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ISF Junior World Championships Schedule – Day 3 Sunday, June 22, 2008

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008

Whitehorse


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Game Time Field Team Team
16 9:30am I Mexico vs. Botswana
17 11:00am II Canada vs. South Africa
18 12:00pm I Argentina vs. Venezuela
19 1:30pm II New Zealand vs. Botswana
20 2:30pm I Australia vs. Japan
21 4:00pm II Czech Republic vs. Denmark
22 5:00pm I United States vs. South Africa
23 6:30pm II Mexico vs. Venezuela
24 7:30pm I Canada vs. New Zealand

While most of the games thus far have gone to the favorites, today features a couple of marquee match-ups that will shake up the standings in the tournament:

At 2:30 p.m. the 2005 gold and silver medalist square off, Australia vs. Japan, while the nightcap at 7:30 p.m. will feature the host team and 2005 bronze medalist, Canada against New Zealand.

Unbeaten Mexico (2-0) plays Botswana and Venezuela today, and could find itself atop the standings with a couple of wins. Venezuela (2-1) plays Argentina (1-2), earlier in the day in a battle for South American bragging rights, before squaring off with Mexico.

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ISF Jr. Worlds – Standings After Day 2

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008



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(Jessin Potskin scores a run for Canada in Day 2 Action)
Photo at official tournament photo galleries website

Standings After Day 2

Japan 3-0
Australia 2-0
Canada 2-0
New Zealand 2-0
Mexico 2-0

Venezuela 2-1
USA 1-1

Argentina 1-2

Botswana 0-2
Czech Republic 0-3
Denmark 0-3
South Africa 0-3

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Vancouver Grey Sox Report from Rose Cup

Saturday, June 21st, 2008

Portland, OR

The Vancouver Grey Sox completed round robin play with a record of 2-1 at the Rose Cup Tournament being held in Portland, Oregon. Results from all Grey Sox games played thus far are enclosed below.

The Grey Sox now advance to Sunday’s single elimination playoff round and will be matched up with the Horse Lake, AB Thunder with the winner of that game advancing to play the Palm Springs, CA So Cal Bombers who received a bye to the semi finals by virtue of their first place finish in Pool B. The host Portland Demarini team will be matched up with Bakersfield, CA Lumberkings and the winner will advance to the other semi final and will be pitted against Broken Bow Gremlins who also received a bye to the semi by virtue of their first place finish in Pool A.

Further updates will be provided on Sunday evening when the tournament is completed.

Larry Kancs
President
Vancouver Grey Sox
www.vancouvergreysox.com

Game 1 Round Robin – Sat. June 21st – played at 8:30 am PDT
Vancouver Grey Sox 4 – Sacramento, CA River City Rockers 3
WP – Mike Piechnik (6) 2IP, 2H, 0R, 5Ks in relief of Jeff Wilson, 5IP, 4H, 3R, 7Ks
LP – Bryan Newton, 7IP, 4R, 7H, 7ks
The Grey Sox rallied from a 3 – 0 deficit in this game, with Rob Geisbrecht delivering a 1 out, 2 RBI double in the 7th to score the tieing and winning runs.

Game 2 Round Robin – Sat. June 21st – played at 10:30 am PDT
Palm Springs, CA So Cal Bombers 5 – Vancouver Grey Sox 2
WP – Luca Mata, 7IP, 4H, 2R, 10Ks
LP – Nick Underhill, 6IP, 8H, 5R, 8Ks
Darrell Sandback led the So Cal offense with a 3 for 4 performance with 2RBIs.

Game 3 Round Robin – Sat. June 21st – played at 3:30 pm PDT
Vancouver Grey Sox 3 – Lehigh, UT Innovative Communications 0
WP – Mike Piechnik, 7IP, 0R, 4H, 8Ks
LP – Neal Chadwick, 7IP, 3R, 6H, 4Ks

Next Grey Sox Action is Sunday June 22nd at 8:30 am PDT vs Horse Lake, AB Thunder.

