{"id":1347,"date":"2006-10-15T10:35:00","date_gmt":"2006-10-15T18:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=1347"},"modified":"2006-10-15T13:45:26","modified_gmt":"2006-10-15T21:45:26","slug":"cal-challenge-all-star-game-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=1347","title":{"rendered":"South Captures First California  Challenge All Star Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>First Ever California Challenge All Star Series Does Indeed End with a Twist*<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After trading 6-5 wins, the North and South All Stars squared off in a deciding game 3 on Sunday morning at 10am.    At the end of regulation, the two teams were tied, 1-1.   With the international tie breaker in effect, the North failed to score in the top of the 8th.  In the bottom of the 7th, Shawn Mandolesi took a spot at second base.  With a flair for the dramatic, South Catcher Jeff Twist (California Lumberkings) stroked an RBI single for the game winner.  Key to the South&#8217;s win was getting out of two bases-loaded-nobody out jams.  In the 4th it was Mark Bennett, while in the top of the 8th, it was eventual winning pitcher, Travis Price.<\/p>\n<p>WP-Travis Price (4) in relief of Mark Bennett;<br \/>\nLP-Tony Peeples<br \/>\nHR-Paul Rosebush (The Farm), South.<\/p>\n<p><em>*As part of the &#8220;Pick-the-Winner Poll&#8221; at Fastpitch, voters could also post comments.  One proved to be Nostradamus-like with this one:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>  can bakersfield end with a Twist?  \t  10\/09\/06 10:17:17 AM MST<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/tournaments\/mountainwest\/redrock\/2005\/redrock_2005.htm\"><strong>Click here<\/strong><\/a> for our 2005 Red Rock tournament recap &#8220;Red Rock Ends with a Twist&#8221;, for earlier heroics from the bat of Jeff Twist, which appeared in Softball Magazine.  This time, Twist and Travis Price were teammates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First Ever California Challenge All Star Series Does Indeed End with a Twist* After trading 6-5 wins, the North and South All Stars squared off in a deciding game 3 on Sunday morning at 10am. At the end of regulation, the two teams were tied, 1-1. With the international tie breaker in effect, the North [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,4,15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1347"}],"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=1347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1347\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}