Canada Crushes Venezuela, Off to Championship Game

[Al Doran]

From: "Mat Gentès" <mgentes(at)softball.ca>
Subject: Canada Crushes Venezuela, Off to Championship Game



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Canada Crushes Venezuela, Off to Championship Game
December 3rd, 2005

(Ottawa) Canada’s Women’s National team defeated Venezuela 10-0 at the VI 
Pan American
Softball Championship and will now face the United States in the 
championship game.

Lauren Bay (Trail, BC) got the start for Canada, making her first 
appearance and earning
her first win of the tournament, with Robin Mackin (Newmarket, ON) coming 
on in relief.

Cindy Eadie (Brantford, ON) led off the 2nd inning with a single, followed 
by a Brittany
Freight (Las Vegas, NV) double.  With two on, Kristy Odamura (Richmond, BC) 
loaded the
bases with an infield single.  Sheena Lawrick (Calgary, AB) drove in two 
runs on a
grounder to the short stop that was misplayed allowing Eadie and Freight to 
cross home
plate.  Odamura continued the assault by scoring on a wild pitch.  Alison 
Bradley
(Pinkerton, ON) followed up with an RBI single that brought home 
Lawrick.  The inning
was not over as Erin Cumpstone (Saskatoon, SK) reached on an error by the 
Venezuelan
third baseman, Megan Timpf (Port Dover, ON) then re-loaded the bases with a 
walk.
Bradley would make it 5-0 when she scored on a wild pitch.

Canada added three more runs in the 3rd inning and one more in the 4th  and 
5th innings
to seal the victory.

Stats:
R; Bradley-2, Lawrick-2, Willis-2, Eadie, Freight, Odamura, Cumpstone,
1B; Bradley-2, Odamura, Eadie, Marin, Willis,
2B; Marin, Freight, Odamura,
RBI's; Bradley-2, Marin, Odamura, Willis
Pitching:
Bay (WP)
IP; 3
H; 1
K's; 5
BB's; 3,
Runs; 0
ERA; 0
Mackin
IP;2
Hits; 0
K's; 3
BB's; 0,
R; 0
ERA; 0



For more information:
Ron Gallinger
Softball Canada
(613) 523-3386 ext. 3101
rgallinger(at)softball.ca

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