Editor’s note: We will have some scores to report, when I get back from my own games..

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USA 7, Denmark 0

Saturday, June 21st, 2008

USA Now 1-1 in Tournament



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The USA Junior men scored 3 runs in the 3rd inning, adding 4 more in the 4th and never looked back, as they evened their record to 1-1 with a 7-0 Day 2 win over Denmark in five innings.

The USA Juniors outhit Denmark 8-1, while Denmark commited four errors.

Click here for the line score.

The USA will have most of Sunday off, until their 5:00 p.m. game against South Africa.

Editor’s note: We have posted a story with more details about the USA’s opening round loss to Japan. Click here to view.

For coverage of all USA Junior games at Whitehorse, click here.

Coverage of the USA team at the official USA SOFTBALL website.

USA Schedule of Games

Date
Opponent Time
June 20 Japan L, 4-2
June 21 Denmark W, 7-0 (5 innings)
June 22 South Africa 5 p.m. Local / 7 p.m. CST
June 23 New Zealand 4 p.m. Local / 6 p.m. CST
June 24 Botswana 11 a.m. Local / 1 p.m. CST
June 24 Venezuela 4 p.m. Local / 6 p.m. CST
June 25 Argentina 11 a.m. Local / 1 p.m. CST
June 25 Mexico 6:30 p.m. Local / 8:30 p.m. CST
June 26 Australia Noon Local / 2 p.m. CST
June 27 Czech Republic Noon Local / 2 p.m. CST
June 28 Canada 7:30 p.m. Local / 9:30 p.m. CST
June 29 Playoffs TBD
June 29 Medal Round Games TBD

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Day 2 Scores from Whitehorse

Saturday, June 21st, 2008

Japan, New Zealand, USA, and Argentina winners on Day 2



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(Argentine play slides tries to avoid tag in Day 2 game against Botswana. )
Photo at official tournament photo galleries website

Saturday, June 21, 2009

June 21, 2008
Game Time Field Team Team Results
7 9:30am I New Zealand vs. Venezuela 7 – 4
8 11:00am II Japan vs. South Africa 13 – 1
9 12:00pm I Argentina vs. Czech Republic 14 – 0
10 1:30pm II United States vs. Denmark 7 – 0
11 2:30pm I South Africa vs. Australia 0 – 19
12 4:00pm II Mexico vs. Czech Republic 18 – 11
13 5:00pm I Botswana vs. Venezuela 2 – 5
14 6:30pm II Japan vs. Denmark 23 – 0
15 7:30pm I Canada vs. Argentina 10 – 0

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Baytown Hawks win third consecutive tournament

Saturday, June 21st, 2008

From the:

Hawks win third consecutive tournament
From sports staff reports
Baytown Sun

Published June 20, 2008
Pitching is the name of the game and the Baytown Hawks had the best in Lucas Mata.

Mata, widely considered as the best men’s fast pitch softball hurler in the world, led the Hawks to the championship in the Houston Sportsmen Father’s Day Tournament last weekend.

The Argentinean was named the Most Valuable Pitcher in the tournament, picking up four wins while giving up three hits and striking out 38. The Hawks have now won 16 games and three tournaments in a row, including the 12th Annual Castro Concrete Softball Tournament in June.

Baytown opened the tournament with a hard fought 7-6 win over Houston GEO-PER. The Hawks trailed 6-4 going into the bottom of the seventh and scored two runs to tie the game. Mata entered the game in relief and struck out eight of the nine batters that he faced to pick up the win as Baytown scored the winning run in the bottom of the ninth.

The next game lacked the drama of the first as the Hawks picked up a 13-0 win over the Houston Dynamo. Lalo Escobedo picked up the win on a one-hitter. Mata followed up with a one-hitter in a 6-0 win over Austin Castro.

