COLLEGE STATION -- It was raining runs as BYU swept its final two games in the Texas A&M Invitational, beating Texas Southern, 20-0 and College of Charleston, 5-4.
The Cougars' (14-5) 20-run victory is the most lopsided win in school history. The 20 runs also ranks second in school history in runs in a single game. The two wins also gives BYU its longest winning streak of the season at four games.
With the wins, BYU was named champions of the Texas A&M Invitational. The Cougars' head coach Gordon Eakin is pleased with the outcome of the tournament.
"Our bats obviously came alive this weekend," he said. "After a big win against Texas Southern, we showed a lot of heart to come back and beat College of Charleston."
Summer Tobias pitched a no-hitter in the five-inning victory against Texas Southern and recorded the last two outs of the seventh inning to get the save against College of Charleston.
It didn't take BYU long to get a big lead as the Cougars scored nine in the first and eight in the second to take a quick 17-0 lead.
Ashlyn Russell started the scoring parade in the first when she nailed a two-run single with the bases loaded. BYU was ahead 3-0 with the bases loaded before an out was recorded in the first inning. The Cougars sent 14 batters to the plate in the inning.
In the second inning, Jodi Norton shined for BYU. Norton led the inning off with a single and came to bat as 10th batter of the inning with the bases loaded. Norton promptly unloaded the bases with one swing of the bat as she hit her fourth home run of the season. Norton's grand slam was the first on the season for BYU.
The Cougars coasted through the rest of the game with the only remaining drama being watching Tobias pitch the no-hitter. She came within one walk of a perfect game.
Game two saw much more drama than game one with BYU having to come from behind to get the win. The Cougars started the second of the twinbill much like it played the first by jumping to an early 2-0 lead. BYU scored on RBI singles by Paige Paramore and Ianeta Le`i.
College of Charleston battled back, scoring four consecutive runs over the middle innings. Charleston capitalized on five BYU errors helping it take the 4-2 lead. Only one of Charleston's four runs were earned.
Down 4-2 in the bottom of the fifth, the Cougars began to mount their comeback. Two consecutive singles and a walk brought Paramore to the plate with the bases loaded and no outs. Paramore smacked an opposite-field, two-run double to tie the game for the Cougars. Charleston was able to get out of the jam as BYU couldn't retake the lead.
The next inning saw the Cougars get the lead when Andrea Ramirez led the inning off with a double. Three batters later, Russell came up with a huge RBI single that proved to be the game winner.
BYU will take its four-game winning streak to the Stanford Classic starting Thursday.
BYU vs Texas Southern
Mar 04, 2006 at College Station, TX (Aggie Softball Compl)
BYU 20 (13-5)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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RAMIREZ, Andrea ss....... 2 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
URINCHO, Daniella ph.... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BOYCE-HUMBER, Brooke ph/ 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
WHITELEY, Jennifer cf.... 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
GONZALES, Monica cf..... 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
LE`I, Ianeta 1b.......... 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0
PLATT, Stephanie pr/1b.. 2 1 2 1 0 0 6 1 0
RUSSELL, Ashlyn 3b....... 2 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 0
NIX, Cortney pr/3b...... 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
PARAMORE, Paige rf....... 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 2
ANDERSON, Jana dp....... 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
NORTON, Jodi lf.......... 4 2 2 5 0 0 0 0 1
SNOW, Emi c.............. 4 0 2 0 0 0 5 0 0
KENNEDY, Lindi dp/rf..... 3 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
HOCH, Tracee 2b.......... 4 3 3 1 0 0 1 4 0
TOBIAS, Summer p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0
Totals................... 35 20 18 16 6 2 15 8 6
Texas Southern 0 (1-14)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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CANNON,R 2b.............. 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
WOODS,B cf............... 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
ROCHA,A lf............... 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
ACOSTA,E 1b.............. 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 0
WEIRICH,C c.............. 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0
BAZAN,N ss............... 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0
GUERRERO,A dp............ 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
RAMOS,J 3b............... 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0
MILLER,A rf.............. 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
DELEON,C p............... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
WILLIAMS,J p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals................... 15 0 0 0 1 5 15 8 1
Score by Innings R H E
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BYU................. 980 03 - 20 18 0
Texas Southern...... 000 00 - 0 0 2
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E - WEIRICH,C; RAMOS,J. DP - TXSOSB 1. LOB - BYU 6; TXSOSB 1. 2B -
BOYCE-HUMBER; KENNEDY. HR - NORTON.
