{"id":1308,"date":"2006-10-02T10:29:30","date_gmt":"2006-10-02T18:29:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=1308"},"modified":"2006-10-02T10:30:15","modified_gmt":"2006-10-02T18:30:15","slug":"usa-tops-canada-at-pan-am-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=1308","title":{"rendered":"USA Tops Canada at Pan Am Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thanks to Softball Canada for its coverage, provided via Al’s Fastball:<\/strong> (Still no coverage of Team USA at either USA Softball or ASA websites). <\/p>\n

(HERMOSILLO – Mexico) – Canada’s record dropped to 1-1 at the Pan American Softball Championships in Hermosillo, Mexico after a 4-3 loss to the United States.<\/p>\n

The Americans broke a scoreless tie in the bottom of the 5th inning without the aid of a hit. Chris Miljavac reached base on a 2 out bunt attempt when Canadian 1st baseman Derek Mayson`s (North Vancouver, BC) flip throw went wide of Ian Fehrman (Townsend, ON) who was covering 1st on the play. A wild pitch and a passed ball allowed Miljavac to come around and score. <\/p>\n

Canada answered in the top of the 6th inning starting with a lead off single by Fehrman and a walk by Kevin Schellenberg (Squammish, BC). The runners were moved to 2nd and 3rd on a sacrifice bunt by Ryan Wolfe. USA pitcher Travis Price walked pinch hitter Rob Gray to load the bases. Tim Macumber (Newport, NS) then drove a ball deep to center field which was caught just in front of the fence scoring Fehrman to tie the game. Schellenberg also tried to score but was cut down on a close play at the plate. <\/p>\n

Team USA scored 3 in the bottom of the 6th on a 3 run home run by third baseman Landy Rodrigues off relief pitcher Rick Smith (Duncan, BC). Canada scrapped back in the top of the 7th inning with a lead off single by Pat Mackintosh (Saskatoon, SK). He would later score on a single by Steve Mullaley (St. John’s, NFLD). Mullaley would score on a single by Schellenberg. Catcher Chris Shewfelt hit a shot to the right field corner that looked like sure extra bases but right field Chris Miljavac made a tremendous running catch for the 2nd out. Relief pitcher Paul Algar was able to strike out pinch hitter Jeff Ellsworth (Alberton, PEI) to end the game.<\/p>\n

Rob O’Brien (Elora, ON) started for Canada in the circle and gave up 1 run on 4 hits with 5 strikeouts before being relieved by Smith. Smith was credited with the loss giving up 3 runs on 2 hits. Canada faces Puerto Rico on October 2nd at 10:00 am and Venezuela at 5:00 pm in a bid to improve their record to 3-1.
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For more information, please contact<\/p>\n

Rick Picard
\nDirector, Marketing and Communications
\nSoftball Canada
\nrpicard(at)softball.ca
\n(613) 523-3386<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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