Affleck Lights Up No. 16 Hawaii

HONOLULU -- BYU senior pitcher Paige Affleck struck out 13 batters, a new career high, as the Cougars defeated No. 16 Hawaii 4-0 on Thursday at the Hawaii Spring Fling Tournament.

Affleck surpassed her previous career high of 12 strikeouts set against Wisconsin in 2009, befuddling the Rainbow Wahine for seven innings. All but one of the strikeouts came with a Hawaii batter going down swinging while Affleck gave up no runs, two walks and just three hits besides.

The BYU batters continued their recent trend of striking early, putting up two runs on the board in the first inning on senior Jessica Fitu's two-run homer, her second in as many days.

Hawaii challenged right back in the bottom of the first, but BYU centerfielder Jessica Dugas' strong throw to home as the Rainbow Wahine's Kelly Majam came around the turn reached in time for Fitu to tag Majam out at the plate.

Freshman Lacey Millett scored in the third, reaching on a passed ball after striking out, then stealing second and third base before sophomore JC Clayton's single completed her trip around the bases.

The Cougars would tack on one more run late in the sixth inning when junior Kristin Delahoussaye blooped a pitch to shallow right field. Delahoussaye was thrown out at first, but pinch runner Stacie Graham scored from third in the meantime to give BYU a 4-0 lead.

Affleck continued to keep the Hawaii batters at bay, striking out Melissa Gonzalez with the bases loaded in the sixth before sending all three Rainbow Wahine batters in the seventh down swinging to end the game.

