{"id":1803,"date":"2007-06-24T16:41:47","date_gmt":"2007-06-25T00:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=1803"},"modified":"2007-06-24T18:54:37","modified_gmt":"2007-06-25T02:54:37","slug":"japan-tops-usa-for-gold-at-2007-isf-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=1803","title":{"rendered":"Japan Tops USA for Gold at 2007 ISF World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"

Japan Gold, USA Silver, Venezuela Bronze<\/strong><\/p>\n

From <\/strong> \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

ISF World Cup Prague – final – Sunday, June 24, 2007<\/p>\n


\nGame 39<\/strong><\/p>\n

USA – 5
\nVenezuela – 2<\/p>\n

Game 40<\/strong><\/p>\n

Japan – 2
\nUSA – 0<\/p>\n

WORLD CUP Men – Day 7, Championship – JAPAN WON THE FIRST WORLD MEN’S CUP<\/p>\n

After embarrassing defeat from Japan US team came back today beating Venezuela 5:2. Travis Price threw a good game against dangerous Venezuelan hitters.<\/p>\n

Championship Game:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kunihiko Iida pitched one hitter game against USA in front of 4-5 thousand spectators in a live broadcast game of the Czech national TV. 8 hits by Japanese hitters made the difference. What stats does not show is we had the great game ended up with double play with runners on first and second, one out. Iida fielded the ground ball and instead of throwing to third he had turned the ball in to the second fo succesfull doulbe play, which ended the game. Crowd appreciated nice plays from both teams but Japan got their heart.<\/p>\n

Individual awards:<\/strong>
\nBest Pitcher: Kunihiko Iida (Japan)
\nBest Hitter: Hiraku Yokoyama (Japan)
\nMVP: Christopher Delawelle (USA)
\nHomeruns: Frank De Groat Jr. (USA)<\/p>\n

We had the best tournament ever played in Europe. Thanks to all teams, umpires and organizers for this great introduction of mens fastball to Europe !!!<\/p>\n

Pavel Prachar<\/p>\n


\nISF WORLD CUP – DAY 7<\/p>\n

CHAMPIONSHIP GAME: Japan vs United States<\/p>\n

Game: 40 Date: 24.06.2007 Time: 17:30 Field: Kr\u00c3\u00a8 Altron –
\ncentral<\/p>\n

Inning 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E LOB
\nV United States of America (USA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3
\nH Japan (JAP) 1 0 0 0 0 1 – 2 8 2 5<\/p>\n

Winning Pitcher:
\nKunihiko Iida
\nLosing Pitcher:
\nSonny Perkins
\nUmpire:
\nHora HP, T\u00c3\u00b9ma 1B, Vedlich 2B, Dolejs 3B<\/p>\n

USA Line Up: 1. LaLonde CF, 2. Miljavac RF, 3. Moraga SS, 4.
\nDelarwelle 1B, 5. DeGroat V, 6. Divine DP, 7. Miller B. 2B, 8. Cascaes 3B,
\n9. Hunt LF, 10. Perkins FLEX P<\/p>\n

Japan Line UP: 1. Suzuki LF, 2. Yokohama CF, 3. Ishimura RF, 4.
\nOno DP, 5. Sakai 3B, 6. Yamasaki C, 7. Hazeyama SS, 8. Tanaka 1B, 9.
\nNishimori 2B, 10. Iida FLEX P<\/p>\n

1st inning USA: at bat LaLonde: pop fly out to SS, at bat
\nMiljavac: pop fly out to 2B, at bat Moraga: pop fly out to LF; 0 RUNs, 0
\nHITs, 0 ERR, 0 LOB<\/p>\n

1st inning Japan: at bat Suzuki: groundball hit to 3B + ERROR by
\n3B = runner at 1B, at bat Yokohama: SAC bunt to 3B + ERROR by 3B = runners
\nat 1B+2B, at bat Ishimura: SAC bunt out to 1B-2B at 1st = runners at 2B+3B,
\nat bat Ono: SAC Fly out to LF = 1 RBI + runner at 2B, at bat Sakai:
\ngroundball out to 2B-1B; 1 RUN, 0 HIT, 2 ERR, 1 LOB<\/p>\n

2nd inning USA: at bat Delarwelle: strike out, at bat DeGroat:
\nstrike out, at bat Divine: strike out; 0 RUNs, 0 HITS, 0 ERR, 0 LOB<\/p>\n

2nd inning Japan: at bat Yamasaki: double hit to CF = runner at
\n2B, at bat Hazeyama: pop fly out at RF = runner at 2B, at bat Tanaka: pop
\nfly runing bunt at 1B, at bat Nishimori: single hit to LF + tag out at home
\nplate on runner from 2nd; 0 RUN, 2 HITs, 0 ERR, 1 LOB<\/p>\n

3rd inning USA: at bat Miller B: chop hit out to 3rd baseman –
\n1B, at bat Cascaes: strike out, at bat Hunt: strike out; 0 RUN, 0 HIT, 0
\nERR, 0 LOB<\/p>\n

3rd inning Japan: at bat Suzuki: chop ground ball out to P-1B,
\nat bat Yokohama: single hit to CF = runner at 1B, at bat Ishimura: SAC bunt
\npop fly out to Catcher, at bat Ono: (Yokohama stolen base), Ono: fly out at
\nLF, excellent catch by USA left fielrder; 0 RUNs, 1 HIT, 0 ERR, 1 LOB<\/p>\n

