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After suffering two tough one-run losses earlier in the day, the USA Jr. Men came out victorious in their third game of the day, against Mexico. The USA won the game in extra innings, scoring the walk-off victory in the bottom of the international tie breaker.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Game Time Field Team Team Results
30 – Resch’d 7:00am I New Zealand vs. United States 4 – 3
29 – Resch’d 8:30am II Japan vs. Mexico 2 – 6
43 9:30am I New Zealand vs. Czech Republic 11 – 2
44 11:00am II United States vs. Argentina 4 – 5
45 12:00pm I Mexico vs. Canada 2 – 15
46 1:30pm II Australia vs. Venezuela 11 – 4
47 2:30pm I South Africa vs. Denmark 15 – 0
48 4:00pm II Botswana vs. Czech Republic 3 – 5
49 5:00pm I Japan vs. Argentina 8 – 1
50 6:30pm II United States vs. Mexico 7 – 6
51 7:30pm I Denmark vs. Canada 0 – 7
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Live broadcasts of the 8th ISF Junior Men’s World Championships begin at 12 noon, Thursday, June 26, 2008.
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Game 52 – 12:00pm – Australia vs. United States
Game 54 – 2:30pm – Argentina vs. Botswana
Game 56 – 5:00pm – New Zealand vs. Australia
Game 58 – 7:30pm – Canada vs. Japan
Kyle Smith and Jim Flanagan will be bringing you live audio from the final four days of the tournament. They’ll set up shop on Field number 1 on Thursday, and will broadcast every game that is played on that field until the medals are awarded on Sunday, June 29, 2008.
This tournament only comes along every four years, so you don’t want to miss it. To listen, just click the BALLPARKRADIO logo above, and then the “click to listen” button. Turn on your computer speakers, and you’ll feel like you’re right there in Whitehorse.
All Game Times are Pacific Daylight time (PDT) Adjust for your time zone.
Full Broadcast Schedule After the Jump:
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The USA Jr. Men ran into some hard luck on Wednesday, June 25, 2008, Day 6 of the ISF Junior Men’s World Championships, dropping two one-run games, 3-2 against New Zealand, in extra innings, and 5-4 against Argentina, dropping their record in the tournament to 3-4. Things won’t get any easier for the club, which has yet to play the top two teams in the tournament, Australia (7-0), and Canada (6-1).
30 – Resch’d 7:00am I New Zealand vs. United States 4-3
44 11:00am II United States vs. Argentina 4-5
The USA squad has three games remaining, 12 noon, Thursday vs. Australia, 12noon Friday vs. the Czech Republic, and 7:30 Friday vs. Host Canada. All three are slated for broadcast on Ballparkradio.com
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Game Time Field Team Team Results
30 – Resch’d 7:00am I New Zealand vs. United States 4-3
29 – Resch’d 8:30am II Japan vs. Mexico 2-6
43 9:30am I New Zealand vs. Czech Republic 11-2
44 11:00am II United States vs. Argentina 4-5
45 12:00pm I Mexico vs. Canada 2-15
46 1:30pm II Australia vs. Venezuela
47 2:30pm I South Africa vs. Denmark
48 4:00pm II Botswana vs. Czech Republic
49 5:00pm I Japan vs. Argentina
50 6:30pm II United States vs. Mexico
51 7:30pm I Denmark vs. Canada
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Tuesday, June 24, 2008
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Game Time Field Team Team Results
27 – Resch’d 7:00am I South Africa vs. Argentina 3 – 15
26 – Resch’d 8:30am II Botswana vs. Canada 1 – 9
34 9:30am I South Africa vs. Mexico 6 – 9
35 11:00am II Botswana vs. United States 0 – 15
36 12:00pm I Japan vs. New Zealand 8 – 7
37 1:30pm II Argentina vs. Australia 3 – 6
38 2:30pm I Denmark vs. Mexico 0 – 10
39 4:00pm II Venezuela vs. United States 4-12
40 5:00pm I South Africa vs. New Zealand 0-7
41 6:30pm II Botswana vs. Japan 2-11
42 7:30pm I Australia vs. Canada 3-1
28 – Resch’d 9:00pm II Venezuela vs. Czech Republic 9-2
Record Crowds Gathered
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Australia 3, Canada 1
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There wasn’t a seat to be had last night. Early estimates say between 1500-1800 people gathered to watch Australia take on Canada last night. Both teams went into this game undefeated so it was bound to be a close match up.
Australia is the defending three time world champion. They took Canada 3-1 after 7 innings. Fans can expect to see both these teams continue on to the finals.
Thinking about your weekend plans? Don’t forget that world class softball competition continues until June 29. There is undoubtedly a lot of nail-biting action left to come.
USA Jr. Men to Play New Zealand at 7:00 a.m. Wednesday in Rescheduled Rainout Game
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The USA Jr. Men will be up early on Wednesday– they’ll be on the field by 6am and playing by 7am in a reschedule game against one of the top ranked teams, New Zealand. The game was originally slated for 4:00 pm Monday afternoon, but was one of a number of games washed out by rain.
“The Dower Report” from Herb Dower:
Fat City won the Grass Valley Tournament over the June 21-22 weekend.
They defeated Brotherton Pipe of Oregon. which finished third in the Boatnik Tournament in Grants Pass last month, in the finals, 7-4.
In Sunday’s single-elimination, Fat City trailed one of the local teams, 5-0, going into the fifth inning before coming back to win to stay alive.
Brotherton Pipe is the same team that finished second in the Class C Nationals in Stockton while playing under the Global Pacific banner, losing in the finals to Pennslyvania Power. They are a good team.
Earlier at Grass Valley they defeated Santa Rosa Fastpitch 8-0 in five innings.
Santa Rosa was 1-2, winning its opening game Saturday 10-9 with a four-run rally in the bottom of the seventh inning and then losing Sunday, 7-5, in a five-inning time-limit game.