BYU IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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TOBIAS, Summer...... 5.0 0 0 0 1 5 15 16
Texas Southern IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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DELEON,C............ 0.0 2 5 5 2 0 3 5
WILLIAMS,J.......... 5.0 16 15 12 4 2 32 36
Win - TOBIAS. Loss - DELEON,C. Save - None.
BK - WILLIAMS,J. PB - WEIRICH,C 2.
Umpires - HP: James Martarona 1B: Patti Gunst 3B: Clyde Oberg
Start: 10:00 am Time: 1:40 Attendance: 35
Game notes:
DELEON,C faced 5 batters in the 1st.
BYU vs Texas Southern - Play-by-Play
Mar 04, 2006 at College Station, TX (Aggie Softball Compl)
Score by Innings R H E
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BYU................. 980 03 - 20 18 0
Texas Southern...... 000 00 - 0 0 2
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BYU starters: 31/ss RAMIREZ; 3/cf WHITELEY; 66/1b LE`I; 25/3b RUSSELL; 19/rf
PARAMORE; 8/lf NORTON; 18/c SNOW; 23/dp KENNEDY; 4/2b HOCH; 12/p TOBIAS;
Texas Southern starters: 12/2b CANNON,R; 10/cf WOODS,B; 14/lf ROCHA,A; 15/1b
ACOSTA,E; 8/c WEIRICH,C; 5/ss BAZAN,N; 7/dp GUERRERO,A; 16/3b RAMOS,J; 22/rf
MILLER,A; 4/p DELEON,C;
BYU 1st - RAMIREZ walked. WHITELEY walked; RAMIREZ advanced to second. LE`I
reached on a fielder's choice; WHITELEY advanced to second; RAMIREZ advanced to
third on an error by 3b. RUSSELL singled to left field, 2 RBI; LE`I advanced to
second; WHITELEY scored; RAMIREZ scored. PARAMORE singled to left field; RUSSELL
advanced to second; LE`I advanced to third. WILLIAMS,J to p for DELEON,C. NORTON
reached on a fielder's choice, RBI; PARAMORE advanced to second; RUSSELL advanced to
third; LE`I scored. SNOW fouled out to 1b. KENNEDY singled to center field, RBI;
NORTON advanced to second; PARAMORE advanced to third; RUSSELL scored. KENNEDY
advanced to second on a passed ball; NORTON advanced to third on a passed ball;
PARAMORE scored on a passed ball. HOCH singled to left field, RBI; KENNEDY advanced
to third; NORTON scored. RAMIREZ reached on a fielder's choice, RBI; HOCH advanced
to second; KENNEDY scored. WHITELEY walked; RAMIREZ advanced to second; HOCH
advanced to third. LE`I fouled out to c. RUSSELL struck out swinging, reached first
on a passed ball; WHITELEY advanced to second; RAMIREZ advanced to third; HOCH
scored, unearned. RUSSELL advanced to second on an illegal pitch; WHITELEY advanced
to third on an illegal pitch; RAMIREZ scored on an illegal pitch, unearned. PARAMORE
grounded out to ss. 9 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Texas Southern 1st - CANNON,R grounded out to 2b. WOODS,B struck out
swinging. ROCHA,A grounded out to p. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
BYU 2nd - NORTON singled to center field. SNOW singled to left field; NORTON
advanced to second. KENNEDY reached on a fielder's choice; SNOW advanced to second;
NORTON out at third ss to 3b. HOCH singled to left field; KENNEDY advanced to
second; SNOW advanced to third. RAMIREZ reached on a fielder's choice; HOCH advanced
to second; KENNEDY advanced to third; SNOW out at home 3b to c. KENNEDY scored on an
error by c, unearned. WHITELEY walked; RAMIREZ advanced to second; HOCH advanced to
third. LE`I singled to left field, RBI; WHITELEY advanced to second; RAMIREZ
advanced to third; HOCH scored. RUSSELL walked, RBI; LE`I advanced to second;
WHITELEY advanced to third; RAMIREZ scored. NIX pinch ran for RUSSELL. PLATT pinch
ran for LE`I. PARAMORE singled to center field, RBI; NIX advanced to second; PLATT
advanced to third; WHITELEY scored. NORTON homered to left field, 4 RBI; PARAMORE
scored; NIX scored; PLATT scored. SNOW singled to left field. SNOW out at first 1b
unassisted, runner left early. 8 runs, 7 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB.
