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Day 10 – Playoff Game 9 – Bronze Medal Game – Venezuela 2, Australia 0

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Playoff Game 9 – Australia vs. Venezuela Winner advances to the Gold Medal game, loser earns bronze medal. This game is set to go at 10:00am New Zealand time. New Zealand time: We will be updating these links below as soon as they are posted by the tournament officials Click here for Day 10 - Live Video feed, Medal Round, $5 Click for graphic online … [Read more...]

Argentina makes its mark on the world

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Argentina was 60 feet away from a World Championship medal. The Argentine squad had dispatched the top two North American teams in the tournament, the USA and Canada, in successive playoff games, and stood at the brink of eliminating the defending gold-medal champion Australia Steelers and the world's best pitcher, Adam Folkard. Despite the lack of a single hit through … [Read more...]

Aussies beat Argentina at softball championships

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Australia will play Venezuela tomorrow for the right to meet New Zealand in the world softball championship final. Adam Folkard threw Australia's second no-hitter of the day to beat Argentina 2-1 in nine innings at Albany tonight. Folkard struck out 17 batters, including three in the bottom of the eighth inning after he threw the ball past first base while fielding a bunt … [Read more...]

Manley heroics steer Black Sox to final

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From ONE Sport Winning pitcher Jeremy Manley could barely stand after leaving the Rosedale Park diamond tonight, but by then, his work was done - he had just guided the Black Sox to today's World Softball Championship final. The home team secured their spot in the afternoon's title game, defeating surprise packets Venezuela 2-0 in the semifinals. Starting his third … [Read more...]

Day 9 – Playoff Game 8 – Australia 2, Argentina 1, 9 inn.

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Playoff Game 8 – Australia vs. Argentina This game is set to go at 7:30pm New Zealand time. After more than a week of playing one game a day, it will be the second game of the day for both of these clubs. Australia cruised to a 4-0 win this morning, behind a no-hit performance by lefty Andrew Kirkpatrick. Australia made easy work in their pool, sweeping all seven … [Read more...]