North Texas softball pitcher Hope Trautwein became the first player in DI NCAA softball history to throw a seven-inning perfect game while striking out all 21 batters faced.
North Texas Pitcher Tosses Perfect Game with 21 Strikeouts
If you re a fan of Major League Baseball, you ve probably watched a perfect game. They are a rare feat with only 23 in all of baseball s history. For the uneducated, a perfect game is where a pitcher does not allow a single base runner by a hit or a walk (or any other factor that allows a base runner) for the full game. One thing that has never happened in the majors is a perfect game where the pitcher struck out every batter he faced.
Softball is a different form of baseball but with a lot of similarities. Pitchers can throw a no hitter, not allowing a batter to get a hit, and perfect games. What happened on Sunday, April 11, in Pine Bluff, Arkansas has never happened in NCAA softball history, though. A perfect game where the pitcher struck out every batter she faced.
TODAY IS:
Make Lunch Count Day: A good day to step away from your desk – or wherever your laptop is these days – and take an actual lunch.
Scrabble Day: A good day to play with words.
Thomas Jefferson Day: Celebrates the birthday of the third President of The United States, Thomas Jefferson, who was born on April 13th, 1743.
Can you guess what the most popular drink in America is? Here’s a hint: You probably don’t start your day without it. Yep, according to a new survey, 60% of people say coffee is their most necessary daily drink … even more than water. And the majority of people have at least two cups a day. (
Tate Hawkins / North Texas Athletics
Listen /
It s a rare feat in baseball or softball to pitch a perfect game. That happens when no opponent reaches base not by a hit, or a fielding error, or a walk.
But pitcher Hope Trautwein of the University of North Texas made history on Sunday by pitching a game
more than perfect. Through all seven innings, she struck out every single one of the 21 batters she faced from Arkansas-Pine Bluff. I guess it s never been done before so it doesn t have a name, she tells Morning Edition.
The NCAA says Trautwein, who hails from Pflugerville, Texas, is the first pitcher in NCAA Division I softball history to strike out every batter in a seven-inning perfect game. It s also the first perfect game in the history of the North Texas team.