: Bart Hadley
Start: 2:36 pm Time: 1:21 Attendance:
Game notes:
#14 Texas A&M at BYU - Play-by-Play
Mar 03, 2006 at College Station, TX (Aggie Softball Cplx)
Score by Innings R H E
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Texas A&M........... 000 00 - 0 1 2
BYU................. 000 26 - 8 7 0
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Texas A&M starters: 8/cf McDonald; 12/3b Hinshaw; 11/1b Gibson; 9/p Scarborough;
15/lf Smith, R.; 14/rf Spencer; 7/c Wunderlich; 13/ss Ridley; 16/2b Davis; 3/dp
Gorzycki;
BYU starters: 31/ss RAMIREZ; 1/lf CHAMBERLAIN; 66/1b LE`I; 25/3b RUSSELL; 19/dp
PARAMORE; 18/rf SNOW; 3/cf WHITELEY; 4/2b HOCH; 10/c NIX; 22/p URINCHO;
Texas A&M 1st - McDonald struck out swinging. Hinshaw hit by pitch. Hinshaw
out at second c to ss, caught stealing. Gibson walked. Scarborough struck out
swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
BYU 1st - RAMIREZ struck out swinging. CHAMBERLAIN grounded out to p. LE`I
grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Texas A&M 2nd - Smith, R. grounded out to 2b. Spencer grounded out to 3b.
Wunderlich grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
BYU 2nd - RUSSELL walked. PARAMORE reached on a fielder's choice to third
base; RUSSELL out at second 3b to 2b. SNOW lined into double play 1b unassisted;
PARAMORE out on the play. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Texas A&M 3rd - Ridley grounded out to ss. Davis struck out swinging.
McDonald walked. Hinshaw walked; McDonald advanced to second. Gibson popped up to
2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
BYU 3rd - WHITELEY grounded out to 2b. HOCH fouled out to 1b. NIX popped up
to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Texas A&M 4th - Scarborough popped up to ss. Smith, R. struck out looking.
Spencer flied out to lf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
BYU 4th - RAMIREZ grounded out to 3b. CHAMBERLAIN singled to pitcher, bunt.
LE`I reached on a fielder's choice to pitcher; CHAMBERLAIN out at second p to ss.
RUSSELL homered to left field, 2 RBI; LE`I scored. PARAMORE grounded out to ss. 2
runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Texas A&M 5th - Wunderlich grounded out to 2b. Ridley walked. Davis lined out
to 3b. McDonald singled to shortstop; Ridley advanced to second. Hinshaw struck out
swinging. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
BYU 5th - SNOW grounded out to ss. WHITELEY singled to first base, bunt.
WHITELEY stole second. HOCH singled through the left side; WHITELEY advanced to
third. NIX singled to third base, bunt; HOCH advanced to second. RAMIREZ reached on
a fielder's choice to second base, advanced to second; NIX advanced to third; HOCH
scored; WHITELEY scored on a throwing error by 2b, unearned. CHAMBERLAIN singled to
left field, bunt, RBI; RAMIREZ advanced to third; NIX scored, unearned. LE`I reached
on a fielder's choice to second base, RBI, advanced to second; CHAMBERLAIN advanced
to second, advanced to third on a throwing error by 2b; RAMIREZ scored, unearned.
KENNEDY pinch ran for LE`I. RUSSELL singled to right center, 2 RBI; KENNEDY scored,
unearned; CHAMBERLAIN scored, unearned. 6 runs, 5 hits, 2 errors, 1 LOB.