Texas Southern 2nd - PLATT to 1b. NIX to 3b. GONZALES to cf for WHITELEY.
ACOSTA,E grounded out to 2b. WEIRICH,C struck out swinging. BAZAN,N grounded out to
2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
BYU 3rd - KENNEDY doubled to left field. HOCH grounded out to 3b. URINCHO
pinch hit for RAMIREZ. URINCHO flied out to lf. GONZALES grounded out to p. 0
runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Texas Southern 3rd - RAMIREZ to ss for URINCHO. GUERRERO,A grounded out to 1b
unassisted. RAMOS,J grounded out to p. MILLER,A struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0
hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
BYU 4th - ANDERSON to dp for PARAMORE. KENNEDY to rf. PLATT singled to center
field. NIX reached on a fielder's choice; PLATT out at second ss to 2b. ANDERSON
singled to left field; NIX advanced to second. NORTON flied into double play ss
unassisted; NIX out on the play. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Texas Southern 4th - CANNON,R lined out to p. WOODS,B grounded out to p.
ROCHA,A struck out looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
BYU 5th - SNOW flied out to cf. KENNEDY walked. HOCH singled to third base;
KENNEDY advanced to second. BOYCE-HUMBER pinch hit for RAMIREZ. BOYCE-HUMBER doubled
to left field, RBI; HOCH advanced to third; KENNEDY scored. GONZALES grounded out to
2b. PLATT singled to center field, RBI; BOYCE-HUMBER advanced to third; HOCH scored.
NIX singled to center field, RBI; PLATT advanced to second; BOYCE-HUMBER scored.
ANDERSON struck out swinging, out at first c to 1b. 3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 2
LOB.
Texas Southern 5th - BOYCE-HUMBER to ss. ACOSTA,E walked. WEIRICH,C struck
out swinging. BAZAN,N out at first 1b to 2b; ACOSTA,E advanced to second. ACOSTA,E
advanced to third. GUERRERO,A grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1
LOB.
Col of Charleston vs BYU
Mar 04, 2006 at College Station, TX (Aggie Softball Compl)
Col of Charleston 4 (10-8)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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SHIFFLETT, A lf.......... 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 2
RUSSELL, L. rf........... 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
DURAND, J. c............. 4 1 2 0 0 0 7 1 0
GOLDEN, J. dp............ 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6
HOWARD, S. p............. 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 0
FRANCIS, R. 1b........... 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0
CABRERA, I. 3b........... 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
LOUDERMILK, 2b........... 3 0 1 1 1 0 4 1 2
SCHLICHENMAY cf.......... 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
LYNESS, J. ss............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Totals................... 30 4 9 2 3 2 18 4 10
BYU 5 (14-5)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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RAMIREZ, Andrea ss....... 3 2 2 0 1 0 2 5 1
CHAMBERLAIN, Krystle lf.. 4 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 1
LE`I, Ianeta 1b.......... 4 2 3 1 0 0 8 0 0
KENNEDY, Lindi pr....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RUSSELL, Ashlyn dp....... 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
ANDERSON, Jana ph....... 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
PARAMORE, Paige rf....... 4 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 1
PLATT, Stephanie pr..... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NORTON, Jodi 3b.......... 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 5 1
WHITELEY, Jennifer cf.... 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
HOCH, Tracee 2b.......... 3 0 0 0 0 2 5 2 0
NIX, Cortney c........... 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 0
SNOW, Emi ph............ 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
URINCHO, Daniella p...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
BOYCE-HUMBER, Brooke p.. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
TOBIAS, Summer p........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 27 5 10 5 4 5 21 16 9
Score by Innings R H E
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Col of Charleston... 012 100 0 - 4 9 0
BYU................. 200 021 X - 5 10 5
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E - RAMIREZ 2; WHITELEY; HOCH; NIX. LOB - COFC 10; BYU 9. 2B - RAMIREZ;
PARAMORE. SH - SHIFFLETT, A; FRANCIS, R.; NORTON. SB - RAMIREZ.
