KFC World Cup of Softball V - Bronze Medal Game FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 26, 2010
Canada finishes fourth at KFC World Cup of Softball V (Oklahoma City, OK) The Canadian Women's National Team fought hard, but a big seventh inning led the United States Futures National Team to a 9-3 win. The teams were tied 3-3 after six innings before the Futures took advantage of an error and got things rolling to win the Bronze medal at the KFC World Cup of Softball V. It was the last game of the 2010 season for Canada, who started the summer on a high note by winning the Bronze medal at the 2010 ISF XII Women's World Championship in Caracas, Venezuela earlier this month. The USA Futures opened the scoring in the top of the second inning, as they loaded the bases and forced a two-out walk to give them an early 1-0 lead. Canada came back to tie the game in the bottom half of the third, when Melanie Matthews (Surrey, BC) was hit by a pitch, advanced to second on a passed ball and to third on a fielder's choice. She then raced in to score on a wild pitch. Both pitchers held the opposing bat silent until the top of the sixth inning, when Valerie Arioto led off the inning with a solo homerun to give the USA Futures a 2-1 lead. Megan Langenfeld followed that with a double, and pinch runner Jamia Reid later scored on a single by Jenae Leles, forcing Canadian starting pitcher Danielle Lawrie (Langley, BC) out of the game. However, the Canadian bats responded in the bottom half of the inning. Caitlin Lever (Buffalo, New York) and Jenn Yee (North Delta, BC) started the inning with singles, and were sacrificed forward by Sheena Lawrick (Calgary, AB). Jen Salling (Port Coquitlam, BC) then hit an RBI groundout to second base, and Yee scored on a passed ball to tie the game. Things then unraveled for Canada in the top of the seventh. The Futures loaded the bases with one out on an error, a walk and an infield single before Jenae Leles singled up the middle to drive in two runs, followed by an RBI single by Rave Chavanne. After a walk loaded the bases again, Canada was able to get the second out on a force out to home, but Brittany Lastrapes was walked to bring a run in, and Molly Johnson hit a two-run single to left to increase the lead to 9-3.Canada was retired in order in the bottom of the seventh to cap off their season. Danielle Lawrie allowed three runs on six hits to go along with six strikeouts in five and a third innings pitched, while Jenna Caira (Toronto, ON) took the tough loss by allowing five runs (only one earned) on three hits in one inning. Ashley Lanz (Winnipeg, MB) notched the two last outs, allowing one unearned run on two hits. At the plate, Canada only managed three hits off American pitcher Jordan Taylor, as Melanie Matthews, Caitlin Lever and Jennifer Yee each had a single. Taylor struck out seven to earn the win in the pitcher's circle. Canada 3 vs. USA Futures NT 9: GameTracker -SC- For more information, please contact: Gilles LeBlanc Manager - Marketing and Communications Softball Canada (613) 523-3386 ext. 3105 gleblanc(at)softball.ca Al's Fastball News *Email: fastball(at)pmihrm.com fastb...@pmihrm.com NEWS-1: http://www.AlsFastball.com/ NEWS-2: http://fastpitchwest.com/alsfastball VIA http://www.webbox.com _______________________________________________ Alsfastball mailing list Alsfastball@fastpitchwest.com http://fastpitchwest.com/mailman/listinfo/alsfastball_fastpitchwest.com