Received: 8/15/08 12:04:39 AM From: "Gilles LeBlanc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CC: Subject: Bay_Regula_Leads_Canada_to_Thrilling_Victory!_/_Bay_Regula
FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE August15th, 2008 BayRegula Leads Canada to Thrilling Victory! (Beijing,China) The Canadian Womens softball team wanted a win, and behind asensational performance from Lauren Bay Regula (Trail, BC), they earned it witha hard fought 1-0 shutout win over China. Bay Regula engaged in a pitching duelwith Chinas Wei Lu, and Jennifer Yee (North Delta, BC) delivered a keyinside-the-park homerun in the sixth inning to score the only run of the game. Throughthe opening five innings, both Bay regula and Wei Lu has only surrendered onehit each, a single by Jennifer Yee in the top of the first for Canada, and asingle up the middle by Chunxia Li from China in the bottom of the second.Despite the lack of hits, it seemed as though China was threatening everyinning with runners on base, but Bay Regula was able to escape unharmed everytime. JenniferYee led off the top of the sixth inning by connecting with a pitch deep toright field. The right fielder was able to get a glove on the ball around thesame height as the fence, but was unable to make the catch. She first looked onthe other side to see if the ball had gone over, but quickly realized that theball had rolled back into play and quickly threw the ball in to the infield.Yee raced around the bases and beat the throw home for the inside-the-parkhomerun, and was greeted by her ecstatic teammates in front of the dugout. Aftermaking quick work of the Chinese hitters in the bottom of the sixth, Bay Regularan into some trouble in the bottom of the seventh. After Ai Zhang led off witha double to the right centerfield gap, Bay Regula fielded a ground ball andwent after the lead runner, forcing a rundown. As Jennifer Yee was about to tagthe runner going towards third base, the ball fell to the ground and China hadrunners on second and third with no outs. Canada then intentionally walked thenext hitter to set up a double play situation. Li Sun popped out to secondbase, followed by a ground out to Bay Regula who was able to get the force outat home. Pinch hitter Xia Pan then came up to the plate with the game on hershoulders, but popped out to Sheena Lawrick (Calgary, AB) in foul territorynear the Canadian dugout to allow Canada to escape with the huge 1-0 win. BayRegula pitched the complete game shutout for Canada, allowing only two hits andtwo walks while striking out six Chinese batters. Despite committing twoerrors, the Canadian defence was outstanding to help securethe win. While China only managed two hits, Canada had three, two of which cameoff the bat of Yee, who also drew a walk. Alison Bradley (Pinkerton, ON) hadCanadas other hit, a leadoff single in the top of the seventh inning. Canadais currently tied with Japan for first place in the round robin with a 3-0record. The United States are just behind at 2-0, and are currently playingJapan. China (2-2), Australia (1-2), Chinese Taipei (1-2), Venezuela (0-3) andthe Netherlands (0-3) round out the current standings. Comingoff the heart pounding win, Canada will complete its game against the USA whichwas postponed yesterday. The game will start in the top of the fourth inningwith Canada leading 1-0. That game will be played later this morning followingUSAs game against Japan (midnight, EDT), and is expected to begin around2:45am EDT. Live scoring is available at the following link: http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/Schedule/SO.shtml Note:It is unknown whether the conclusion of the Canada/USA will be shown ontelevision or on CBC.ca. -SC- Formore information, please contact: GillesLeBlanc Manager Marketing and Communications SoftballCanada (613)523-3386 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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