BYU Goes 1-1 in Day Two of Capital Classic

SACRAMENTO -- The BYU softball team (13-11) went the distance and then some, defeating Sacramento State (5-15), 5-4, in eight innings on the Hornets' home field. The Cougars then fell to Cal Poly (20-6), 2-0, in the second game of Friday's double-header.

With Jennifer Whiteley on third and one out in the top of the eighth inning, Emi Snow hit a sacrifice fly to center field to bring Whiteley home for the winning run. The Cougars are now 2-0 this season in games that go into extra innings.

The two teams finished the first inning tied at one apiece, and the score would remain at a standstill until the seventh inning. Senior Jodi Norton hit a one-out solo home run to break the tie. Two batters later freshman Angeline Quiocho went yard for a two-run shot, seemingly putting Sacramento State away for good.

The Hornets would answer back in the bottom of the order with three runs of their own, all of which were unearned. The comeback set the stage for Whiteley's game-winning run, and starting pitcher Christina Gwyn finished the job by putting away the side in order.

Gwyn pitched a complete game, improving her record to 8-4. Gwyn struck out five and allowed just one earned run.

Cal Poly avenged last month's 7-1 loss to BYU in Las Vegas with a 2-0 victory Friday. Freshman Christie Zinanti came out on the wrong end of this pitching duel, despite the fact she surrendered only one earned run off of five hits.

Whiteley continued her hot hitting by going a perfect 3-for-3. The senior from Houston, Texas accounted for all but one of the Cougars' hits against the Mustangs.

The Capital Classic continues Saturday with BYU taking on Mercer at 3 p.m. (PST) and Santa Clara at 5:30 p.m.

