Received: 8/11/08 11:53:48 PM From: "Gilles LeBlanc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CC: Subject: Canadian_Softball_Team_Opens_Olympic_Games_with_6-FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE August 12th, 2008
CanadianSoftball Team Opens Olympic Games with 6-1 Win (Beijing,China) The Canadian Olympic softball team began on a high note this morning,defeating Chinese Taipei 6-1 in the opening game of the eight-team tournament.Lauren Bay Regula (Trail, BC) threw five scoreless innings, while Megan Timpf(Port Dover, ON) drove in three runs to pace the Canadian bats to victory. Canadaopened the scoring in the top of the second inning. Jennifer Salling (PortCoquitlam, BC) led off with a single to left field, and scored on an RBI doubleby Timpf just inside the third baseline in left field. Timpf later scored on astrange play, as the Taipei third baseman blocked a ground ball and tried totoss the ball to the shortstop covering third base to catch Timpf off guard,but the ball sailed over the shortstops head, allowing Timpf to cross theplate. Inthe top of the third, Canada kept the bats going as Salling and Jennifer Yee(North Delta, BC) hit back-to-back singles before Timpf delivered a two-out,two-run single up the middle, increasing the lead to 4-0. Canada completed itsscoring in the top of the sixth. Timpf led off with her third hit of the game,Alison Bradley (Pinkerton, ON) then reached on an error, and both runners movedup on a wild pitch before Erin Cumpstone (Saskatoon, SK) drove a pitch up themiddle to push Timpf in to score. Caitlin Lever (Buffalo, New York) thenfollowed with an RBI single of her own to score Bradley from third. Thelone Taipei run came in the bottom of the seventh with two outs, as RobinMackin (Newmarket, ON) grooved a pitch in the middle of the strike zone thatwas smacked just over the left field fence for a homerun, one of only two hitsfor the Taipei batters. LaurenBay Regula was fantastic in the pitchers circle, allowing only one hit in fiveinnings of scoreless work. Despite the fact that the Taipei hitters fouled offmany pitches in the batters box, Regula still managed to register eight strikeouts,and also walked five batters. Robin Mackin pitched the two final innings inrelief, allowing only the solo homerun and striking out a pair of batters. Timpfwas the offensive leader for Canada with three hits, a walk and three runsbatted in, while Salling also collected three hits. Lever added two singles,while Cumpstone, Yee and Erin McLean (Whitby, ON) each chipped in with singlesof their own. Canadasnext game will be Wednesday, August 13 against the Netherlands (7:30am EDT),and can be seen on CBC and RDS (for uninterrupted game action, visit www.cbc.ca/livevideo). Live scoring isalso available on the Softball Canada website (www.softball.ca). -SC- Formore information, contact: GillesLeBlanc Manager: Marketing and Communications Softball Canada (613)523-3396 x. 3105 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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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