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1 10:00AM , DENMARK 4, BOTSWANA 1
2 11:00AM PHILIPPINES 4, GREAT BRITAIN 3
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3 12:00PM CZECH REPUBLIC 8, SOUTH AFRICA 6
4 1:00PM AUSTRALIA 7, VENEZUELA 0
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5 2:00PM PUERTO RICO 9, INDONESIA 0
6 3:00PM JAPAN 10, MEXICO 3
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5:30PM OPENING CEREMONIES

7 7:00PM ARGENTINA VS CANADA 8,
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8 9:00PM NEW ZEALAND 15, UNITED STATES 0
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Martin Jorge, Editor of Softballnewsla.com (“Softball News Latin America), based in Argentina.(Martin is in Saskatoon)

Rough translation of story by our friend Martin Jorge of Softballnews.la:
(Sometimes Google Translate is humorous, but you get the gist of the story)

Australia beat Venezuela by 7 to 0. Adam Folkard 1 hitter

Australia just beat Venezuela 7 to 0 in what marked the introduction of both teams in the World Softball Championship, which began to dispute today in Saskatoon, Canada. Adam Folkard stole the show, throwing a perfect game for 6 2 / 3 innings, closing the door to line up venezonalno. The only one who could connect ojeda hit was Carlos, who found an unstoppable between short and third base with two outs in the seventh inning.

Australlian took the lead in the first entry with two entries, and thus took control of the game and the scoreboard. The pitcher Adam Folkard could not be anything to rival batters while John Garcia threw a neat game. At the top of the fourth, a new glimmer of Australia increased the difference, while Venezuela could not do anything against a rival pitcher’s deliveries, who was still throwing a perfect game.

At the top of the seventh, Australia would define the game with 4 runs to put the game 7 to 0 and away from the tops. All that remained was to see if your perfect game Folkard close to the closing of the seventh. And things iban prefect for Australian pitcher, who promptly won the first two outs of the period. Only one out of the game is separated perefecto and history. A bat out the emerging Carlos Ojeda, who connected from the first two pitches foul of the account. Two strikes, no balls, Folkard fired a missile through the center of the plate, Ojeda range, Australia celebrates the feat of his pitcher, but a cry from the first base Umpire stops the breath of all. Launching illegal, one ball and two strikes to the batter, and again to the battle. Flokard throws two balls in succession, Ojeda is not fooled, complete account. Australian pitcher tries to put out the batter with a Venezuelan climber on the inside corner, but Ojeda connects unstoppable ball and breaks the perfect game for Folkard.

Ending the game a batter later, when then launch another illegal, Ojeda was caught in the third pad for the last out of the game. In this way, debuted in Australia with an impressive World filing its launcher, while Venezuela was an inspired Folkard not allowed anything in the whole game.

In other results, Botswana beat Denmark by 4 to 1, while the Philippines beat United Kingdom by 4 to 3.

Al Doran of Al’s Fastball is in Saskatoon and will be providing regular reports to the fastball community. We’ll post some excerpts here at Morning Brief, courtesy of Al, but be sure to log into his site to read the full reports. Click the familiar blue logo above to read his pre-tournament notes to date, including this item:

3pm or so walked over to see who was on the other diamonds, close to BVI and to GHP. Argentina was having a practice and some of the guys I had met in Midland gave me a wave.
Over to another diamond where Team USA was playing the team from the Czech Republic. Paul Koert was pitching and USA were up about 6-0 when I left to go back to the main diamond.

Before I left, Ty McKinney came over and greeted me, what a gentleman. A number of the other members of Team USA waved and smiled. Its nice to know the ball players are not upset with me for taking a stand on the Paul Algar issue. Hopefully they know they have someone to turn to if things ever take a bad turn for one of them. It should not be this way but once in awhile politics seeps into fastball.

I am told the Kiwis plan to play full out tomorrow evening against Team USA and that the Haka they sometimes perform will be intense. This is the first game for the Kiwis so it would be natural if they do perform the Haka.

Editor’s note: The controversy over Paul Algar is detailed in an earlier post from Al: Paul Algar – Ready to pitch for Black Sox – Blocked by ASA ? In short, the report is that the ASA/USA refused to release Paul Algar to New Zealand, so Algar is back home in Illinois, and not on the Black Sox’s ISF Roster. As the fastball gods would have it, the two teams will meet on Opening night, 9pm Saskatoon time. Emotions figure to be high for this one.