NORTH TEXAS PITCHER K’S 21 IN 7-INNING PERFECT GAME
HOPE TRAUTWEIN MAKES DI SOFTBALL HISTORY
North Texas softball pitcher Hope Trautwein made history Sunday, striking out all 21 batters in a perfect game.
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Trautwein, a senior from Pflugerville, struck out all 21 Arkansas-Pine Bluff batters she faced in a 3-0 victory.
It was the first perfect game in North Texas history, and is believed to be the first perfect seven-inning game in NCAA Division I history with every out being a strikeout.
NCAA records list two other pitchers with 21 strikeouts in a seven-inning game, but neither of those were perfect games.
Trautwein also had 21 strikeouts in a seven-inning game in her first start this season, but also gave up five hits and two runs in a 6-2 win against Southeastern Louisiana, Feb. 13.
The NCAA single-game record for strikeouts is 28, by Northwestern's Eileen Canney in an 18-inning game against Minnesota in 2006, and Baylor's Cristin Vitek in 16 innings against North Carolina in 2004.
Trautwein, who has struck out 123 batters in 66 inning pitched this year, played her high school ball at Pflugerville Hendrickson.