Great comeback after being down 6-1.
"This is the best of all possible worlds."
Dr. Pangloss - Candide
Q "Why do you like Duke, you didn't even go there." A "Because my art school didn't have a basketball team."
With the university's announcement this evening about campus wide quarantine, is it safe to assume that tomorrow's game is not going to happen?
Q "Why do you like Duke, you didn't even go there." A "Because my art school didn't have a basketball team."
Foreman was so excited by her tying home run that she went splat between first and second, then did a Pete Rose the rest of the way. Exciting win. This team is very exciting to watch. Don't know if tomorrow will be cancelled or not. Assuming the players are segregated it would seem to be overkill to cancel the game, but who knows.
A lot of fun following Duke softball. Winners.
I didn't watch the game (too pretty to sit in front of a TV), but I can see from the score I didn't miss much.
Duke swept the weekend with an 8-2 win.
After the weekend, their record is now 19-1. That is just about near jaw dropping, given how young the program is.
(I take that back. It IS jaw dropping.)
Q "Why do you like Duke, you didn't even go there." A "Because my art school didn't have a basketball team."
Senior Peyton St. George is having a monster season. She pitched a complete game on Friday, two innings in relief on Saturday (registering the win in the second game), then another complete game today. Her record is now 9-0, with an ERA of 1.35, and 75 strikeouts in 51.2 innings.
I thought St. George was not as sharp today as in the previous two appearances, but that was not unexpected. What was unexpected was the arrival of the Lumber Company with a 4 home run outburst. This team is fun to watch. They steal bases, sacrifice, suicide squeeze, and hit home runs. They are aggressive base runners. And they can throw some leather. With St. George and Walters they have two capable pitchers. Butler was shaky Saturday, and I don't know if there is much behind her. Tougher games ahead, but so far this ride is fun.
Gotcha covered.
19-1 is right there with the top teams. Long streaks are much more common in softball than in baseball, given that softball pitchers don't need nearly as much rest. Teams can really ride their aces. But this is still a very impressive run, especially considering that this is only the fourth year of the program.
that's definitely true, it's much more natural...as the legendary Eddie Feigner can attest, I bet that guy pitched 300 games/year...one of the more fun days at Duke for me was watching Eddie at the old Durham baseball park...he lost 2-1 to a local team that had a great pitcher, but of course he played with only three other guys, pitched blindfolded from second base at times, quite a show.
Another win today, 3-0 at Elon. A combined 2-hitter by starter Claire Davidson and reliever Brianna Butler. Only 5 hits for Duke, so maybe they're saving some for this weekend's home series against Syracuse.
Well with a 9-0 lead in the 3rd inning of game 1 of the double header, we're well on our way to a mercy rule in game 1 which will help the pitching stay fresh.
<devildeac> anyone playing drinking games by now?
7:49:36<Wander> drink every qb run?
7:49:38<loran16> umm, drink every time asack rushes?
7:49:38<wolfybeard> @devildeac: drink when Asack runs a keeper
7:49:39 PM<CB&B> any time zack runs, drink
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Duke wins 11-0 run-rule game in 5 innings. 1-hitter for Peyton St. George. Second game coming up.