BYU at #16 Hawai`i
Mar 17, 2011 at Honolulu, HI (RWSS)
BYU 4 (13-14)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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DELAHOUSSAYE, Kristi 2b..  4  0  0  1   0  1  1  0   2
DUGAS,Jessica cf.........  4  0  0  0   0  2  1  1   2
CLAYTON, JC ss...........  4  1  2  1   0  1  2  0   0
FITU,Jessica c...........  4  1  1  2   0  0 15  0   0
WILLARD, Delaney rf......  3  0  0  0   1  1  0  0   3
 HUDSON,Alexandra rf.....  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
DUCKWORTH,Carly lf.......  4  0  1  0   0  0  0  0   1
MANUMA, Katie 1b.........  2  0  1  0   0  0  2  0   0
 GRAHAM, Stacie pr.......  0  1  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
HICKS, Krista 3b.........  3  0  1  0   0  1  0  1   0
MILLETT,Lacey dh.........  3  1  1  0   0  1  0  0   0
AFFLECK,Paige p..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
Totals................... 31  4  7  4   1  7 21  3   8
Hawai`i 0 (22-6)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Majam, K. cf.............  3  0  2  0   0  1  1  0   0
Iwata, J. ss.............  2  0  0  0   1  0  2  1   0
Kliebenstein c...........  2  0  0  0   1  1  6  0   0
Rodriguez, J rf..........  3  0  1  0   0  1  2  1   0
Aguirre, A. lf...........  2  0  0  0   0  0  2  0   0
Gonzalez, M. 3b..........  3  0  0  0   0  2  1  0   6
Robinson, S. 1b..........  3  0  0  0   0  3  7  0   0
Jensen, J. dh............  2  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   0
 Anguiano, T. ph.........  1  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   0
Pagaduan, D. 2b..........  2  0  0  0   0  2  0  3   0
 Zamora, J. ph...........  1  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   0
Parnaby, K. p............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  3   0
Totals................... 24  0  3  0   2 13 21  8   6
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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BYU................. 201 001 0 -  4  7  1
Hawai`i............. 000 000 0 -  0  3  3
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E - CLAYTON; Iwata, J.; Gonzalez, M.; Pagaduan, D.. LOB - BY 8; UH 6. HR -
FITU. HBP - Aguirre, A.. SH - MANUMA. SB - MILLETT 2.
BYU                    IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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AFFLECK,Paige.......  7.0  3  0  0  2 13 24 27
Hawai`i                IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Parnaby, K..........  7.0  7  4  1  1  7 31 33
Win - AFFLECK (7-9).  Loss - Parnaby, K. (8-2).  Save - None.
HBP - by AFFLECK (Aguirre, A.). PB - Kliebenstein.
Umpires - HP: Rob Hough  1B: Walter Yamatsuka  3B: Clyde Torigoe
Start: 5:15pm   Time: 1:50   Attendance:
Weather: Windy!!
BYU starters: 4/2b DELAHOUSSAYE; 19/cf DUGAS; 16/ss CLAYTON; 10/c FITU; 28/rf
WILLARD; 3/lf DUCKWORTH; 31/1b MANUMA; 22/3b HICKS; 1/dh MILLETT; 12/p AFFLECK;
Hawai`i starters: 0/cf Majam, K.; 1/ss Iwata, J.; 3/c Kliebenstein; 13/rf
Rodriguez, J; 14/lf Aguirre, A.; 33/3b Gonzalez, M.; 9/1b Robinson, S.; 30/dh
Jensen, J.; 8/2b Pagaduan, D.; 16/p Parnaby, K.;
BYU 1st - DELAHOUSSAYE fouled out to rf. DUGAS flied out to lf. CLAYTON
reached on a fielding error by ss. FITU homered to right center, 2 RBI,
unearned; CLAYTON scored, unearned. WILLARD flied out to lf. 2 runs, 1 hit,
1 error, 0 LOB.
Hawai`i 1st - Majam, K. singled through the right side. Iwata, J.
walked; Majam, K. advanced to second. Kliebenstein infield fly to ss.
Rodriguez, J singled to center field; Iwata, J. advanced to second; Majam, K.
advanced to third, out at home cf to c. Aguirre, A. hit by pitch; Rodriguez, J
advanced to second; Iwata, J. advanced to third. Gonzalez, M. struck out
swinging. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.
BYU 2nd - DUCKWORTH grounded out to 1b unassisted. MANUMA grounded out
to 2b. HICKS struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Hawai`i 2nd - Robinson, S. struck out swinging. Jensen, J. struck out
swinging. Pagaduan, D. struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.
BYU 3rd - MILLETT struck out swinging, reached first on a passed ball.
DELAHOUSSAYE struck out looking. MILLETT stole second. DUGAS struck out
swinging. MILLETT stole third. CLAYTON singled to left field, RBI; MILLETT
scored, unearned. FITU reached on a throwing error by 2b; CLAYTON advanced to
second. WILLARD struck out swinging. 1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Hawai`i 3rd - Majam, K. struck out looking. Iwata, J. grounded out to p.
Kliebenstein struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
BYU 4th - DUCKWORTH singled to center field. MANUMA grounded out to 1b
unassisted, SAC, bunt; DUCKWORTH advanced to second. HICKS reached on a
fielder's choice to shortstop; DUCKWORTH out at third ss to 3b. MILLETT reached
on a throwing error by 3b; HICKS advanced to third. DELAHOUSSAYE flied out to
cf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Hawai`i 4th - Rodriguez, J grounded out to 3b. Aguirre, A. fouled out to
c. Gonzalez, M. flied out to cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
BYU 5th - DUGAS struck out swinging. CLAYTON singled to pitcher. FITU
reached on a fielder's choice to pitcher; CLAYTON out at second p to ss.
WILLARD reached on a fielder's choice to second base; FITU out at second 2b to
ss. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Hawai`i 5th - Robinson, S. struck out swinging. Jensen, J. popped up to
2b. Pagaduan, D. struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
BYU 6th - DUCKWORTH grounded out to 2b. MANUMA singled to second base.
GRAHAM pinch ran for MANUMA. HICKS singled to left field; GRAHAM advanced to
second. MILLETT singled to third base, bunt; HICKS advanced to second; GRAHAM
advanced to third. DELAHOUSSAYE out at first rf to 1b, RBI; MILLETT advanced to
second; HICKS advanced to third; GRAHAM scored. DUGAS grounded out to p. 1
run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Hawai`i 6th - MANUMA to 1b for GRAHAM. Majam, K. singled up the middle.
Iwata, J. popped up to ss. Kliebenstein walked; Majam, K. advanced to second.
Rodriguez, J struck out swinging. Aguirre, A. reached on a fielding error by
ss; Kliebenstein advanced to second; Majam, K. advanced to third. Gonzalez, M.
struck out swinging. 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 3 LOB.
BYU 7th - CLAYTON struck out swinging. FITU flied out to rf. WILLARD
walked. DUCKWORTH grounded out to p. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Hawai`i 7th - Anguiano, T. pinch hit for Jensen, J.. Zamora, J. pinch
hit for Pagaduan, D.. HUDSON to rf for WILLARD. Robinson, S. struck out
swinging. Anguiano, T. struck out swinging. Zamora, J. struck out swinging.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.