Norton's Home Runs Lead BYU to Win

HONOLULU, Hawai`i (Feb. 11, 2006)--Jodi Norton jacked two home runs leading BYU to a 5-2 victory over Texas-Arlington at the Paradise Classic.

Summer Tobias again pitched tough for BYU, earning her third win of the season. The win improves the Cougars' record to 4-1 on the season and is the second consecutive victory for BYU.

The Cougars never trailed in the game and tallied 10 hits in the contest. The left-handed tandem of Krystle Chamberlain and Jennifer Whiteley went a combined 5-for-6 from the plate with two runs and one RBI.

After leaving two runners on base in the first inning, BYU scored its first run in the second on Norton's lead-off homer over the left field fence. The Cougars threatened to extend the lead but were unable to take advantage of a bases-loaded, one-out situation.

In the fourth, BYU struck again when Chamberlain laid down a bunt single, stole second and came around to score on a Whiteley RBI single.

An inning later Norton struck again. Her second round-tripper of the game was a towering two-run shot to left-center. The home run was Norton's third of the five game tournament. She also knocked in seven runs and had a slugging percentage of 1.250 in the five games.

The Cougars added their fifth run on a RBI single by Tracee Hoch in the fifth inning.

Tobias had another strong outing, pitching five innings while only giving up one run on two hits. She struck out five batters in the victory.

BYU will next play in a week when it travels to Las Vegas to compete in the Louisville Slugger Tournament beginning Thursday.

