Martin Jorge, Editor of Softballnewsla.com (“Softball News Latin America), based in Argentina.(Martin is in Saskatoon)
Rough translation of story by our friend Martin Jorge of Softballnews.la:
(Sometimes Google Translate is humorous, but you get the gist of the story)
Australia beat Venezuela by 7 to 0. Adam Folkard 1 hitter
Australia just beat Venezuela 7 to 0 in what marked the introduction of both teams in the World Softball Championship, which began to dispute today in Saskatoon, Canada. Adam Folkard stole the show, throwing a perfect game for 6 2 / 3 innings, closing the door to line up venezonalno. The only one who could connect ojeda hit was Carlos, who found an unstoppable between short and third base with two outs in the seventh inning.
Australlian took the lead in the first entry with two entries, and thus took control of the game and the scoreboard. The pitcher Adam Folkard could not be anything to rival batters while John Garcia threw a neat game. At the top of the fourth, a new glimmer of Australia increased the difference, while Venezuela could not do anything against a rival pitcher’s deliveries, who was still throwing a perfect game.
At the top of the seventh, Australia would define the game with 4 runs to put the game 7 to 0 and away from the tops. All that remained was to see if your perfect game Folkard close to the closing of the seventh. And things iban prefect for Australian pitcher, who promptly won the first two outs of the period. Only one out of the game is separated perefecto and history. A bat out the emerging Carlos Ojeda, who connected from the first two pitches foul of the account. Two strikes, no balls, Folkard fired a missile through the center of the plate, Ojeda range, Australia celebrates the feat of his pitcher, but a cry from the first base Umpire stops the breath of all. Launching illegal, one ball and two strikes to the batter, and again to the battle. Flokard throws two balls in succession, Ojeda is not fooled, complete account. Australian pitcher tries to put out the batter with a Venezuelan climber on the inside corner, but Ojeda connects unstoppable ball and breaks the perfect game for Folkard.
Ending the game a batter later, when then launch another illegal, Ojeda was caught in the third pad for the last out of the game. In this way, debuted in Australia with an impressive World filing its launcher, while Venezuela was an inspired Folkard not allowed anything in the whole game.
In other results, Botswana beat Denmark by 4 to 1, while the Philippines beat United Kingdom by 4 to 3.