Received: 7/19/08 10:23:18 AM From: "Gilles LeBlanc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Canada_keeps_rolling_in_playoff_games_at_the_Canada_Cup_/_
FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE July19, 2008 Canadakeeps rolling in playoff games at the Canada Cup (Surrey,BC) - Yesterday was the start of the double elimination portion of the CanadaCup. Witheight teams moving on to the playoffs the pools crossed over to play opponentsfrom the other pool in the first round. Canadas Senior Womens NationalTeam played the Washington Absolute Blast. ErinMcLean (Whitby, ON) started things off for the red and white with a homerun toleft centerfield in the bottom of the first inning. After that, things werequiet up until the fourth inning when Jennifer Yee (North Delta, BC) drew aleadoff walk and was driven in on a homerun by Sheena Lawrick (Calgary, AB) toright field. Melanie Matthews (Surrey, BC) later drove in Megan Timpf(Port Dover, ON) to bring in the fourth Canadian run. Thiswas all the home side would need to secure the win. Lauren Bay Regula(Trail, BC) was in the pitchers circle for Canada and finished the game givingup just two hits and striking out fifteen Blast hitters. The final score wasCanada 4, Absolute Blast 0. Canadavs. Washington Absolute Blast Box Scoreand Play-by-play Inthe second game of the day, Canada took on Chinese Taipei. The winner of thisgame would go through to the semi-final on Saturday night at 6:30pm PDT. Itwas a bit of a bit of a quiet start for both teams, with the defense takingcontrol early. In the third inning Canada led off with a hit by CaitlinLever (Buffalo, New York) and then Erin Mclean, Jennifer Yee, Jennifer Salling(Port Coquitlam, BC) and Sheena Lawrick all followed suit to score three runson the inning. After Taipei came back and scored three runs in the bottomof the fourth inning to tie the game at 3-3, Team Canada went back on theoffensive. Melanie Matthews hit a leadoff homerun in the top of the fifthfollowed by a single by Mclean and homerun by Jennifer Salling to score anotherthree runs. Not quite done yet, in the top of the seventh inning, Canadawas able to send a couple more insurance runs across the plate with a single byYee, a double by Salling to score Yee and then a single by Lawrick to scoreSalling. Canadakept Taipei off the scoring sheet for the remainder of the game to take the 8-3win. Danielle Lawrie (Langley, BC) went four innings giving up three hits whilestriking out four Taipei batters. Robin Mackin (Newmarket, ON) came in topitch to the last twelve hitters. Nextup for Canada in the double elimination format, is a match-up of undefeatedteams when Canada takes on Japan at 6:30pm PDT at Softball City. Live scoringfor the game is available on the Canada Cup website at www.canadacup.com. Canadavs. Chinese Taipei Box Scoreand Play-by-play Wendy Dobbin (Assistant Coach) -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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