Received: 7/6/07 9:28:56 AM From: "Gilles Leblanc" <gleblanc(at)softball.ca>
Subject: Canada finishes round robin undefeated -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 6th, 2007 Canada finishes round robin undefeated (Surrey, BC) - It was a storybook evening at the 14th Canada Cup softball tournament in White Rock/Surrey, BC. Team Canada - currently ranked 5th in the World - was up against the Japanese National Team (ranked 2nd), on a beautiful summer evening. The winner of the game would remain undefeated in pool play and take first place in the red pool going into playoffs. After giving up two runs in the top of the 1st inning in front of a spirited crowd, Team Canada threatened to tie things up in the bottom of the frame and was successful in pushing one run across, taking advantage of a wild pitcher who walked in the run with the bases loaded and only one out. However, Japan was able to escape the inning only allowing one run and holding on to a 2-1 lead. Both teams continued to place runners on base, but were not able to score any runs until the fourth inning when hometown hero Tamra Howren (White Rock, BC) hit a powerful homerun to straight away center field, driving in three runs with the blast. Following the homerun, Melanie Matthews (Surrey, BC) tripled to right field and later scored on a passed ball. Canada scored a total of four runs in the frame to take a 5-2 lead heading into the fifth inning. Japan was unable to respond, and was kept off balance with a strong performance from winning pitcher Robin Mackin (Newmarket, ON). Mackin pitched seven innings, giving up just four hits while striking out five. Heading into the playoffs on Friday, Team Canada (6-0) will take on Chinese Taipei (3-3) who finished fourth in the white pool at 3:30 pm (PT) on Diamond 1 at Softball City. Additional information on standing and pool play results can be found at www.canadacup.com -SC- For additional information please contact: Gilles LeBlanc Sport/Recreation Management Intern MBA in Sport and Recreation Management University of New Brunswick Softball Canada Coordinator, Marketing and Communications gleblanc(at)softball.ca (613) 523-3386 ext 3105 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 _______________________________________________ Alsfastball mailing list [email protected] http://fastpitchwest.com/mailman/listinfo/alsfastball_fastpitchwest.com
