Canada Games Softball Competition – Day 6 Results

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August 22nd2009

 

Canada Games Softball Competition – Day 6 Results

 

Highlights of the Day

 

British Columbia 2, Ontario 1. In a very exciting Gold medal
game, British Columbia came out on top with a 2-1 win against
Ontario. Both teams had very solid pitching and played good defence,
but Paige Collings’ (Delta, BC) solo homerun in the bottom of
the fourth proved to be the difference. 
 

BC opened the scoring in the bottomof the third inning, as they
quickly loaded the bases when Corrine Doornberg(Langley, BC)
led off with a single, Andrea Stevenson (Delta, BC) walked, and
KelseyHaberl (Burnaby, BC) reached on an error. Charlotte Dolan
then hit a sacrificefly ball in foul territory in left field
to allow Doornberg to tag up fromthird and score. Ontario wasted
no time in responding as Jillian Russell(Bryon, ON) smashed a
solo homerun to right-center field to tie the game at1-1. However,
BC re-took the lead when Paige Collings (Delta, BC) hit a solohomerun
of her own to left field to lead off the following inning. Ontariothreatened
in the fifth by getting a leadoff double by Meagan Baird (Ajax,
ON),but Baird was later retired at home trying to score from
third on a grounder tothe pitcher and BC escaped the inning with
the lead intact.

 

Ontario kept the pressure on in thesixth as well by they loaded
the bases with two outs after an error and twowalks, but was
not able to push anyone across to score as Nicole Sidor (WestVancouver,
BC) got a big strikeout to get out of the inning. 

 

Both teams elected to go with twopitchers in the game, as British
Columbia started Courtenay Cronin (Delta BC)who pitched five
innings allowing only one run on four hits with fourstrikeouts.
Sidor shut the door in relief to earn the save, throwing twohitless
innings with 3 strikeouts. For Ontario, Tina Andreanna (Oakville,
ON)three innings, allowing two runs on six hits before being
replaced by LaceyDinney (Binbrook, ON) who pitched the final
three innings without allowing ahit.

 

BC won its second consecutive Goldmedal in women’s softball and
third Gold in the history of the Canada Games.Ontario was awarded
with the Silver medal, while Quebec took home the Bronze.

 

 

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