June 19, 2007
USA Softball Come From Behind to Take Down Denmark, 9-4
HR’s for Frank DeGroat Jr. and Omar Moraga, Win for Travis Price
PRAGUE, CZ –Trailing 3-0, the USA Softball Men’s National Team came storming back to register a 9-4 decision over Denmark (1-1) Tuesday morning (June 19th) to remain undefeated in the ISF World Cup.
The USA, which meets Japan in a late game Tuesday evening, fell behind when Denmark scored on an RBI single by Rasmus Sorensen in the first inning, a solo homer by Jesper Panduro in the second inning and a passed ball in the third inning against USA starter Cody Thomson (Salt Lake City, Utah). But the USA cut the margin to a lone run with a pair of solo homers by Omar Moraga (Agoura Hills, Calif.) and Frank DeGroat, Jr., (Ringwood, N.J.) off losing pitcher Kim Hansen in the fourth inning. Hansen was rocked for four runs and seven hits in four and one-third innings.
DeGroat’s homer was his second of the competition and landed in the trees over the fence in left center. Moraga’s homer was his first of the competition and went over the right field fence.
The USA then took command of the game for good, scoring six runs on five hits in the fifth inning. Daryn Miller (Creve Coeur, Ill.) had two RBI, Moraga, Matt Palazzo (Des Moines, Iowa) and Chris DeLarwelle (Appleton, Wisc.) all had one RBI for the USA in the inning. Miller scored the final USA run in the seventh inning on an RBI single by catcher Adam LaLonde (Cheboygan, Mich.), who played an outstanding game on defense either throwing out or picking off four Danish base runners. Omar Moraga was 3-for-4 with two RBI and is hitting .667 for the tournament.
USA starter Thomson hurled 2 2/3 innings with B.J. Hunhoff (Harrisburg, SD), the youngest player on the USA team, hurling 1 1/3 innings and Travis Price (Santa Ana, CA) getting his second win in as many games hurling 3 2/3 innings. The USA collected 12 hits while Denmark had eight.
The USA National Men’s Team is moves to 2-0 in the ISF World Cup in Prague, CZ, and is set to face Japan, who finished fifth at the last ISF Men’s World Championship, at 8:00 p.m. (1:00 pm CST) on Tuesday, June 19. Denmark dropped to 1-1.
For additional information or interviews with players on the USA Softball Men’s National Team contact Bill Plummer at 202 352 2629.
USA vs Denmark (Jun 19, 2007)
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Box score
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Box score
2007 MEN’S WORLD CUP
USA at Denmark
Jun 19, 2007 at ISF World Cup 2007 (Krc Altron, Prague)
USA 9 (2-0)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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LALONDE, ADAM c………. 5 1 2 1 0 1 5 6 0
CASCAES, GREGG 2b…….. 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 0
MILLER BLAKE ph/2b…… 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4
MORAGA,OMAR ss……….. 4 2 3 2 0 0 2 0 0
DELARWELLE,CHRIS 1b…… 3 0 1 1 1 2 6 1 0
GORING,LUCAS pr……… 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DEGROAT,FRANK dh……… 4 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 2
DEVINE, NATHAN pr……. 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
HUNT, TIM cf…………. 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1
PALAZZO,MATT rf………. 3 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 0
MILLER D 3b………….. 4 1 2 2 0 1 3 1 1
KANDOUS, MOJAHED lf…… 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0
THOMSON,CODY p……….. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
HUNOFF, B.J. p………. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRICE,TRAVIS p………. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals………………. 34 9 12 8 4 9 21 15 8
Denmark 4 (1-1)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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F. Terkelsen cf………. 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0
C.Niedoborsk 3b………. 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
J. Low ph…………… 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
M. Sorensen rf/c……… 4 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0
A. Jorgensen c/rf…….. 2 0 1 0 1 1 10 0 0
R. Sorensen lf……….. 3 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0
J. Heller 1b…………. 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0
J. Panduro dh………… 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
D. Jensen 2b…………. 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0
A. Brewerton ss………. 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 2 0
V.Tergkelsen ph……… 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
K. Hansen p………….. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
M. Holmberg p……….. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals………………. 22 4 8 3 6 4 21 5 5
Score by Innings R H E
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USA…………….. 000 260 1 – 9 12 0
Denmark…………. 111 010 0 – 4 8 1
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E – R. Sorensen. DP – USA 1. LOB – USA 8; Denmark 5. 2B – MORAGA. 3B – M.
Sorensen. HR – MORAGA; DEGROAT; J. Panduro. HBP – F. Terkelsen; J. Low. SB –
LALONDE; MILLER D. CS – F. Terkelsen; J. Low; A. Brewerton.
USA IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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THOMSON,CODY…….. 2.2 5 3 2 3 3 11 15
HUNOFF, B.J……… 1.0 1 0 0 3 0 2 5
PRICE,TRAVIS…….. 3.1 2 1 1 0 1 9 10
Denmark IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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K. Hansen……….. 4.1 9 8 8 2 8 23 25
M. Holmberg……… 2.2 3 1 1 2 1 11 13
Win – PRICE (2-0). Loss – K. Hansen (). Save – None.
WP – THOMSON. HBP – by THOMSON (F. Terkelsen); by PRICE (J. Low). PB – A.
Jorgensen.
