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<BODY><div>Sent from my BlackBerry device on the Rogers Wireless Network</div><hr/><div><b>From: </b> "Softball Canada" <newsletter@softball.ca>
</div><div><b>Date: </b>Sun, 01 Jul 2012 23:16:58 -0400</div><div><b>To: </b>Al's Fastball News<Fastball@pmihrm.com></div><div><b>Subject: </b>Softball Canada Media Release / Communiqué de presse</div><div><br/></div>
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<P align='center'><FONT color='red'><B>US World Cup of Softball VII - Games 4 and 5</B></FONT></P>
<P>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
<BR>July 1, 2012
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<B>Canada Sweeps Doubleheader, will play for Bronze at US World Cup of Softball VII</B>
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(Oklahoma City, OK) After dropping its first three games at the US World Cup of Softball VII, the Canadian Women's National Team needed two wins to secure a spot in the Bronze medal game and did not disappoint, first beating Puerto Rico by a score of 7-0 in five innings, and then defeating Brazil 13-0 in four innings.
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In the first game against Puerto Rico, Canada opened the scoring by putting up six runs in the bottom of the second inning. <a href='http://www.softball.ca/profile.asp?pID=351'>Jenny Gilbert (Saskatoon, SK) started things off with a one-out single, followed by a double by <a href='http://www.softball.ca/profile.asp?pID=472'>Carey-Leigh Thomas</a> (Ohsweken, ON). <a href='http://www.softball.ca/profile.asp?pID=373'>Joey Lye</A> (Toronto, ON) then hit a single to score Gilbert, and an error on the play allowed Thomas to score and Lye to move up to second. <a href='http://www.softball.ca/profile.asp?pID=387'>Natalie Wideman</a> (Mississauga, ON) drew a walk, and both runners advanced by tagging on fly ball. <a href='http://www.softball.ca/profile.asp?pID=354'>Victoria Hayward</a> (Toronto, ON) then singled Lye in, and <a href='http://www.softball.ca/profile.asp?pID=288'>Megan Timpf</a> (Port Dover, ON) later drove in two runs with a single of her own to give Canada the 6-0 lead. The red and white would later add a run in the bottom of the fifth inning as Lye forced a two-out walk, stole second and scored on a double by Wideman to end the game on the run-ahead rule.
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<a href='http://www.softball.ca/profile.asp?pID=361'>Jenna Caira</a> (Toronto, ON) was stellar in the pitcher's circle, earning the five inning win by allowing two hits and a walk and striking out seven batters. At the plate, Lye led the way with two hits, while six others all added one.
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Against Brazil, Canada wasted no time jumping to a big lead, scoring eight runs in the bottom of the first inning. Hayward led off the game with a single and advanced to second on an illegal pitch, and immediately scored on a single by Lye, who was sacrificed to third and then scored on yet another illegal pitch. After <a href='http://www.softball.ca/profile.asp?pID=267'>Sheena Lawrick</a> (Calgary, AB) and <a href='http://www.softball.ca/profile.asp?pID=376'>Heather Ebert</a> (Rosthern, SK) both walked, Thomas smashed a double to bring both runners in to score, and then scored on a single by <a href='http://www.softball.ca/profile.asp?pID=307'>Erin Cumpstone</A> (Saskatoon, SK). Timpf and Hayward singled to load the bases, and Joey Lye also singled to bring in Thomas from third. <a href='http://www.softball.ca/profile.asp?pID=261'>Melanie Matthews</a> (Surrey, BC) then drove a two-run single to give Canada the big 8-0 lead.
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Canada did not stop coming in the second, as they put up another five runs. Gilbert led off with a solo homerun, and Canada loaded the bases on a single by Ebert, an error and a walk. Hayward and Wideman were both hit by pitches to bring in two runs before Matthews smacked a two-run double to increase the lead to 13-0. Brazil was unable to score any runs in the top of the third and fourth, giving Canada the four inning run rule victory.
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Canadian pitcher <a href='http://www.softball.ca/profile.asp?pID=383'>Jocelyn Cater</a> (Delta, BC) was excellent and earned the four inning win, limiting Brazil to only one hit and two walks with seven strikeouts. Offensively, Matthews had two hits and three runs batted in, while Hayward and Lye each connected for two hits.
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Box score and play by play: <a href='http://www.pointstreak.com/baseball/boxscore.html?gameid=102101'>Canada 7 vs. Puerto Rico 0</a>
<BR>Box score and play by play: <a href='http://www.pointstreak.com/baseball/boxscore.html?gameid=102102'>Canada 13 vs. Brazil 0</a>
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The two wins moved Canada (2-3) into fourth place in the round-robin portion of the tournament, and they will take on the Netherlands (3-2) in the Bronze medal game at 4:00pm CDT on Monday. The Gold medal game will feature the United States (5-0) taking on Australia (4-1) at 8:00pm CDT. Brazil (1-4) will take on Puerto Rico (0-5) in the fifth versus sixth game at 1:00pm CDT.
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The round-robin game between Canada and the United States, which Team USA won 9-0, will air on TSN2 at 2:00pm CDT on Monday, and the Gold medal game between the United States and Australia will also air on TSN live at 8:00pm CDT.
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For more information, please contact:
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Gilles LeBlanc
<BR>Manager - Marketing and Communications
<BR>Softball Canada
<BR>(613) 523-3386 ext. 3105
<BR>gleblanc@softball.ca</P>
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