Japan run-rules USA 12-2 in opening game of playoffs at ISF Men's World Cup

[Al's Fastball News]

Received: 6/24/07 9:37:24 AM 
From:  "Brian McCall" <bmccall(at)softball.org> 



Subject:  Japan run-rules USA 12-2 in opening game of playoffs
at ISF Men's World Cup  

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Japan run-rules USA 12-2 inopening game of playoffs at ISF Men’s
World Cup

 

PRAGUE, CZ---Japan advanced to the championship game of the ISF
WorldCup with a resounding 12-2 five inning win over the USA
Men’s NationalTeam on  Saturday evening before a crowd of more
than 1,200 people.

 

Japanwhich had lost earlier to the United Statesin round robin,
rocked two USApitchers for 12 runs and 11 hits, including five
infield singles, to advance toSunday’s championship round.

 

The USA, meanwhile,collected only five hits off two Japanese
pitchers and will face Venezuela Sunday at 2 p.m. with the winneradvancing
to face Japanin the championship final. Venezuela(8-1) shutout
DeMo EHS (5-4) of the Netherlands, 8-0 in the earlierplayoff
game to advance.

 

Japanpounded USA pitchers TravisPrice (Santa Ana, Calif.and Sonny
Perkins (St. Michael’s, Ariz.for 11 hits. Price hurled the first
three innings, allowing seven runs andseven hits in the third
inning. Perkins entered the game in the fourth inningand allowed
five runs on four hits.

 

The seven run Japanthird included a solo homer by shortstop Ryuji
Hazeyama. Left fielder KiensakusNishio also had a single in the
inning and scored a run.

 

Japanused two pitchers to limit the USAto a run in the third
inning on an RBI single by catcher Frank DeGroat (Ringwood, N.J.)
and asolo homer to right center by Chris Miljavac (St. Joseph,
Mo.in the fifth inning.

  

Miljavac, who had a single in the third inning and was the only
USA player with at least two hits, hit his firsthomer of the
World Cup off Japanhurler Tatsuya Hamaguchi, who entered the
game for starter Kazutaka Murasato inthe fifth inning. Murasato
hurled the first four innings allowing one run on fourhits. Hamaguchi
hurled the last inning and surrendered one hit and the second
USArun.

 

 

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