{"id":1327,"date":"2006-10-05T09:35:41","date_gmt":"2006-10-05T17:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=1327"},"modified":"2006-10-05T14:07:13","modified_gmt":"2006-10-05T22:07:13","slug":"usa-bests-bahamas-now-4-2-at-pan-ams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=1327","title":{"rendered":"USA Bests Bahamas, Now 4-2 at Pan Ams"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nFrom the ASA Softball Wesbsite, via Al’s Fastball <\/strong>
\nUSA Men improve to 4-2 with win over Bahamas<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Hermosillo, Mexico—The USA Softball Men\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s National Team improved their record to 4-2 at the 2006 Men\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Pan American Softball Championships with a 9-2 six inning win over the Bahamas on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n

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The Bahamas took an early 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning when Maron Wood tripled and scored on a single by first baseman Greg Gordiner but the lead did not last long as the U.S. responded with two runs in the top of the second inning.<\/p>\n

Back-to-back walks to Landy Rodriguez (West Haverstraw, NY) and Sonny Perkins (St. Michaels, Ariz.) got things going for the Red, White and Blue and a groundout by Blake Miller (Albany, Ga.) placed both runners into scoring position. The U.S. tied the game 1-1 when Lucas Goring (St. Paul, Minn.) hit a sacrifice fly to left field that scored Rodriguez and took the lead on an RBI single by Chris Miljavac (St. Joseph, Mo.) that plated Perkins.<\/p>\n

The Bahamas tied the game in the bottom of the third inning off a solo home run by Wood, who tripled and scored in the first inning.<\/p>\n

Both teams were held scoreless in the fourth inning but an explosive fifth inning put the U.S. ahead 6-2. Kyle Magnusson (Salt Lake City, Utah) led off with a single and scored on a home run by shortstop Omar Moraga (Tucson, Ariz.). After a groundout by Frank DeGroat (Ringwood, NJ), Rodriguez and Chad Boom (Barnesville, Minn.) hit back-to-back home runs to give the U.S. some breathing room.<\/p>\n

The Bahamas were retired in order in the bottom of the fifth inning allowing the U.S. offense to get back to work. Moraga began a one out rally with a single and advanced to third on a single by DeGroat. Chad Ferguson (Battle Creek, Mich.) entered to pinch run for DeGroat and stole second to put two runners in scoring position.<\/p>\n

Boom reached on an error that allowed Moraga to score and Ferguson to move to third base. A groundout by Rodriguez plated Ferguson and moved Boom into scoring position. Jim Pecoraro (Swansea, Ill.,) entered the game as a pinch-hitter for Perkins and reached on an error by the shortstop that brought Boom around to score for a 9-2 lead.<\/p>\n

In the bottom of the sixth inning, the Bahamas were retired in order and the game was called due to the international run rule.<\/p>\n

Michael White (Sioux City, Iowa) picked up his first win of the championship after allowing only two runs on four hits. He also fanned five while walking only one.<\/p>\n

Moraga was clutch for the U.S. at the plate going 3-for-4 with a double, home run and two RBI. Rodriguez also drove in two runs in the game.<\/p>\n

The U.S. returns to action on Thursday against Guatemala at 9 a.m. Pacific time.<\/p>\n

Complete box scores, play by play, cumulative stats and recaps can be found on the USA Softball website at www.usasoftball.com<\/a>. Just click on the men\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s national team link.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Click logo for official website) From the ASA Softball Wesbsite, via Al’s Fastball USA Men improve to 4-2 with win over Bahamas Hermosillo, Mexico—The USA Softball Men\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s National Team improved their record to 4-2 at the 2006 Men\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Pan American Softball Championships with a 9-2 six inning win over the Bahamas on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1327"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1327\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}