Three-man attack powers U.S. over Argentina SUMMERSIDE – The U.S. got down early but used a big game from three key players en route to an 8-1, five-inning win over Argentina on day four at the ISF 2005 Junior Men’s World Softball Championship at Queen Elizabeth Park’s Very Important Field in Summerside. The crowd of about 750 fans saw Argentina score the first run of the game when Federico Ederet came around and crossed the plate on an illegal pitch after reaching base on a double. but that would be all the runs the Eduardo and Francisco Sabate coached team would manage against a stingy American defence. The U.S. would strike back with eight runs in the third inning led by leadoff hitter Jason Loe (3-4, double, three RBI), Kevin Castillo (2-3, home run, run scored, two RBI) and designated hitter Camden Decker (2-2, triple, two runs scored, two RBI) and Andy Matthews (1-3, run scored). For Argentina, Ederet (1-2, run scored, double), Francisco Regolli (1-2) and Emiliano Tristram Anea (1-2) led the offence. Winning pitcher John Kelly went four and two third innings allowing one run on three hits, walking two and striking out one. Losing pitcher Mauricio Emmanuel Boss went two and two third innings allowing four runs on three hits, striking out three. Nelson Ruiz went one and two third innings giving up four runs on three hits, walking two and fanning three. Max Montero went two third innings walking two and striking out one. http://www.2005worldsoftball.com
Pat Healey
MARKETING AND MEDIA CONSULTANT
ISF 2005 JR MEN’S WORLD SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS
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Also, here is the report from USA Softball’s Brian McCall:
USA Junior Men rebound with run-rule win over Argentina
Summerside, P.E.I., Canada—The USA Softball Junior Men evened their
record at 2-2 with an 8-1 run-rule victory over Argentina on day four of the ISF Junior Men’s World Championships. The win ends a two game skid for the Red, White and Blue and keeps its hopes alive for a spot in the championship finals.Argentina took an early 1-0 lead in the first inning after the lead-off batter doubled and scored on an illegal pitch. While some thought an upset was in the making, the U.S. responded in the
third scoring eight runs to take a comfortable 8-1 lead. Cameron Decker (Aurora, Ill.) led off the inning with a triple and scored on a single by Jason Loe (Sioux Falls, SD. With two outs and a runner on Kevin Castillo (Long Beach, Calif.) hit his first home run of the tournament to give the U.S. a 3-1 lead. The two out rally continued with a single by Andy Mathews (Cameron, Iowa, a walk to Matt Bezzant (Cedar Hills, Utah) and a single by Evan O’Reilly San Luis Obispo, Calif.) to load the bases. A walk to Bobby Olson (Amboy, Minn.) drove in a fourth run of the inning
and left the bases loaded. Decker, who had led off the inning with a triple, came through again with single that scored two runs to stretch the lead to 6-1. The final two runs of the inning were credited to Loe who doubled for an 8-1 lead.John Kelly (Chester, Iowa) was solid in the circle for the U.S. allowing only one run on three hits to improve to 2-1 at the World Championships. Three different U.S. players had multiple hits in the game including Loe who went 3-for-4 with a double and three RBI. Castillo was 2-for-3 with a home run and two RBI while Decker was perfect at 2-for-2 with a triple and two RBI.
Currently sitting in fifth place in the overall standing, the U.S. will need to carry this momentum into Tuesday’s match-up with Canada at 6 p.m. CST in order to keep its hopes alive for a spot in the championship finals. Canada is currently 3-1 in the championship with wins over Mexico,
Argentina and Czech Republic.Brian McCall
Director of Communications
ASA/USA Softball
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