Canada Fall to USA at Pan Am Championships

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Canada Fall to USA at Pan Am Championships

(HERMOSILLO - Mexico) - Canada's record dropped to 1-1 at the
Pan American Softball Championships in Hermosillo, Mexico after
a 4-3 loss to the United States.

The Americans broke a scoreless tie in the bottom of the 5th
inning without the aid of a hit. Chris Miljavac reached base
on a 2 out bunt attempt when Canadian 1st baseman Derek Mayson`s
(North Vancouver, BC) flip throw went wide of Ian Fehrman (Townsend,
ON) who was covering 1st on the play. A wild pitch and a passed
ball allowed Miljavac to come around and score.

Canada answered in the top of the 6th inning starting with a
lead off single by Fehrman and a walk by Kevin Schellenberg (Squammish,
BC). The runners were moved to 2nd and 3rd on a sacrifice bunt
by Ryan Wolfe. USA pitcher Travis Price walked pinch hitter Rob
Gray to load the bases. Tim Macumber (Newport, NS) then drove
a ball deep to center field which was caught just in front of
the fence scoring Fehrman to tie the game. Schellenberg also
tried to score but was cut down on a close play at the plate.

Team USA scored 3 in the bottom of the 6th on a 3 run home run
by third baseman Landy Rodrigues off relief pitcher Rick Smith
(Duncan, BC).

Canada scrapped back in the top of the 7th inning with a lead
off single by Pat Mackintosh (Saskatoon, SK). He would later
score on a single by Steve Mullaley (St. John's, NFLD). Mullaley
would score on a single by Schellenberg. Catcher Chris Shewfelt
hit a shot to the right field corner that looked like sure extra
bases but right field Chris Miljavac made a tremendous running
catch for the 2nd out. Relief pitcher Paul Algar was able to
strike out pinch hitter Jeff Ellsworth (Alberton, PEI) to end
the game.

Rob O'Brien (Elora, ON) started for Canada in the circle and
gave up 1 run on 4 hits with 5 strikeouts before being relieved
by Smith. Smith was credited with the loss giving up 3 runs on
2 hits.

Canada faces Puerto Rico on October 2nd at 10:00 am and Venezuela
at 5:00 pm in a bid to improve their record to 3-1.

-SC-

For more information, please contact

Rick Picard
Director, Marketing and Communications
Softball Canada
rpicard(at)softball.ca
(613) 523-3386

 

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