BYU vs Sacramento State
             Mar 16, 2007 at Sacramento, CA (Sac Softball Complex)
BYU 5 (13-10)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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NIX-CLARK, Cortney c.....  2  0  0  0   2  0  5  1   0
WHITELEY, Jennifer lf....  4  1  0  0   0  1  1  0   1
HOCH, Tracee 2b..........  3  1  2  0   0  0  3  4   0
SNOW, Emi cf.............  3  0  0  1   0  0  3  0   1
URINCHO, Daniela 1b......  4  0  1  1   0  1  9  0   0
NORTON, Jodi 3b..........  3  1  1  1   0  0  2  5   2
RAMIREZ, Andrea ss.......  3  0  0  0   0  0  1  1   0
PLATT, Stephanie rf......  3  1  1  0   0  0  0  0   0
QUIOCHO, Angeline dh.....  3  1  1  2   0  1  0  0   0
GWYN, Christina p........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
Totals................... 28  5  6  5   2  3 24 12   4
Sacramento State 4 (5-15)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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TOMPKINS, Amy ss.........  4  1  0  0   0  0  1  6   1
JOHNSON, Hilary cf.......  3  2  3  0   1  0  5  0   0
MEEKS, Kayla p...........  2  0  0  1   1  0  0  2   1
McKENZIE, Amy Jo 3b......  2  0  2  3   2  0  0  2   0
 DAWSON, Ashley pr.......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
CLARK, Sherry dh.........  4  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   3
 WILLIAMS, Kayla pr......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
MILES, Rachel lf.........  2  0  0  0   0  2  0  0   0
 MEYER, Amanda lf........  2  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   2
CROSS, Melissa 1b........  2  0  0  0   2  1 11  0   0
 BARTEE, Jenice pr.......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
ELIAS, Keri 2b...........  3  0  0  0   0  0  2  1   1
RHOE, Katie rf...........  3  1  0  0   0  1  1  0   0
SHERRILL, Andrea c.......  0  0  0  0   0  0  4  0   0
Totals................... 27  4  5  4   6  5 24 11   8
Score by Innings                   R  H  E
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BYU................. 100 000 31 -  5  6  2
Sacramento State.... 100 000 30 -  4  5  0
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E - SNOW; NORTON. LOB - Cougars 4; Hornets 8. HR - NORTON; QUIOCHO. SH -
HOCH; MEEKS, K.; ELIAS, K.. SF - SNOW. SB - JOHNSON, H.. CS - DAWSON, A..
BYU                    IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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GWYN, Christina.....  8.0  5  4  1  6  5 27 35
Sacramento State       IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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MEEKS, Kayla........  8.0  6  5  4  2  3 28 32
Win - GWYN (8-4).  Loss - MEEKS, K. (2-7).  Save - None.
WP - GWYN.
Umpires - HP: A Solario  1B: J Diaz  3B: B Walker
Start: 12:28 pm   Time: 2:10   Attendance:
Game: BYUSAC
Play-by-Play
Score by Innings                   R  H  E
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BYU................. 100 000 31 -  5  6  2
Sacramento State.... 100 000 30 -  4  5  0
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BYU starters: 10/c NIX-CLARK; 3/lf WHITELEY; 4/2b HOCH; 18/cf SNOW; 22/1b URINCHO;
8/3b NORTON; 31/ss RAMIREZ; 5/rf PLATT; 33/dh QUIOCHO; 11/p GWYN;
Sacramento State starters: 1/ss TOMPKINS, A.; 7/cf JOHNSON, H.; 14/p MEEKS, K.;
20/3b McKENZIE, A.; 5/dh CLARK, S.; 18/lf MILES, R.; 22/1b CROSS, M.; 3/2b ELIAS,
K.; 15/rf RHOE, K.; 23/c SHERRILL, A.;
BYU 1st - NIX-CLARK walked. WHITELEY grounded out to 2b; NIX-CLARK advanced
to second. HOCH singled to left field; NIX-CLARK advanced to third. SNOW reached on
a fielder's choice; HOCH advanced to second; NIX-CLARK out at home ss to c. URINCHO
singled to left field, RBI, advanced to second; SNOW advanced to third; HOCH scored.
NORTON grounded out to ss. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Sacramento State 1st - TOMPKINS, A. grounded out to 3b, bunt. JOHNSON, H.
singled to shortstop. JOHNSON, H. stole second. MEEKS, K. lined out to cf; JOHNSON,
H. advanced to third. McKENZIE, A. singled to left field, RBI; JOHNSON, H. scored.
CLARK, S. struck out. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
BYU 2nd - RAMIREZ grounded out to ss. PLATT flied out to rf. QUIOCHO struck
out. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Sacramento State 2nd - MILES, R. struck out looking. CROSS, M. struck out.
ELIAS, K. grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
BYU 3rd - NIX-CLARK grounded out to ss. WHITELEY grounded out to 1b
unassisted. HOCH singled to right center. SNOW grounded out to p. 0 runs, 1 hit,
0 errors, 1 LOB.
Sacramento State 3rd - RHOE, K. grounded out to 3b, bunt. TOMPKINS, A. flied
out to cf. JOHNSON, H. walked. MEEKS, K. grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 1 LOB.
