Canada Games Softball Competition – Day 1 Results

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

August 16th, 2009

 

Canada Games Softball Competition – Day 1 Results

 

Highlights of the Day 

 

British Columbia 8, Newfoundland and Labrador 0. In the first
of two games at Veterans Memorial Field in Alberton, British
Columbia cruised to an 8-0 win in four and a half innings behind
a combined no-hitter by pitchers Courtney Cronin (Delta, BC)
and Nicole Sidor (West Vancouver, BC), who combined for 12 strikeouts.
2007 Junior Women’s National Team player Corrine Doornberg (Langley,
BC) was three-for-three at the plate, while Lindsay McElroy (Tsawwassen,
BC) added a double and a single. BC scored single runs in the
first and second innings before pushing across four in the third.
They added two in the fourth to complete the 8-0 score.
 

Alberta 1, Nova Scotia 0. In a very exciting opening game at
VIV Field in Summerside, PEI, Alberta scored the winning run
in the bottom of the sixth to open the tournament with a victory.
Nova Scotia seemed in control for most of the game, producing
six hits off Alberta pitcher Camille Czarnecki (Edmonton, AB),
but strong defensive play kept them off the board. In the bottom
of the sixth, Kaitlyn Dougherty (Calgary, AB) walked, moved to
third on two passed balls and scored on a fielder’s choice with
a beautiful slide to avoid the tag from the catcher at home.
Czarnecki struck out eight batters to earn the win in the pitcher’s
circle.
 

Manitoba 5, New Brunswick 0. In the second game played at Veterans
Memorial Field in Alberton, Manitoba pitcher Sarah Shotton (Winnipeg,
MB) fired 16 strikeouts in a seven inning 5-0 shutout win over
New Brunswick. The Manitoba bats produced eight hits and took
advantage of four errors to score their runs, led by Macey Hickes
(Winnipeg, MB) who had a double and a single and scored two runs,
and Adrianna Boychuk (Portage la Prairie, MB) who also registered
a double and a single with one run scored.    
 

Ontario 10, Prince Edward Island 0. Ontario proved to be too
much for Prince Edward Island, as Ontario pitchers Lacey Dinney
(Binbrook, ON) and Natalie Becker (Waterloo, ON) combined for
a no-hitter, and Meagan Baird (Ajax, ON) broke the game open
with a base-clearing double to drive in three runs in the top
of the fifth. Ontario had gotten off to a great start, taking
advantage of two errors to score a pair of runs in the top of
the first, added another in the second and two in the fourth
before exploding with five in the fifth. Dinney struck out 11
batters in four innings of work, while Becker struck out all
three batters she faced. The game was called after five innings
due to the run rule.
 

Quebec 4, Saskatchewan 3 (8 innings). Quebec and Saskatchewan
battled into an extra inning in a great game between two very
evenly matched teams that featured fantastic defensive plays
on both sides, highlighted by several great plays by Quebec third
baseman Julie-Anne Knerr (Pierrefonds, QC). Pitchers Caroline
Champoux (Terrebonne, QC) from Quebec and Maria Buckingham (Shellbrook,
SK) from Saskatchewan battled back in forth in the pitcher’s
circle, each allowing three runs. Saskatchewan’s Alicia Eger
led all batters at the plate with three singles, while teammate
Desiree Ates (Regina SK) smashed a solo homerun in the bottom
of the fifth to tie the game at 3-3 to later force an extra inning.
In the top of the eighth, with Katheryne Robert-LeBlanc (Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu,
QC) starting on second base due to the international tie-breaker
rule, Quebec was able to sacrifice her to third and she later
scored on a groundout to the pitcher to take the 4-3 lead. With
a runner also starting on second base, Saskatchewan sacrificed
her to third, but she was thrown out at home on the very next
play on a great catch and throw by Knerr.  
 

Game results are posted on both the Canada Games website(www.2009canadagames.ca)
and theSoftball Canada website (http://www.softball.ca/page.asp?id=217shortly
after each game.

 

For more information and media inquiries, please contact:

 

Gilles LeBlanc

Manager - Marketing and Communications Services

gleblanc at softball.ca

(902) 626-7878 – Canada Games Cell Phone

 

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