Kiwi team open tour with two wins

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Received: 7/2/06 3:24:35 AM 
From:  Vance <vanf(at)ihug.co.nz> 

  
Subject:  Kiwi team open tour with two wins  


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Kiwi team open tour with two wins
Sunday July 2nd 2006

The New Zealand Under 19 Men’s Development team have opened theirAustralian
tour today with two good wins in the Friendship Series at NewSouth
Wales Softball Park, Sydney.

While the New Zealand team may not have played any softball in
the lastthree months that didn’t stop them from tasting success
today as firstthey defeated Australia Gold 4-3 and then backed
that up with a 2-1 winover New South Wales Country.

Against Australia Gold the Kiwi team always had the lead, after
scoringthe opening run of the game in the second innings they
then added anothertwo in the third inning and one more in the
sixth. Australia Gold stagedtheir fight back late in the game
picking up two runs in the sixth inningand one more in the seventh.

For the New Zealand team James Pointon of Wellington started
the game onthe mound and pitched the opening five innings facing
17 batters andtaking four strikeouts while giving up four walks
and one hit. HawkesBay’s Tamihana Hokianga came into the game
as relief pitcher for NewZealand in the sixth inning and faced
12 batters, he gave up two walks,two hits and three runs while
taking four strikeouts. 

The stand out performer with the bat for New Zealand was Jamie
Love fromAuckland who picked up two hits in the game including
a home run fromthree at bats.  

In the second game of the day New Zealand were made to fight
hard fortheir 2-1 victory over NSW Country with the winning run
of the gamecoming in the bottom of the final inning.

New Zealand opened the scoring in the bottom of the second inning
whenBen Enoka of Auckland scored on a wild pitch after originally
getting onbase via a hit. NSW Country levelled in the scores
in the third inningbefore the Kiwis struck the decisive blow
in the fifth inning.

New Zealand scored the winning run in the fifth and final inning
whenMatthew Baxter from Canterbury crossed home plate on a wild
pitch aftergetting on base with a walk. With a time limit in
place the game wasrestricted to five innings. 

On the mound for New Zealand David McKenzie of Counties Manukau
wasstrong as he faced 16 batters and gave up just two hits and
one walkwhile taking seven strikeouts. Jamie Love came into the
game in the fifthinning to pitch the final innings for New Zealand
and faced four batterstaking two strikeouts while giving up one
walk. 

The Friendship Series continues tomorrow for New Zealand as they
take onAustralia Green at 11am and Titans at 1pm. 



By SNZ Media Liaison: Kelly Mitchell
* mailto:kelly.mitchell at xtra.co.nz 

http://www.softball.org.nz/
*mailto:snz at softball.org.nz 


Cheers Vance 
Softball New Zealand web master.
* mailto:vanf at ihug.co.nz 

 

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