BYU 4th - URINCHO struck out. NORTON fouled out to 1b. RAMIREZ grounded out
to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Sacramento State 4th - McKENZIE, A. walked. DAWSON, A. pinch ran for
McKENZIE, A.. CLARK, S. fouled out to 1b, bunt. DAWSON, A. out at second c to ss,
caught stealing. MILES, R. struck out looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.
BYU 5th - McKENZIE, A. to 3b for DAWSON, A.. MEYER, A. to lf for MILES, R..
PLATT grounded out to ss. QUIOCHO popped up to 2b. NIX-CLARK flied out to cf. 0
runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Sacramento State 5th - CROSS, M. walked. ELIAS, K. out at first 3b to 2b,
SAC, bunt; CROSS, M. advanced to second. RHOE, K. struck out. TOMPKINS, A. grounded
out to p. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
BYU 6th - WHITELEY struck out looking. HOCH grounded out to 3b. SNOW popped
up to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Sacramento State 6th - JOHNSON, H. singled to right field. MEEKS, K. out at
first 3b to 2b, SAC, bunt; JOHNSON, H. advanced to second. McKENZIE, A. walked.
CLARK, S. flied out to lf. McKENZIE, A. advanced to second on a wild pitch; JOHNSON,
H. advanced to third on a wild pitch. MEYER, A. grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 1
hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
BYU 7th - URINCHO flied out to cf. NORTON homered to right field, RBI.
RAMIREZ lined out to cf. PLATT singled to left field. QUIOCHO homered to center
field, 2 RBI; PLATT scored. NIX-CLARK walked. WHITELEY grounded out to p. 3 runs,
3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Sacramento State 7th - CROSS, M. walked. BARTEE, J. pinch ran for CROSS, M..
ELIAS, K. popped up to 2b. RHOE, K. reached on an error by 3b; BARTEE, J. advanced
to second. TOMPKINS, A. reached on a fielder's choice; RHOE, K. advanced to second;
BARTEE, J. out at third ss to 3b. JOHNSON, H. singled to left field; TOMPKINS, A.
advanced to second; RHOE, K. advanced to third. MEEKS, K. walked, RBI; JOHNSON, H.
advanced to second; TOMPKINS, A. advanced to third; RHOE, K. scored, unearned.
McKENZIE, A. singled, 2 RBI, advanced to second; MEEKS, K. advanced to second,
advanced to third on an error by cf; JOHNSON, H. scored, unearned; TOMPKINS, A.
scored, unearned. CLARK, S. flied out to cf. 3 runs, 2 hits, 2 errors, 2 LOB.
BYU 8th - CROSS, M. to 1b for BARTEE, J.. WHITELEY placed on second. HOCH out
at first 3b to 2b, SAC, bunt; WHITELEY advanced to third. SNOW flied out to cf, SF,
RBI; WHITELEY scored. URINCHO flied out to cf. 1 run, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.
Sacramento State 8th - CLARK, S. placed on second. WILLIAMS, K. pinch ran for
CLARK, S.. MEYER, A. lined out to 3b, bunt. CROSS, M. grounded out to 2b; WILLIAMS,
K. advanced to third. ELIAS, K. grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1
LOB.
Brigham Young vs Cal Poly
             Mar 16, 2007 at Sacramento, Calif. (Sac. SB Complex 4)
Brigham Young 0 (13-11)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Clark, Cortney c.........  3  0  0  0   1  0  5  0   2
Whiteley, Jennifer lf....  3  0  3  0   0  0  1  0   0
Hoch, Tracee 2b..........  2  0  0  0   0  0  2  1   0
Snow, Emi cf.............  3  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   3
Norton, Jodi ss..........  3  0  0  0   0  0  1  2   1
Quicocho, Angeline 3b....  1  0  1  0   2  0  2  4   0
Snow, Dani 1b............  2  0  0  0   1  0  7  0   0
 Anderson, Jana pr.......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Ramirez, Andrea dp.......  2  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   1
Platt, Stephanie rf......  3  0  0  0   0  2  0  0   0
Zinanti, Christine p.....  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  2   0
Totals................... 22  0  4  0   4  3 18  9   7
Cal Poly 2 (20-6)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Lee, Cristen 3b..........  4  0  1  0   0  1  1  3   1
Tam, Stephanie ss........  2  0  0  0   0  0  1  2   2
Iwata, Sarah 2b..........  3  1  0  0   0  0  3  0   0
Krysten, Cary 1b.........  1  0  1  0   2  0  6  0   0
Maiden, Jenna p..........  2  0  1  1   1  0  1  3   0
Gehrke-Jones, Jackie c...  3  1  1  0   0  2  4  1   5
Stout, Coreena rf........  2  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Rogers, Jessica cf.......  2  0  0  0   0  0  3  0   0
 Brooks, Shannon ph......  1  0  0  1   0  0  0  0   0
Comstock, Kelly lf.......  2  0  1  0   1  1  2  0   0
Totals................... 22  2  5  2   4  4 21  9   8
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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Brigham Young....... 000 000 0 -  0  4  3
Cal Poly............ 001 001 X -  2  5  0
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E - Hoch 2; Quicocho. DP - BYU 2. LOB - BYU 7; Cal Poly 8. SH - Hoch;
