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From: "Softball Canada" <newslet...@softball.ca>
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2012 02:01:03 
To: Al's Fastball News<fastb...@pmihrm.com>
subject:Softball Canada Media Release / Communiqué de presse

 
 
 
ISF XIII Women's World Championship - Game 7 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 
July 19, 2012 

 Canada defeats Italy to end Preliminary Round at ISF XIII Women's World 
Championship 

 (Whitehorse, YK) The Canadian Women`s National Team had already clinched 
second place in Group B with a win over Australia on Wednesday, but will move 
on to the playoff round on a high note after defeating Italy 8-0 in five 
innings to finish the round-robin with a 6-1 record. Jenna Caira (Toronto, ON) 
fired a three-hit shutout for Team Canada, while Caitlin Lever (Buffalo, NY) 
hit a homerun and a double to drive in four runs to lead the Canadian offence. 
With the second-place finish, Canada enters the playoff round with two lives 
and will take on the United States in their first playoff game. 

 In the top of the first inning, Joey Lye (Toronto, ON) ripped a one-out single 
over the shortstop's head, but was left on base after a ground out and a 
strikeout. Caira then took to the pitcher's circle and quickly struck out the 
side, sending Canada back to the plate. Jennifer Salling (Port Coquitlam, BC) 
started things off by hammering a double over the left fielder's head, followed 
by a towering two-run homerun by Lever over the right field fence. 

 Megan Timpf (Port Dover, ON) then drew a walk and was sacrificed to second. 
After Melanie Matthews (Surrey, BC) also walked, Lye hit another single to 
score Timpf. Jenn Yee (North Delta, BC) walked to load the bases, and Sheena 
Lawrick (Calgary, AB) hit a two-run single through the left side of the 
infield. A walk by Salling loaded the bases once again, and Lever drove a 
two-run double to give Canada the big 7-0 lead. 

 Canada added another run in the fourth, as Natalie Wideman (Mississauga, ON) 
reached on an error and advanced to second on a single by Yee. Both runners 
advanced on a ground out before Salling drove in a run with a groundout to 
first base. Italy managed two hits in the bottom of the inning, but Caira was 
able to work herself out of trouble. The following inning, Caira forced a 
ground out right back to her and struck out the two last batters as Canada won 
the game in five innings on the run-ahead rule. 

 Caira had a fantastic outing in the pitcher's circle for Canada, keeping Italy 
off-balance all game long. She only allowed three hits and struck out nine 
batters in the five inning shutout win. Lever led Canada at the plate with a 
homerun, a double and four runs batted in, while Lye added a pair of hits, an 
RBI and a run scored. Lawrick added a two-run single, and Salling had a double 
and an RBI. Yee rounded out Canada's seven hits with a single. 

 Box score and play by play: Canada 8 vs. Italy 0 

 Team Canada (6-1) - who finished second place in Group B - will open the 
playoff round against first-place in Group A, the United States (7-0) at 5:00pm 
PDT on Friday. 

 In other scores on Day 7, Chinese Taipei (3-4) defeated New Zealand (2-5) by a 
2-1 score to earn a playoff berth; the Czech Republic (3-4) beat South Africa 
(1-6) 8-1 in five innings; Australia (5-2) shut down Great Britain (2-5) 8-0 in 
five innings; the United States beat Argentina (1-6) by a 14-1 score in four 
innings; Japan (7-0) blanked Mexico (0-7) 9-0 in five innings; the Netherlands 
(5-2) defeated Puerto Rico (3-4) 7-1; and China (6-1) edged Venezuela (2-5) 
1-0. 

 Other playoff games on Friday include the Netherlands (third place Group A) 
taking on Chinese Taipei (fourth place Group B) at noon PDT, Australia (third 
place Group B) playing Puerto Rico (fourth place Group A) at 2:30pm PDT and 
Japan (first place Group B) against China (second place Group A) at 7:30pm PDT. 

 For full coverage, visit the tournament website at 
http://www.worldfastpitch2012.com. 

 How to Follow Team Canada 
Softball Canada Website: http://www.softball.ca 
2012 Team Canada Media Guide: 
http://www.softballcanada.info/2012TeamCanadaMediaGuide.pdf 
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/SoftballCanada 
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/SoftballCanadaNSO 

 -SC- 

 For more information, please contact: 

 Gilles LeBlanc 
Manager - Marketing and Communications 
Softball Canada 
(613) 795-1996 (cell) 
glebl...@softball.ca 
 
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