{"id":12623,"date":"2011-07-04T13:52:26","date_gmt":"2011-07-04T20:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=12623"},"modified":"2011-07-07T07:42:26","modified_gmt":"2011-07-07T14:42:26","slug":"christi-orgeron-off-to-good-start-with-us-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=12623","title":{"rendered":"Christi Orgeron off to good start with US team"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cap tip, Bob Henning<\/em><\/p>\n

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Christi Orgeron’s summer is picking right up where her junior season ended.<\/p>\n

The UL slugger has gotten off to a great start as a member of the U.S. women’s national team through its exhibition season.<\/p>\n

Orgeron has started in three games and is hitting .500 (4-for-8) with two homers, six RBIs and five runs scored.<\/p>\n

The senior-to-be made her debut in the second game of a doubleheader on June 25 against the Junior National Team and went 1-for-2 with a two-run homer.<\/p>\n

On Friday, during a doubleheader in Bowie, Md., Orgeron hit her second homer of the summer as she went 2-for-3 in an 11-0 win.<\/p>\n

The U.S. National team swept the Junior National Team in six exhibition games by a combined score of 60-2.<\/p>\n

The U.S. team will now head to Surrey, British Columbia, Canada, for the Canadian Open FastPitch International Championship, which will be held July 9-17.<\/p>\n

After that, the team will head to the World Cup of Softball VI in Oklahoma City on July 21-25.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Editor’s note: <\/strong>You may also be interested in our post about another member of the USA women’s team, Kelly Grieve.<\/a><\/p>\n

You might also be interested in Asheville NC native reaches pinnacle of her softball career<\/a> and Canadian Women’s Open Championships – Surrey BC – July 9-17, 2011.<\/a><\/p>\n

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