Col of Charleston IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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HOWARD, S........... 6.0 10 5 5 4 5 27 32
BYU IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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URINCHO, Daniella... 4.0 6 4 1 3 2 19 23
BOYCE-HUMBER, Brooke 2.1 3 0 0 0 0 9 10
TOBIAS, Summer...... 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Win - BOYCE-HUMBER (2-0). Loss - HOWARD, S. (5-6). Save - TOBIAS (1).
WP - URINCHO. PB - NIX.
Umpires - HP: James Martarona 1B: Patti Gunst 3B: Clyde Oberg
Start: 12:15 pm Time: 1:55 Attendance: 110
Game notes:
URINCHO faced 1 batter in the 5th.
Col of Charleston vs BYU - Play-by-Play
Mar 04, 2006 at College Station, TX (Aggie Softball Compl)
Score by Innings R H E
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Col of Charleston... 012 100 0 - 4 9 0
BYU................. 200 021 X - 5 10 5
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Col of Charleston starters: 8/lf SHIFFLETT, A; 3/rf RUSSELL, L.; 9/c DURAND, J.;
4/dp GOLDEN, J.; 14/p HOWARD, S.; 22/1b FRANCIS, R.; 12/3b CABRERA, I.; 5/2b
LOUDERMILK,; 7/cf SCHLICHENMAY; 23/ss LYNESS, J.;
BYU starters: 31/ss RAMIREZ; 1/lf CHAMBERLAIN; 66/1b LE`I; 25/dp RUSSELL; 19/rf
PARAMORE; 8/3b NORTON; 3/cf WHITELEY; 4/2b HOCH; 10/c NIX; 22/p URINCHO;
Col of Charleston 1st - SHIFFLETT, A fouled out to 3b. RUSSELL, L. walked.
DURAND, J. fouled out to 1b. GOLDEN, J. grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 1 LOB.
BYU 1st - RAMIREZ walked. CHAMBERLAIN singled, bunt; RAMIREZ advanced to
second. LE`I singled to left field, RBI; CHAMBERLAIN advanced to second; RAMIREZ
scored. RUSSELL reached on a fielder's choice; LE`I advanced to second; CHAMBERLAIN
out at third 3b unassisted. PARAMORE singled to left field, RBI; RUSSELL advanced to
second; LE`I scored. NORTON out at first c to 2b, SAC, bunt; PARAMORE advanced to
second; RUSSELL advanced to third. WHITELEY popped up to 2b. 2 runs, 3 hits, 0
errors, 2 LOB.
Col of Charleston 2nd - HOWARD, S. singled to center field. FRANCIS, R. out
at first p to 2b, SAC, bunt; HOWARD, S. advanced to second. CABRERA, I. reached on
an error by ss; HOWARD, S. advanced to third. LOUDERMILK, singled to left field,
RBI; CABRERA, I. advanced to second; HOWARD, S. scored. SCHLICHENMAY struck out
swinging. SHIFFLETT, A struck out swinging. 1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.