Umpires – HP: Juan Maestre 1B: Dolejs Mirek 2B: Adam Downell
Start: 12:30 pm Time: 2:25 Attendance: 134
Game: PRAGUE2
Play-by-Play
2007 MEN’S WORLD CUP
USA at Denmark – Play-by-Play
Jun 19, 2007 at ISF World Cup 2007 (Krc Altron, Prague)
Score by Innings R H E
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USA…………….. 000 260 1 – 9 12 0
Denmark…………. 111 010 0 – 4 8 1
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USA starters: 11/c LALONDE; 5/2b CASCAES; 6/ss MORAGA; 27/1b DELARWELLE; 8/dh
DEGROAT; 33/cf HUNT; 4/rf PALAZZO; 13/3b MILLER D; 17/lf KANDOUS; 24/p THOMSON;
Denmark starters: 50/cf F. Terkelsen; 88/3b C.Niedoborsk; 2/rf M. Sorensen; 3/c
A. Jorgensen; 75/lf R. Sorensen; 72/1b J. Heller; 66/dh J. Panduro; 11/2b D.
Jensen; 5/ss A. Brewerton; 65/p K. Hansen;
USA 1st – LALONDE struck out looking. CASCAES singled to left field.
MORAGA doubled to left center; CASCAES advanced to third. DELARWELLE struck out
swinging. DEGROAT struck out swinging. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Denmark 1st – F. Terkelsen lined out to 3b. C.Niedoborsk struck out
swinging. M. Sorensen singled to right field. A. Jorgensen walked; M. Sorensen
advanced to second. R. Sorensen singled to center field, RBI; A. Jorgensen out
at second cf to c to ss; M. Sorensen scored. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1LOB.
USA 2nd – HUNT struck out swinging. PALAZZO struck out looking. MILLER D
struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Denmark 2nd – J. Heller grounded out to 2b. J. Panduro homered to center
field, RBI. D. Jensen singled to third base. A. Brewerton walked; D. Jensen
advanced to second. F. Terkelsen hit by pitch; A. Brewerton advanced to second;
D. Jensen advanced to third. C.Niedoborsk hit into double play 3b to c to 1b;
F. Terkelsen advanced to second; A. Brewerton advanced to third; D. Jensen out
on the play. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
USA 3rd – KANDOUS struck out swinging. LALONDE grounded out to p.
CASCAES popped up to c. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Denmark 3rd – M. Sorensen tripled to right field. A. Jorgensen struck
out swinging. R. Sorensen struck out swinging. M. Sorensen scored on a wild
pitch, unearned. J. Heller walked. HUNHOFF to p for THOMSON. J. Panduro
grounded out to 2b. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
USA 4th – MORAGA homered to left center, RBI. DELARWELLE struck out
swinging. DEGROAT homered to left center, RBI. HUNT singled to center field.
PALAZZO reached on a fielder’s choice; HUNT out at second 2b to ss. MILLER D
reached on a fielder’s choice; PALAZZO out at second ss to 2b. 2 runs, 3hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Denmark 4th – D. Jensen walked. D. Jensen out at second c to 2b, picked
off. A. Brewerton walked. A. Brewerton out at second c to 2b, caught stealing.
F. Terkelsen singled. C.Niedoborsk walked; F. Terkelsen advanced to second.
PRICE to p for HUNHOFF. F. Terkelsen out at third c to 3b, caught stealing.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
USA 5th – KANDOUS out at first p to 2b. LALONDE singled to right field.
LALONDE stole second. MILLER BLAKE pinch hit for CASCAES. MILLER BLAKE reached
on an error by lf; LALONDE scored. MORAGA singled to right field, RBI; MILLER
BLAKE scored. MORAGA advanced to second on a passed ball. DELARWELLE singled to
left field, RBI; MORAGA scored. DEGROAT singled to left field; DELARWELLE
advanced to second. GORING pinch ran for DELARWELLE. HUNT walked; DEGROAT
advanced to second; GORING advanced to third. DEVINE pinch ran for DEGROAT.
PALAZZO walked, RBI; HUNT advanced to second; DEVINE advanced to third; GORING
scored. M. Sorensen to c. A. Jorgensen to rf. M. Holmberg to p for K. Hansen.
MILLER D singled to center field, 2 RBI; PALAZZO advanced to third; HUNT
scored; DEVINE scored. KANDOUS walked; MILLER D advanced to second. LALONDE
flied out to rf. MILLER BLAKE flied out to lf. 6 runs, 5 hits, 1 error, 3LOB.
Denmark 5th – MILLER BLAKE to 2b. DELARWELLE to 1b for GORING. DEGROAT
to dh for DEVINE. M. Sorensen singled to right field. A. Jorgensen singled; M.
Sorensen advanced to third. R. Sorensen flied out to rf, RBI; A. Jorgensen out
at first rf to 1b to 2b to 1b; M. Sorensen scored. J. Heller flied out to lf.
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
USA 6th – MORAGA lined out to ss. DELARWELLE walked. DEGROAT flied out
to cf. HUNT lined out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Denmark 6th – J. Panduro flied out to rf. D. Jensen grounded out to p.
V.Tergkelsen pinch hit for A. Brewerton. V.Tergkelsen struck out looking. 0runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
USA 7th – A. Brewerton to ss for V.Tergkelsen. PALAZZO grounded out to
ss. MILLER D singled. MILLER D stole second. KANDOUS struck out. LALONDE
singled, RBI; MILLER D scored. MILLER BLAKE flied out to cf. 1 run, 2 hits,0 errors, 1 LOB.
Denmark 7th – F. Terkelsen popped up to 3b. J. Low pinch hit for
C.Niedoborsk. J. Low hit by pitch. J. Low out at second c to ss, caught
stealing. M. Sorensen grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0LOB.