4th inning USA: at bat LaLonde: single hit to LF = runner at 1B,
\nat bat Miljavac: groundball to P – force out at 2b = runner at 1B, at bat
\nMoraga: (Miljavac stolen base), Moraga: SAC fly out to LF = runner moved to
\n3B, at bat Delarwelle: pop fly out to 1B, 0 RUNs, 1 HITs, 0 ERR, 1 LOB<\/p>\n

4th inning Japan: at bat Sakai: pop fly out at RF, at bat
\nYamasaki: strike out, at bat Hazeyama: base on balls = runner at 1B, at bat
\nTanaka: single hit to LF = runners at 1B+2B, at bat Nishimori: (runners
\nmoved on wild pitch) runners at 2B+3B, Nishimori: strike out; 0 RUNs, 1 HIT,
\n0 ERR, 1 LOB<\/p>\n

5th inning USA: at bat DeGroat:strike out, at bat Divine:
\ngroundball out to 2B-1B, at bat Miller B: ground ball out to 2B-1B; 0 RUNs,
\n0 HITs, 0 ERR, 0 LOB<\/p>\n

5th inning Japan: at bat Suzuki:groundball out to 2B-1B, at bat
\nYokohama: running bunt to 3B = runner at 1B, at bat Ishimura:(Yokohama
\ncaught stealing on 1 ball 1 strike), IShimura: single hit to CF = runner at
\n1B, at bat Ono: groundball out to 1B; 0 RUNs, 2 HITs, 0 ERR, 1 LOB<\/p>\n

6th inning USA: at bat Cascaes: line drive out at 2B, at bat
\nHunt: base on balls = runner at 1B, at bat LaLonde: pop fly out to 1B, at
\nbat Miljavac: line drive out to SS; 0 RUNs, 0 HITs, 0 ERR, 1 LOB<\/p>\n

6th inning Japan: at bat Sakai: chop hit over 3rd baseman =
\nrunner at 1B, at bat Yamasaki: chop hit over 1st baseman = runners at 1B+3B,
\nat bat Hazeyama: groundball to 2B = double palay force out at 2B and batter
\nout at 1B + 1RBI, at bat Tanaka: strike out; 1 RUN, 2 HITs, 0 ERR, 0 LOB<\/p>\n

7th inning USA: at bat Moraga: hit by pitch = runner at 1B, at
\nbat Delarwelle: short groundball to 3B + throwing ERROR by 3B = runners at
\n1B+2B, at bat DeGroat:strike out, at bat Divine: ground ball to P = double
\nplay P-SS-1B; 0 RUNs, 0 HITs, 1 ERR, 2 LOB, ballgame<\/p>\n

Prague, Czech Republic June 21, 2007<\/p>\n

Decos EHS upsets Denmark 10-7<\/p>\n

In a very spectacular game which took more then 3 hours, the Decos EHS team beats their European rivals from Denmark. A very intense game where Decos EHS was always in command. Kiwi Michael Cameron was 3-3 with a double and 2 RBI’s. Rody Stam went 2-4 with a triple and 3 RBI’s. Gillis and Welsh shared the pitching duties and did a great job holding the Danish National Team to only 8 hits.<\/p>\n

Other scores on the official website via www.demo-ehs.nl<\/p>\n

Boxscore:<\/p>\n

Denmark 0-0-1-1-3-0-2 = 7-8-2
\nDecos EHS 3-0-1-0-2-3-1 = 10-9-1<\/p>\n

Pitching:
\nDenmark: Martin Holmberg (LP) 7-5-6 (5inn)
\n Jesper Panduro 2-0-1 (1inn)
\nDecos EHS: Doug Gillis (WP) 3-4-2 (4.3 inn)
\n Jared Welsh 4-2-5 (2.7 inn) <\/p>\n

Norman Ames
\nDecos EHS Fastpitch, Haarlem, The Netherlands<\/p>\n

E-mail: norman.ames@gielissen.nl
\nHomepage: www.demo-ehs.nl<\/p>\n

ISF WORLD CUP – DAY 6<\/p>\n

When USA lost to Venezuela in Friday late night game 5:6 and Japan beat
\nVenezuela on Saturday morning 7:5, first three team were tied. Runs against
\nrule ranked US team first, Japan second and Venezuela third for semifinals.
\nFirst semifinal went easy for Venezuela against Dutch selection Demo EHS. In
\nthe bottom of third Accacio hit the triple followed by two homeruns and Doug
\nGillis was replaced by Michael Cameron, however he cannot stop Venezuela
\nfrom hitting another homerun and finished the game in \u00c3\u00b8th inning 8:0.
\nEvening game USA – Japan begun quietly with no runs in first two innings.
\nBut in the top of third japan came with their great offensive weapon –
\ninfiled hits and slaps combined with speed and scored 7 runs against Travis
\nPrice. He was than replaced by Sonny Perkins but Japan continued in their
\nexhibition until score was 12:2 in the fith inning. Japanese pitchers
\nMurasato and Namagutchi allowed 4 hits (one homerun by Chris Miljavac in the
\nbottom of fifth<\/p>\n

Sundays Finals:
\n14,00 USA – Venzuela
\n17,30 Japan – winner of previous game<\/p>\n

For more info incl. play-by play and photos see official tournament website:
\nhttp:\/\/worldcup07.czechsoftball.com\/<\/p>\n

Pavel Prachar
\nTechnical Commission
\npracharpavel@gmail.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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