BYU 2nd - HOCH struck out swinging. NIX struck out looking. RAMIREZ singled
to left field. RAMIREZ stole second. CHAMBERLAIN flied out to lf. 0 runs, 1 hit,
0 errors, 1 LOB.
Col of Charleston 3rd - RUSSELL, L. grounded out to ss. DURAND, J. singled to
right field. GOLDEN, J. singled, advanced to second on an error by cf; DURAND, J.
advanced to third. HOWARD, S. out at first p to ss to 1b; GOLDEN, J. advanced to
third on an error by 2b; DURAND, J. scored, unearned. GOLDEN, J. scored on a passed
ball, unearned. FRANCIS, R. lined out to 2b. 2 runs, 2 hits, 2 errors, 0 LOB.
BYU 3rd - LE`I singled to left field. KENNEDY pinch ran for LE`I. RUSSELL
struck out swinging. PARAMORE grounded out to 2b; KENNEDY advanced to second. NORTON
struck out swinging. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Col of Charleston 4th - LE`I to 1b for KENNEDY. CABRERA, I. reached on an
error by ss, advanced to second. LOUDERMILK, walked; CABRERA, I. advanced to third
on a wild pitch. SCHLICHENMAY singled to right field, RBI; LOUDERMILK, advanced to
second; CABRERA, I. scored, unearned. SHIFFLETT, A walked; SCHLICHENMAY advanced to
second; LOUDERMILK, advanced to third. RUSSELL, L. reached on a fielder's choice;
SHIFFLETT, A advanced to second; SCHLICHENMAY advanced to third; LOUDERMILK, out at
home 3b to c. DURAND, J. reached on a fielder's choice; RUSSELL, L. advanced to
second; SHIFFLETT, A advanced to third; SCHLICHENMAY out at home ss to 1b. GOLDEN,
J. grounded out to 3b. 1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 3 LOB.
BYU 4th - WHITELEY lined out to ss. HOCH out at first p to 2b, bunt. NIX
walked. RAMIREZ fouled out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Col of Charleston 5th - HOWARD, S. singled to center field. BOYCE-HUMBER to p
for URINCHO. FRANCIS, R. reached on a fielder's choice; HOWARD, S. out at second p
to ss. CABRERA, I. reached on a fielder's choice; FRANCIS, R. out at second 3b to
2b. LOUDERMILK, grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
BYU 5th - CHAMBERLAIN singled, bunt. LE`I singled to center field;
CHAMBERLAIN advanced to second. ANDERSON pinch hit for RUSSELL. ANDERSON walked;
LE`I advanced to second; CHAMBERLAIN advanced to third. PARAMORE doubled to right
field, 2 RBI; ANDERSON advanced to third; LE`I scored; CHAMBERLAIN scored. NORTON
walked. PLATT pinch ran for PARAMORE. WHITELEY reached on a fielder's choice; NORTON
advanced to second; PLATT advanced to third; ANDERSON out at home p to c. HOCH
struck out swinging. SNOW pinch hit for NIX. SNOW lined out to ss. 2 runs, 3
hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.
Col of Charleston 6th - PARAMORE to rf for PLATT. NIX to c for SNOW.
SCHLICHENMAY reached on an error by c. SHIFFLETT, A out at first 3b to 2b, SAC,
bunt; SCHLICHENMAY advanced to second. RUSSELL, L. flied out to lf. DURAND, J.
singled to third base; SCHLICHENMAY advanced to third. GOLDEN, J. fouled out to lf.
0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB.
BYU 6th - RAMIREZ doubled to right field. CHAMBERLAIN fouled out to c. LE`I
flied out to lf. RUSSELL to dp for ANDERSON. RUSSELL singled to left field, RBI;
RAMIREZ scored. PARAMORE lined out to 1b. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Col of Charleston 7th - HOWARD, S. singled to left field. HOWARD, S. out at
second c to 2b to ss. FRANCIS, R. singled to right field. TOBIAS to p for
BOYCE-HUMBER. CABRERA, I. reached on a fielder's choice; FRANCIS, R. out at second
ss to 2b. LOUDERMILK, grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.