By Bob Otto Josh Johnson is one pitcher who can help himself with the bat. AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND – In today’s fastpitch game most managers use the designated hitter, choosing to sit their pitchers, not wanting to risk injury or tiredness. Or they just plain can’t hit. But not USA manager Pete Turner. Not when he’s got a pitcher who can hit a softball like Josh … [Read more...]
Must win game for USA vs. Venezuela today – 3pm PST/6pm EST
A must win for Team USA (2-3) today, vs. Venezuela (4-1) today, 3pm Pacific Time, 6pm EST. Live video from Auckland New Zealand, 2013 ISF World Championship. Click here for live scoring. Click here for live video stream, $5 per day Click here for lineups and text live scoring. Fastpitchwest on Twitter. … [Read more...]
Day 6 – 2013 ISF Men’s World Championship
41 11.00am South Africa Vs Indonesia 42 12.00pm Venezuela Vs United States 43 1.30pm Japan Vs Philippines 44 2.30pm Great Britain Vs Czech Republic 45 4.00pm Canada Vs Colombia 46 5.00pm Australia Vs Samoa 47 6.30pm Argentina Vs Mexico 47 7.30pm New Zealand … [Read more...]
USA Men make quick work of Indonesia in 14-0 win
From USA Softball Click here for Team USA coverage throughout the ISF Men’s Fastpitch World Championship AUCKLAND, New Zealand – The USA Men’s Fastpitch National Team put on a hitting clinic against Indonesia on Tuesday at the International Softball Federation (ISF) World Championship. Team USA scored 14 runs on 12 hits and Travis Price (Orange, Calif.) was just as … [Read more...]
Canada Falls to Japan at ISF Men’s World Championship
From Softball Canada (Auckland, New Zealand) The Canadian Men's National Team dropped their first-place record in Pool B to 4-1 with a 4-1 loss to Japan on the fifth day of the ISF XIII Men's World Championship. Canada took a 1-0 lead in the top of the fifth inning, but Japan responded with a two-run single immediately followed by a two-run homerun in the bottom of the sixth … [Read more...]
Final – USA 14, Indonesia 0
USA vs. Indonesia just underway, USA up 4-0 with 4 runs in the first. Josh Johnson stays hot, bases loaded triple for 3 RBI, then scored on Dave Lohman single. Johnson's triple: #19 Joshua Johnson hits a triple. #11 Adam Lalonde scores. #77 Chase Turner scores. #4 Matt Palazzo scores. 3rd inn - #5 Jaime Garcia hits a single. #4 Matt Palazzo. USA up 5-0 Trevor Kelly, 2 … [Read more...]
Day 5 – 2013 ISF Men’s World Championship
New Zealand time: 40 11.00am Australia Vs Venezuela 41 12.00pm Mexico Vs Colombia 42 1.30pm Czech Republic Vs Samoa 43 2.30pm United States Vs Indonesia 44 4.00pm Great Britain Vs South Africa 45 5.00pm Japan Vs Canada 46 6.30pm Philippines Vs Netherlands … [Read more...]