ISF WorldCup Prague - final

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ISF WorldCup Prague - final
Sunday, June 24, 2007 

Game 39

USA - 5
Venezuela - 2


Game 40

Japan - 2
USA - 0


WORLD CUP Men - Day 7, Championship - JAPAN WON THE FIRST WORLD
MEN'S CUP

After embarrassing defeat from Japan US team came back today
beating 
Venezuela 5:2. Travis Price trew a good game against dangerous
venezuelan 
hitters.

Champioship Game:
Kunihiko Iida pitched one hitter game against USA in front of
4-5 thousand 
spectators in a live broadcast game of the Czech national TV.
8 hits by 
japanese hitters made the difference. What stats does not show
is we had 
the great game eneded up with double play with runners on first
and second, 
one out. Iida fielded the ground ball and instead of throwing
to third he 
had turned the ball in to the second fo succesfull doulbe play,
which ended 
the game.

Crowd appeciated nice plays from both teams but Japan got their
heart.

Individual awards:
Best Pitcher: Kunihiko Iida (Japan)
Best Hitter: Hiraku Yokoyama (Japan)
MVP: Christopher Delawelle (USA)
Homeruns: Frank De Groet (USA)

We had the best tournament ever played in Europe. Thanks to all
teams, 
umpires and organizers for this great introduction of mens fastball
to 
Europe !!!
Pavel Prachar



ISF WORLD CUP - DAY 7

CHAMPIONSHIP GAME: Japan vs United States


Game: 40 Date: 24.06.2007 Time: 17:30 Field: Krè Altron - 
central

Inning 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E LOB
V United States of America (USA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3
H Japan (JAP) 1 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 8 2 5

Winning Pitcher:
Kunihiko Iida
Losing Pitcher:
Sonny Perkins
Umpire:
Hora HP, Tùma 1B, Vedlich 2B, Dolejs 3B



USA Line Up: 1. LaLonde CF, 2. Miljavac RF, 3. Moraga SS, 4.

Delarwelle 1B, 5. DeGroat V, 6. Divine DP, 7. Miller B. 2B, 8.
Cascaes 3B, 
9. Hunt LF, 10. Perkins FLEX P

Japan Line UP: 1. Suzuki LF, 2. Yokohama CF, 3. Ishimura RF,
4. 
Ono DP, 5. Sakai 3B, 6. Yamasaki C, 7. Hazeyama SS, 8. Tanaka
1B, 9. 
Nishimori 2B, 10. Iida FLEX P

1st inning USA: at bat LaLonde: pop fly out to SS, at bat 
Miljavac: pop fly out to 2B, at bat Moraga: pop fly out to LF;
0 RUNs, 0 
HITs, 0 ERR, 0 LOB

1st inning Japan: at bat Suzuki: groundball hit to 3B + ERROR
by 
3B = runner at 1B, at bat Yokohama: SAC bunt to 3B + ERROR by
3B = runners 
at 1B+2B, at bat Ishimura: SAC bunt out to 1B-2B at 1st = runners
at 2B+3B, 
at bat Ono: SAC Fly out to LF = 1 RBI + runner at 2B, at bat
Sakai: 
groundball out to 2B-1B; 1 RUN, 0 HIT, 2 ERR, 1 LOB

2nd inning USA: at bat Delarwelle: strike out, at bat DeGroat:

strike out, at bat Divine: strike out; 0 RUNs, 0 HITS, 0 ERR,
0 LOB

2nd inning Japan: at bat Yamasaki: double hit to CF = runner
at 
2B, at bat Hazeyama: pop fly out at RF = runner at 2B, at bat
Tanaka: pop 
fly runing bunt at 1B, at bat Nishimori: single hit to LF + tag
out at home 
plate on runner from 2nd; 0 RUN, 2 HITs, 0 ERR, 1 LOB

3rd inning USA: at bat Miller B: chop hit out to 3rd baseman
- 
1B, at bat Cascaes: strike out, at bat Hunt: strike out; 0 RUN,
0 HIT, 0 
ERR, 0 LOB

3rd inning Japan: at bat Suzuki: chop ground ball out to P-1B,

at bat Yokohama: single hit to CF = runner at 1B, at bat Ishimura:
SAC bunt 
pop fly out to Catcher, at bat Ono: (Yokohama stolen base), Ono:
fly out at 
LF, excellent catch by USA left fielrder; 0 RUNs, 1 HIT, 0 ERR,
1 LOB

4th inning USA: at bat LaLonde: single hit to LF = runner at
1B, 
at bat Miljavac: groundball to P - force out at 2b = runner at
1B, at bat 
Moraga: (Miljavac stolen base), Moraga: SAC fly out to LF = runner
moved to 
3B, at bat Delarwelle: pop fly out to 1B, 0 RUNs, 1 HITs, 0 ERR,
1 LOB

