{"id":7665,"date":"2015-04-16T07:17:46","date_gmt":"2015-04-16T11:17:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=7665"},"modified":"2015-04-16T07:17:46","modified_gmt":"2015-04-16T11:17:46","slug":"jailyn-ford-tosses-first-perfect-game-in-jmu-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=7665","title":{"rendered":"Jailyn Ford Tosses First Perfect Game in JMU History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HR7Sg3bVZIA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nIn the entire history of JMU athletics, no Duke had ever thrown a perfect game. Until yesterday that is. And here&#8217;s the thing, the pitcher was throwing underhanded. That&#8217;s right, JMU&#8217;s first perfect game in school history came courtesy of the increasingly dominant softball program. Junior preseason All America second team pitcher Jailyn Ford didn&#8217;t allow a hit or a walk and had 13 strikeouts as JMU defeated East Carolina 13-0. You can check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jmusports.com\/boxscore.aspx?path=softball&amp;id=11467\">boxscore with all the beautiful zeros here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This is just the latest amazing achievement for the softball program this year. The win was JMU&#8217;s school record 25th in a row. The Dukes are now 34-6 on the season and ranked in the top 25 of both major polls. In yesterday&#8217;s perfect game, Ford also passed former Duke Meredith Felts to become JMU softball&#8217;s all time strikeout <del>king<\/del> queen. Ford now has 584 Ks, 3 more than Felts&#8217; 581. Jailyn&#8217;s perfect game came in the second game of a doublheader. Not to be overlooked, Megan Good secured the win and moved to a ridiculous 20-0 on the season in game one. These girls are good.<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D7665&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the entire history of JMU athletics, no Duke had ever thrown a perfect game. Until yesterday that is. And here&#8217;s the thing, the pitcher was throwing underhanded. That&#8217;s right, JMU&#8217;s first perfect game in school history came courtesy of the increasingly dominant softball program. Junior preseason All America second team pitcher Jailyn Ford didn&#8217;t [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8490,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=8490","url_meta":{"origin":7665,"position":0},"title":"Megan Good Pitches Second Perfect Game in JMU Softball History","date":"April 17, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Today was a good day for JMU softball. In fact it, you could say it was a Megan Good day. (ed. note: please pretend you didn't read that sentence and we'll pretend we never wrote it.) The team won, because that's what it does. 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