Received: 7/7/07 10:13:05 PM From: "Gilles LeBlanc" <gleblanc(at)softball.ca>
Subject: Canada bounces back and keeps Championship hopes alive FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE July7th, 2007 Canadabounces back and keeps Championship hopes alive (Surrey,BC) Team Canada bounced back from a tough loss to Japan Elite lastnight with a 7-0 win against Japans Denso Club this afternoon at theCanada Cup in Surrey, BC. The Canadians took advantage of timely hitting and aJapanese error to put some runs on the board, while their pitching was strongenough to hold Japans Denso Club to only four hits over seven innings. Aftergoing down in order in the first two innings, Canada opened the scoring in thetop of the third inning when Melanie Matthews (Surrey, BC) hit a boomingtwo-run home run to score Noemie Marin (Acton-Vale, QC) who had reached base ona single earlier in the inning. The red and white added four more runs in thefifth inning to open up a 6-0 lead. Erin McLean (Whitby, ON) started the inningby reaching base on a Japanese fielding error, and moved to second on a singleby Erin Cumpstone (Saskatoon, SK). Marin then delivered a double to scoreMcLean, followed by a two-run single by Erin Gee (Burnaby, BC). Sheena Lawrick(Calgary, AB) later brought Gee in to score on a sacrifice fly. Japanthreatened to score in the bottom of the fifth, but ran themselves out of theinning, continuously trying to take the extra base. After they loaded the baseswith two outs, Canadian pitcher Robin Mackin (Newmarket, ON) settled down andstruck out the next batter to end the inning. Canadafinally added their seventh run in the seventh inning, as Janiva Willis(Irishtown, NB) hit an RBI single with the bases loaded. The Denso Club wasunable to get anything going on offense and the game ended in a 7-0 triumph forCanada. Winningpitcher Robin Mackin threw seven strong innings, giving up only four hits whilewalking three and striking out eight. Marin and Gee each contributed two hits,while Matthews, Lawrick, Willis, Cumpstone, Jennifer Salling (Port Coquitlam,BC) and Ashley Van Boxmeer (Orange, California) each added a hit. Withthe win, Canada moves on to face Japans National team tonight at 8:30pm(PT). The winner of that game will play tomorrow afternoon at 1:30pm (PT)against the losing team between the United States and Japan Elite. The winningteam of that game will earn an automatic berth to the Championship game. -SC- Foradditional information please contact: GillesLeBlanc Sport/RecreationManagement Intern MBAin Sport and Recreation Management Universityof New Brunswick SoftballCanada Coordinator,Marketing and Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED] (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
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