{"id":3511,"date":"2009-07-22T20:13:54","date_gmt":"2009-07-23T03:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=3511"},"modified":"2009-07-22T23:19:59","modified_gmt":"2009-07-23T06:19:59","slug":"usa-wins-5th-in-a-row-at-isf-worlds%e2%99%a6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=3511","title":{"rendered":"USA wins 5th in a row at ISF Worlds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Matt Palazzo comes up big with home run and 3 RBI<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/www.2009worldsmensfastpitch.com\/images\/USA\/USAMatt_Palazzo.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><em><br \/>\n(Matt Palazzo)<br \/>\n<\/em><br \/>\nTeam USA jumped out to a 7-3 lead against Great Britain tonight, and hung on for the 7-6 victory.  Coach Pete Turner used three pitchers to stem the tide of British offense, starting with Paul Koert, then Terry Luster, and finished with Travis Price.<\/p>\n<p>The game was a pivotal one in Pool A, and gives the USA a lock on 2nd place &#8211; and with it, the coveted &#8220;double life&#8221;.  Great Britain drops to 3-3 and will finish up tomorrow against Botswana.  Despite being winless, Botswana has been very competitive, narrowly losing to the USA, 2-1 just yesterday.   <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile the USA will finish up Thursday against Mexico in a game that will not affect the team&#8217;s playoff spot or seeeding, but one important nonetheless, to continue the momentum building since the opening night drubbing by New Zealand.    New Zealand earned the other &#8220;double life&#8221; for Pool A.  <\/p>\n<p>Three teams in Pool A will vie for 3rd and 4th place, and the remaining playoff spots.  <\/p>\n<p>Japan (4-2), will face New Zealand<br \/>\nGreat Britain (3-3), will play Botswana<br \/>\nPhilippines (3-3), will play Denmark<\/p>\n<p>* Should all three win, Japan would be 5-2 and go as the third place team; Philippines would go as the 4th place team, as they beat Great Britain.  Same result if all three lose.<\/p>\n<p>* Should Japan lose but Great Britain and Philippines win,  it&#8217;s a 3 way tie.  Consult the tie breaker.<\/p>\n<p>If two teams tie, head to head as follows:<\/p>\n<p>* Philippines over Great Britain<br \/>\n* Great Britain over Japan<br \/>\n* Japan over Philippins<br \/>\n*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matt Palazzo comes up big with home run and 3 RBI (Matt Palazzo) Team USA jumped out to a 7-3 lead against Great Britain tonight, and hung on for the 7-6 victory. Coach Pete Turner used three pitchers to stem the tide of British offense, starting with Paul Koert, then Terry Luster, and finished with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1,17,9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3511"}],"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=3511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3511\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}