Ramirez; Tam; Stout. SB - Comstock. CS - Quicocho.
Brigham Young          IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF  NP
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Zinanti, Christine..  6.0  5  2  1  4  4 22 28  94
Cal Poly               IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF  NP
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Maiden, Jenna.......  7.0  4  0  0  4  3 22 28 101
Win - Maiden (6-3).  Loss - Zinanti (3-5).  Save - None.
WP - Zinanti. BK - Zinanti. Inherited runners/scored: None. Pitches/strikes:
Zinanti 94/59; Maiden 101/66.
Umpires -
Start: 3:10 pm   Time: 1:50   Attendance: 80
Game: CPSB26
Play-by-Play
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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Brigham Young....... 000 000 0 -  0  4  3
Cal Poly............ 001 001 X -  2  5  0
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Brigham Young starters: 10/c Clark; 3/lf Whiteley; 4/2b Hoch; 18/cf Snow, E;
8/ss Norton; 33/3b Quicocho; 22/1b Snow, D; 31/dp Ramirez; 5/rf Platt; 14/p
Zinanti;
Cal Poly starters: 23/3b Lee; 11/ss Tam; 6/2b Iwata; 33/1b Cary; 16/p Maiden;
14/c Gehrke-Jones; 8/rf Stout; 2/cf Rogers; 9/lf Comstock;
Brigham Young 1st - Clark popped up to c (1-1). Whiteley singled to
third base (0-2). Hoch grounded out to p, SAC (0-2); Whiteley advanced to
second. Snow, E popped up to p (0-0). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Cal Poly 1st - Lee singled up the middle (1-0). Tam out at first 3b to
2b, SAC (0-0); Lee advanced to second. Iwata grounded out to 3b (0-0). Cary
walked (3-2). Maiden walked (3-2); Cary advanced to second; Lee advanced to
third. Gehrke-Jones struck out looking (2-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3
LOB.
Brigham Young 2nd - Norton flied out to cf (0-0). Quicocho walked (3-2).
Snow, D grounded out to ss (0-0); Quicocho advanced to second. Ramirez grounded
out to 3b (0-1). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Cal Poly 2nd - Stout reached on an error by 2b (1-2). Rogers popped into
double play 3b unassisted (0-1); Stout out on the play. Comstock struck out
looking (1-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young 3rd - Platt struck out looking (1-2). Clark walked (3-2).
Whiteley singled down the rf line (2-2); Clark advanced to third. Hoch grounded
out to 3b (1-1); Whiteley advanced to second. Snow, E struck out looking (2-2).
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Cal Poly 3rd - Lee grounded out to 3b (0-0). Tam grounded out to 3b
(0-0). Iwata reached on an error by 3b (1-1). Cary singled up the middle (1-2);
Iwata advanced to second. Maiden singled down the lf line, RBI (0-1); Cary
advanced to second; Iwata scored, unearned. Maiden advanced to second on a wild
pitch; Cary advanced to third on a wild pitch. Gehrke-Jones struck out swinging
(3-2). 1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young 4th - Norton grounded out to p (0-1). Quicocho singled to
shortstop (0-1). Snow, D flied out to lf (0-0). Quicocho out at second c to 2b,
caught stealing. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Cal Poly 4th - Stout reached on an error by 2b (3-2). Rogers popped up
to c (0-1). Comstock singled to left field (0-0); Stout advanced to second. Lee
popped up to 2b (0-0). Tam grounded out to ss (0-1). 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error,
2 LOB.
Brigham Young 5th - Ramirez grounded out to p (1-0). Platt popped up to
ss (0-0). Clark lined out to cf (3-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Cal Poly 5th - Iwata grounded out to 2b (1-0). Cary walked (3-2). Maiden
hit into double play p to ss to 1b (1-1); Cary out on the play. 0 runs, 0
hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young 6th - Whiteley singled (1-1). Hoch reached on a fielder's
choice (2-2); Whiteley out at second ss to 2b. Snow, E popped up to 3b (0-0).
Norton lined out to cf (0-1). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Cal Poly 6th - Gehrke-Jones singled up the middle (1-1). Stout grounded
out to p, SAC (0-0); Gehrke-Jones advanced to second. Brooks pinch hit for
Rogers. Gehrke-Jones advanced to third on an illegal pitch. Brooks flied out to
lf, RBI (1-2); Gehrke-Jones scored. Comstock walked (3-0). Comstock stole
second. Lee struck out swinging (2-2). 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young 7th - Rogers to cf for Brooks. Quicocho walked (3-2).
Snow, D walked (3-1); Quicocho advanced to second. Anderson pinch ran for Snow,
D. Ramirez out at first 3b to 2b, SAC (0-0); Anderson advanced to second;
Quicocho advanced to third. Platt struck out swinging (1-2). Clark flied out to
lf (3-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.