Team NS at 2009 Canada Games - Tuesday Results

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From:  Barry Smith <bsmith at ns.sympatico.ca> 
  
Subject:  Team NS at 2009 Canada Games - Tuesday Results  


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Tuesday saw Nova Scotia split a pair of games in Summerside,
defeating New Brunswick 4-2 in the afternoon contest while losing
10-0 to British Columbia in the late game.

Lyndsey LeBlanc’s clutch 2 RBI single in the 5th inning broke
open a 1-0 game. NS would plate 3 in the inning to go ahead 4-0
but New Brunswick chipped away with 1 run in each of the 6th
and would bring the tying run to the plate in the 7th before
Holly Denny shut the door in relief of Meghan Brown. Brown was
strong in her 6 innings of work, giving up just 3 hits and 1
run while striking out 6. Laura MacKay and Lyndsay Oakes both
had two hits for Team NS.

Erin Freeze had a single and a double to lead the NB attack.
Alecia O’Brien threw a complete game in taking the loss, allowing
8 hits and striking out 7.

Nova Scotia knew in advance that the BC match up would be a tough
one. Many people are picking the squad from the west coast as
one of the favourites to take home the gold medal. Unlike Monday’s
game against Ontario, NS held tough for 6 innings but in the
end the strong BC batting lineup and the pitching of Courtenay
Cronin were just too much to handle. 

First baseman Kelsey Haberl and catcher Charlotte Dolan showed
why they had been chosen to play with the Women’s National
Team this summer. Haberl launched two home runs and narrowly
missed a third one when she doubled off the top of the left field
fence while Dolan finished with two doubles.. Paige Collings
also had a double and two singles in three trips to the plate.
Many Nova Scotians remember Cronin from the 2008 Midget Nationals
where she led the Surrey Storm to the gold. She finished the
contest with 16 strikeouts over 6 innings, allowing just one
hit, a first inning single by Lyndsey LeBlanc.

Team Nova Scotia's record moves to 2-3 and will take on Quebec
Wednesday morning at 10 AM at the Evangeline Field in Abram Village
and move to O’Leary for a 4 PM start vs Saskatchewan.
 

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