Received: 6/24/07 9:37:24 AM From: "Brian McCall" <bmccall(at)softball.org>
Subject: Japan run-rules USA 12-2 in opening game of playoffs at ISF Men's World Cup -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Japan run-rules USA 12-2 inopening game of playoffs at ISF Mens World Cup PRAGUE, CZ---Japan advanced to the championship game of the ISF WorldCup with a resounding 12-2 five inning win over the USA Mens NationalTeam on Saturday evening before a crowd of more than 1,200 people. Japanwhich had lost earlier to the United Statesin round robin, rocked two USApitchers for 12 runs and 11 hits, including five infield singles, to advance toSundays championship round. The USA, meanwhile,collected only five hits off two Japanese pitchers and will face Venezuela Sunday at 2 p.m. with the winneradvancing to face Japanin the championship final. Venezuela(8-1) shutout DeMo EHS (5-4) of the Netherlands, 8-0 in the earlierplayoff game to advance. Japanpounded USA pitchers TravisPrice (Santa Ana, Calif.and Sonny Perkins (St. Michaels, Ariz.for 11 hits. Price hurled the first three innings, allowing seven runs andseven hits in the third inning. Perkins entered the game in the fourth inningand allowed five runs on four hits. The seven run Japanthird included a solo homer by shortstop Ryuji Hazeyama. Left fielder KiensakusNishio also had a single in the inning and scored a run. Japanused two pitchers to limit the USAto a run in the third inning on an RBI single by catcher Frank DeGroat (Ringwood, N.J.) and asolo homer to right center by Chris Miljavac (St. Joseph, Mo.in the fifth inning. Miljavac, who had a single in the third inning and was the only USA player with at least two hits, hit his firsthomer of the World Cup off Japanhurler Tatsuya Hamaguchi, who entered the game for starter Kazutaka Murasato inthe fifth inning. Murasato hurled the first four innings allowing one run on fourhits. Hamaguchi hurled the last inning and surrendered one hit and the second USArun. 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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