The Hawks finished pool play with an 11-1 win over the Austin Blue Jays to advance into bracket play undefeated. It was there that Mata took over and proved unbeatable.

The pitcher threw two one-hitters as Baytown defeated Houston Sportsmen 2-0 and Killeen Elite 1-0. Charlie Pena had the game-winning hit in both games and was named Most Valuable Player.

Andy Ortiz, Landy Rodriguez and Manny Mata were each named to the all-tournament team.

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Al Doran’s Summer Tour, 2008

Saturday, June 21st, 2008

Al Doran, of everyone’s favorite site, Al’s Fastball is providing on-the-scene coverage of a number of tournaments this summer, leading up to “The Big One”, the ISC World Tournament, in Kimberly Wisconsin. Next up is the World Fastball Invitational in Monkton, June 26-29.

In addition to the reports posted to his website, Al travels with his trusty Blackberry, often posting several updates during the course of the games. For information on how to get on the email list, see below.

Here’s the schedule for Al’s “Summer Tour 2008”

2008 Season Plans for www.alsfastball.com
We plan to be in:
Kitchener May 30 – June 1 – Legends of Fastball
Niagara-on-the-Lake – June 6-8 – Snapper Shootout
Midland – June 13-15 – Explorer Tournament
Monkton – June 26-29 – World Fastball Invitational
Kimberly – August 10-16 – 2008 ISC World Tournament
http://www.iscfastpitch.com

Al’s Fastball News
*Email: fastball(at)pmihrm.com
fastball@pmihrm.com
NEWS-1: http://www.AlsFastball.com/
NEWS-2: http://fastpitchwest.com/alsfastball

If you’re not on his mailing list, you can write to him at fastball (at) pmihrm.com and ask to be added. Be sure to include your full name, and put “Please subscribe me” on the subject line.

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What Time is it in Whitehorse?

Saturday, June 21st, 2008



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With twelve different countries participating in the 2008 ISF Junior Men’s World Championships, in a wide range of time zones, we expect many to be asking the question, “What time is it in Whitehorse?”.

Easy for those of us here on the west coast who are in the same time zone as Whitehorse. But for everyone else, we’ve made the time zone conversion a bit easier with our “World Time Zone Clocks” page at our companion site, www.Ballparkradio.com.

Click here to view.

Whitehorse


(There’s a lot of code on that page, so give it time to load — you’ll find it loads faster after the first time.)

Speaking of Ballparkradio, we’ve been receiving some emails asking when our broadcasts begin. The answer is 12:00 noon next Thursday, June 26, 2008, for Game 52, when the USA Jr. Men take on the reigning world champions, Australia. Kyle and I will be broadcasting 12 games in 3 days.

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The Team to Beat

Saturday, June 21st, 2008



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Photo at official tournament photo galleries website, taken during opening ceremonies, June 20, 2008

Gold in 1997.
Gold in 2001.
Gold in 2005.

Unbeaten in 2001.
Unbeaten in 2005.

I think it’s safe to call them the team to beat.

In recent years, Australia has been on a tear at the championships and are currently the three-time defending champions.

The Australians haven’t dropped a single game in the past two world junior events and are, to date, the only team that have been able to win the title on home soil.

This feat came in 2001 in Sydney. Australia first participated in the championships in 1993, which was the fourth time the event was held.

–Whitehorse Daily Star

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ISF Junior World Championships Schedule – Day 2 Saturday, June 21, 2008

Saturday, June 21st, 2008


Game Time Field Team Team

7 9:30am I New Zealand vs. Venezuela
8 11:00am II Japan vs. South Africa
9 12:00pm I Argentina vs. Czech Republic
10 1:30pm II United States vs. Denmark
11 2:30pm I South Africa vs. Australia
12 4:00pm II Mexico vs. Czech Republic
13 5:00pm I Botswana vs. Venezuela
14 6:30pm II Japan vs. Denmark
15 7:30pm I Canada vs. Argentina

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