From USA Softball Game Changer (thank you Katie Willis)
USA Men’s National Team Loses Lead Early In Defeat
USA Men’s National Team watched the game slip away early and couldn’t recover in a 3-2 loss to Colombia on Tuesday. Colombia took the lead on a single in the second inning.
The pitching was strong on both sides. Colombia pitchers struck out six, while USA Men’s National Team sat down six
Colombia took an early lead in the second inning. Colombia scored one run when Irrarte singled with two outs in the second inning.
Chincillz earned the win for Colombia. He tossed five and a third innings, giving up one run, five hits, striking out four, and walking one. Duane Weiler took the loss for USA Men’s National Team. He went three innings, allowing two runs, five hits, striking out two, and walking one.
USA Men’s National Team had seven hits in the game. Derrick Kennedy and Nick Mullins each collected multiple hits for USA Men’s National Team. Erick Ochoa and Kennedy each drove in one run to lead USA Men’s National Team. USA Men’s National Team was sure-handed in the field and didn’t commit a single error. Ochoa had the most chances in the field with seven.
Colombia collected nine hits. Cardoto and Cuesta each collected multiple hits for Colombia. Colombia didn’t commit a single error in the field. Parejo had the most chances in the field with seven.
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Editor’s recap: Chincillz threw well for Columbia, keeping the ball in on the hands of USA hitters. For five innings, he shut them out. Derrick Kennedy and Nick Mullins had 5 of the 7 USA hits (Kennedy 3 and Mullins 2). Erick Ochoa’s homer in the 6th seemed to awaken the USA, trimming the lead at the time to 3-1. In the 7th, Mullins led off with a single, Castillo walked and Kennedy singled home a run, cutting the lead to one, 3-2. At that point, with runners at first and second and nobody out in the bottom of the 7th, it looked like the USA comeback was on. But nothing after that. Strikeout. Strikeout. Ground Out and game over. The USA finds themselves now facing Cuba (2:30pm EDT today) in a must win game. The USA had to go to their ace, Mancha to start the 4th inning against Columbia, following a high-stress complete game win over the Dominican Republic the day before — something they would have preferred not to do, especially with a strong Cuban team on the horizon for today. Already a tiring week for the workhorse ace, but look for Mancha in the circle when play gets underway. Watch it live here. (the game times at the various websites are often wrong, due to rain rescheduling, so pay them no mind. Watch for the “En Vivo” (“Live”) graphic for the game when it begins.
Colombiamore stats
| Lineup | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardoto | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Cardoto | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Hercado | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Boscau | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| #12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cuesta | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Haviu | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Hernandez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| #5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Parejo | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Irrarte | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chincillz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| #15 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Totals | 29 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
USA Men’s National Teammore stats
| Lineup | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cameron Schiller | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Yusef Davis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Erick Ochoa | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Tyler Dudley | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jeff Nowaczyk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nick Mullins | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Castillo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jonathan Lynch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Derrick Kennedy | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jenner Christiansen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chase Turner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tony Mancha | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Duane Weiler | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Totals | 27 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Colombiamore stats
| Pitching | IP | #P | S% | H | R | ER | K | BB | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chincillz | 5.1 | 84 | .595 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| #15 | 1.2 | 32 | .594 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 7.0 | 116 | .595 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
USA Men’s National Teammore stats
| Pitching | IP | #P | S% | H | R | ER | K | BB | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duane Weiler | 3.0 | 57 | .667 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Tony Mancha | 4.0 | 60 | .667 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 7.0 | 117 | .667 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 |