Brigham Young vs Texas-Arlington
Feb 11, 2006 at Honolulu, HI (RWSS)
Brigham Young 5 (5-1)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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CHAMBERLAIN, Krystle lf..  2  2  2  0   1  0  0  0   0
 CLARKE, Renae ph........  0  0  0  0   1  0  0  0   0
 SNOW, Emi lf............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
WHITELEY, Jennifer cf....  4  0  3  1   0  1  4  0   0
HOCH, Tracee 2b..........  4  0  1  1   0  0  2  1   4
LE`I, Ianeta 1b..........  2  0  0  0   2  1  4  3   0
 ANDERSON, Jana pr.......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
PARAMORE, Paige dp.......  4  1  1  0   0  2  0  0   4
NORTON, Jodi 3b..........  4  2  3  3   0  1  0  1   0
RAMIREZ, Andrea ss.......  3  0  0  0   1  2  3  0   1
KENNEDY, Lindi rf........  2  0  1  0   1  1  1  0   0
 GONZALES, Monica pr.....  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
NIX, Cortney c...........  3  0  0  0   0  1  7  0   0
 FITCH, Karlie ph........  1  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   1
TOBIAS, Summer p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  2   0
 BOYCE-HUMBER, Brooke p..  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 30  5 11  5   6 10 21  7  10
Texas-Arlington 2 (1-4)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Swofford ss..............  3  0  1  0   1  0  1  0   0
Petrino rf...............  4  0  1  1   0  1  0  0   0
Nelson 1b................  3  0  0  0   1  0  5  0   2
Fortune 2b...............  2  1  1  1   0  1  0  1   1
 Stevens pr..............  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Anderson, C. c...........  2  0  0  0   1  0 11  1   0
 Moore pr................  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Brown dp.................  2  0  0  0   1  1  0  0   2
Anderson 3b..............  3  0  0  0   0  2  0  3   1
Clougherty cf............  3  1  1  0   0  1  1  0   1
Jones, K lf..............  1  0  0  0   0  1  1  0   0
 Snider lf...............  2  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   0
18 p.....................  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   0
 Fuentes p...............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
Totals................... 26  2  4  2   4  7 21  6   7
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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Brigham Young....... 010 121 0 -  5 11  1
Texas-Arlington..... 000 100 1 -  2  4  1
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E - RAMIREZ; Jones, K. LOB - BYU 10; UTA 7. HR - NORTON 2; Fortune. SB -
CHAMBERLAIN; ANDERSON; RAMIREZ; Petrino; Moore. CS - GONZALES.
Brigham Young          IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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TOBIAS, Summer......  5.0  2  1  1  2  5 17 19
BOYCE-HUMBER, Brooke  2.0  2  1  1  2  2  9 11
Texas-Arlington        IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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18..................  6.0 10  5  5  6  9 26 32
Fuentes.............  1.0  1  0  0  0  1  4  4
Win - TOBIAS (3-0).  Loss - 18 ().  Save - None.
WP - BOYCE-HUMBER. BK - 18.
Umpires - HP: Warren Okinaka  1B: Cecil Hasegawa  3B: Burton Nakachi
Start: 9:55   Time: 2:25   Attendance:
Brigham Young vs Texas-Arlington - Play-by-Play
Feb 11, 2006 at Honolulu, HI (RWSS)
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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Brigham Young....... 010 121 0 -  5 11  1
Texas-Arlington..... 000 100 1 -  2  4  1
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Brigham Young starters: 1/lf CHAMBERLAIN; 3/cf WHITELEY; 4/2b HOCH; 66/1b LE`I;
19/dp PARAMORE; 8/3b NORTON; 31/ss RAMIREZ; 23/rf KENNEDY; 10/c NIX; 12/p TOBIAS;
Texas-Arlington starters: 22/ss Swofford; 8/rf Petrino; 24/1b Nelson; 10/2b Fortune;
11/c Anderson, C.; 20/dp Brown; 14/3b Anderson; 15/cf Clougherty; 16/lf Jones, K;
0/p 18;
Brigham Young 1st - CHAMBERLAIN walked. WHITELEY singled, bunt; CHAMBERLAIN
advanced to second. HOCH popped up to c. LE`I struck out swinging. PARAMORE struck
out looking. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Texas-Arlington 1st - Swofford singled to left field. Petrino reached on a
fielder's choice; Swofford out at second 1b to ss. Petrino stole second. Nelson
grounded out to 3b. Fortune struck out swinging. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1
LOB.
Brigham Young 2nd - NORTON homered to left field, RBI. RAMIREZ walked.
RAMIREZ advanced to second on an illegal pitch. KENNEDY walked. RAMIREZ stole third.
NIX struck out swinging. CLARKE pinch hit for CHAMBERLAIN. CLARKE walked; KENNEDY
advanced to second. CHAMBERLAIN to lf for CLARKE. WHITELEY struck out swinging. HOCH
flied out to lf. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3 LOB.
Texas-Arlington 2nd - Anderson, C. walked. Moore pinch ran for Anderson, C..
Brown lined out to cf. Moore stole second. Anderson flied out to cf. Clougherty
grounded out to p. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young 3rd - Anderson, C. to c for Moore. LE`I walked. ANDERSON pinch
ran for LE`I. ANDERSON stole second. PARAMORE struck out swinging. NORTON struck out
looking. RAMIREZ struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Texas-Arlington 3rd - LE`I to 1b for ANDERSON. Jones, K struck out swinging.
Swofford popped up to 2b. Petrino struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors,
0 LOB.
Brigham Young 4th - KENNEDY struck out swinging. NIX grounded out to 3b,
bunt. CHAMBERLAIN singled to pitcher, bunt. CHAMBERLAIN stole second. WHITELEY
singled, advanced to second on a throwing error by lf, RBI; CHAMBERLAIN scored. HOCH
grounded out to 3b. 1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Texas-Arlington 4th - Snider to lf for Jones, K. Nelson grounded out to p.
Fortune homered to left field, RBI. Anderson, C. flied out to rf. Brown walked.
Anderson struck out swinging. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young 5th - LE`I walked. PARAMORE singled to pitcher, bunt; LE`I
advanced to second, out at third p unassisted. NORTON homered to left center, 2 RBI;
PARAMORE scored. RAMIREZ struck out swinging. KENNEDY singled to pitcher. GONZALES
pinch ran for KENNEDY. GONZALES out at second c to ss, caught stealing. 2 runs, 3
hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Texas-Arlington 5th - GONZALES to rf. Clougherty struck out swinging. Snider
popped up to ss. Swofford popped up to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young 6th - NIX grounded out to 3b. CHAMBERLAIN singled to center
field. WHITELEY singled to shortstop, bunt; CHAMBERLAIN advanced to second. HOCH
singled to left field, RBI; WHITELEY advanced to second; CHAMBERLAIN scored. LE`I
flied out to cf. PARAMORE fouled out to lf. 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Texas-Arlington 6th - BOYCE-HUMBER to p for TOBIAS. SNOW to lf for
CHAMBERLAIN. SNOW to rf. GONZALES to lf. Petrino reached on a fielding error by ss.
Petrino advanced to second on a wild pitch. Nelson walked. Stevens pinch ran for
Fortune. Stevens lined out to cf. Anderson, C. reached on a fielder's choice; Nelson
out at second 1b to ss; Petrino advanced to third. Brown struck out swinging. 0
runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young 7th - Fortune to 2b for Stevens. Fuentes to p for 18. NORTON
singled up the middle. RAMIREZ grounded out to p; NORTON advanced to second.
GONZALES grounded out to 2b; NORTON advanced to third. FITCH pinch hit for NIX.
FITCH struck out swinging. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Texas-Arlington 7th - NIX to c for FITCH. Anderson struck out swinging.
Clougherty singled to center field. Snider out at first 1b to 2b to 1b; Clougherty
advanced to second. Swofford walked. Petrino singled up the middle, RBI; Swofford
advanced to second; Clougherty scored. Nelson flied out to cf. 1 run, 2 hits, 0
errors, 2 LOB.