4th inning Japan: at bat Sakai: pop fly out at RF, at bat 
Yamasaki: strike out, at bat Hazeyama: base on balls = runner
at 1B, at bat 
Tanaka: single hit to LF = runners at 1B+2B, at bat Nishimori:
(runners 
moved on wild pitch) runners at 2B+3B, Nishimori: strike out;
0 RUNs, 1 HIT, 
0 ERR, 1 LOB

5th inning USA: at bat DeGroat:strike out, at bat Divine: 
groundball out to 2B-1B, at bat Miller B: ground ball out to
2B-1B; 0 RUNs, 
0 HITs, 0 ERR, 0 LOB

5th inning Japan: at bat Suzuki:groundball out to 2B-1B, at bat

Yokohama: running bunt to 3B = runner at 1B, at bat Ishimura:(Yokohama

caught stealing on 1 ball 1 strike), IShimura: single hit to
CF = runner at 
1B, at bat Ono: groundball out to 1B; 0 RUNs, 2 HITs, 0 ERR,
1 LOB

6th inning USA: at bat Cascaes: line drive out at 2B, at bat

Hunt: base on balls = runner at 1B, at bat LaLonde: pop fly out
to 1B, at 
bat Miljavac: line drive out to SS; 0 RUNs, 0 HITs, 0 ERR, 1
LOB

6th inning Japan: at bat Sakai: chop hit over 3rd baseman = 
runner at 1B, at bat Yamasaki: chop hit over 1st baseman = runners
at 1B+3B, 
at bat Hazeyama: groundball to 2B = double palay force out at
2B and batter 
out at 1B + 1RBI, at bat Tanaka: strike out; 1 RUN, 2 HITs, 0
ERR, 0 LOB

7th inning USA: at bat Moraga: hit by pitch = runner at 1B, at

bat Delarwelle: short groundball to 3B + throwing ERROR by 3B
= runners at 
1B+2B, at bat DeGroat:strike out, at bat Divine: ground ball
to P = double 
play P-SS-1B; 0 RUNs, 0 HITs, 1 ERR, 2 LOB, ballgame





Prague, Czech Republic June 21, 2007 

  
  
Decos EHS upsets Denmark 10-7 
  
In a very spectacular game which took more then 3 hours, the
Decos EHS team beats their European rivals from Denmark. A very
intense game where Decos EHS was always in command. Kiwi Michael
Cameron was 3-3 with a double and 2 RBI's. Rody Stam went 2-4
with a triple and 3 RBI's. Gillis and Welsh shared the pitching
duties and did a great job holding the Danish National Team to
only 8 hits.
 
Other scores on the official website via www.demo-ehs.nl 
 
  
Boxscore: 
  
Denmark 0-0-1-1-3-0-2 = 7-8-2 
Decos EHS 3-0-1-0-2-3-1 = 10-9-1 
  
  
  
Pitching: 
Denmark: Martin Holmberg (LP) 7-5-6 (5inn) 
              Jesper Panduro  2-0-1 (1inn) 
Decos EHS: Doug Gillis (WP) 3-4-2 (4.3 inn)
                Jared Welsh 4-2-5 (2.7 inn)  
  
Norman Ames 
Decos EHS Fastpitch, Haarlem, The Netherlands 
  
E-mail:  norman.ames at gielissen.nl 
Homepage:  www.demo-ehs.nl 


ISF WORLD CUP - DAY 6

When USA lost to Venezuela in Friday late night game 5:6 and
Japan beat 
Venezuela on Saturday morning 7:5, first three team were tied.
Runs against 
rule ranked US team first, Japan second and Venezuela third for
semifinals.
First semifinal went easy for Venezuela against Dutch selection
Demo EHS. In 
the bottom of third Accacio hit the triple followed by two homeruns
and Doug 
Gillis was replaced by Michael Cameron, however he cannot stop
Venezuela 
from hitting another homerun and finished the game in øth inning
8:0.
Evening game USA - Japan begun quietly with no runs in first
two innings. 
But in the top of third japan came with their great offensive
weapon - 
infiled hits and slaps combined with speed and scored 7 runs
against Travis 
Price. He was than replaced by Sonny Perkins but Japan continued
in their 
exhibition until score was 12:2 in the fith inning. Japanese
pitchers 
Murasato and Namagutchi allowed 4 hits (one homerun by Chris
Miljavac in the 
bottom of fifth

Sundays Finals:
14,00 USA - Venzuela
17,30 Japan - winner of previous game

For more info incl. play-by play and photos see official tournament
website: 
http://worldcup07.czechsoftball.com/

Pavel Prachar
Technical Commission
pracharpavel at gmail.com



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.
 

Brian McCall
bmccall at softball.org

STATS GAME 9 





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