Received: 10/13/07 10:21:53 AM From: "Gilles LeBlanc" <gleblanc(at)softball.ca>
Subject: Canada_earns_direct_berth_in_China_Cup_Gold_Medal_Game_/_L -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE October13th, 2007 Canadaearns direct berth in China Cup Gold Medal Game (Beijing,China) After being shutout twice by Australia in round-robin play, theCanadian Senior Womens softball team was able to turn the tables and hand theAustralians their first loss of the tournament. Canada took advantage of astrong pitching performance by Danielle Lawrie. (Langley, BC) and got a big hitin the bottom of the six to earn the 4-0 victory. Canadascored the first run of the game in the bottom of the first, when JenniferSalling (Port Coquitlam, BC) stroked an RBI single up the middle to bring ErinMcLean (Whitby, ON) in to score. The game then turned into a pitchers duelbetween Canadas Danielle Lawrie and Australias Zara Mee, as both of themcruised through the next five innings. Canadafinally added to its lead in the bottom of the sixth, scoring three more runson four hits. Erin McLean led off the inning with a single and was sacrificedto second before Salling reached on an error. Sheena Lawrick (Calgary, AB) thenconnected with a double to bring both runner in to score. Alison Bradley(Pinkerton, ON) then delivered a single to right field to produce Canadasfourth run of the game. Bradleyled the Canadians at the plate with two hits and a run batted in, while Lawrickdelivered the biggest hit, a double that drove in two runs. McLean, Salling,and Caitlin Lever (Amherst, New York) each added singles for Canada. Inthe pitching circle, Lawrie earned the complete game win for Canada allowingonly two hits and three walks while striking out twelve Australian hitters.Zara Mee also went the distance for Australia, allowing four runs (threeearned) on six hits, four of those hits coming in the bottom of the sixthinning. Inother action at the China Cup, China defeated Chinese Taipei in the othersemi-final and later defeated Australia to earn the right to face Canada in theGold Medal Game tomorrow (5:00am EDT). Thecomplete box scores and play-by-play are available at www.softball.ca -SC- GillesLeBlanc Manager:Marketing and Communications Services SoftballCanada gleblanc(at)softball.ca (613)523-3386 ext. 3105 Al's Fastball News *Email: fastball(at)pmihrm.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] NEWS-1: http://www.AlsFastball.com/ NEWS-2: http://fastpitchwest.com/alsfastball VIA http://www.webbox.com
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