TORONTO, Ontario, Canada — A two-run seventh inning sealed the fate for the USA Softball Men's National Team as the eagles came out on the losing side of a 3-1 decision against Venezuela at the 2015 Pan American Games. Team USA took the lead in the bottom of the third as Chris Miljavac (Easton, Mo.) came around to score on a single from Derrick Zechman (Watsontown, Pa.), but … [Read more...]
USA v. Venezuela – Day 3 of Pan-Ams at Toronto
Click here to follow the game on Live Stats. Starting pitchers: Ramon Jones for Venezuela; Josh Johnson for USA. Does not appear to be live video stream of this one. The ConPasa UStream link that had last nights USA v. Canada appears to be showing replay of that game. If anyone finds video, please email jim [at] fastpitchwest.com so we can share. Here's your starting … [Read more...]
Day 2 Results from 2015 Pan Ams (Toronto)
Sun, Jul 12 Round Robin Game 4 Mexico 5 Argentina 3 WP-Samuel Villalvazo LP-Juan Potoliccio Box Score Jesus Cardona 3 run homer in 5th was the big hit of the game. Round Robin Game 5 Venezuela 5 Domninican Republic 1 WP-Ramon Jones LP-Melvin Batista Ramon Jones complete game 3 hitter with 6 K's Luiger Pinto 3-3 with 2 RBI and 2 runs scored Box Score Round Robin Game 6 … [Read more...]
Day 3 – Pan Am Men’s Fastball (with preview)
Tuesday July 14, 2015 14:00 SB001 United States v. Venezuela (11am on the West Coast) 16:30 SB001 Dominican Republic v. Mexico (1:30pm on the West Coast) 19:00 SB001 Canada v. Argentina (4:00pm on the West Coast) Preview: (This was dictated for expediency; email me if you spot errors please, jim [at] fastpitchwest.com) Yesterday's picks by the Editor:One for two, picking … [Read more...]
Team USA drops 3-2, extra-inning thriller to host Canada at the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games
From Codi Warren, ASA/USA Softball TORONTO, Ontario, Canada — Team USA rallied from behind to force the first extra-inning game of the 2015 Pan American Games in a 3-2, extra-inning loss against host country Canada. Rallying from a 2-1 deficit, Team USA tied the game in the bottom of the seventh inning to nearly upset reigning World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) … [Read more...]
USA Men’s National Team can’t stop Canada’s eighth inning rally in 3-2 loss
A tight game was decided in the eighth inning as USA Men's National Team fell to Canada 3-2 in eight innings on Monday at Ajax Pan Am Ballpark. Josh Johnson was hot from the plate for USA Men's National Team. Johnson went 1-4, drove in one and scored one run. He homered in the fourth inning. Sean Cleary got the win for Canada. He allowed two runs over eight innings. He struck … [Read more...]
Seeds for a gold medal
The comment below was posted to the page displaying the YouTube video of the 2015 WBSC World Championship gold medal game by Jim Williamson. As many/most of you know, Jim was one of the founders of the North Amnerican Fastpitch Association (NAFA) and is one of the game's most asute observers. I thought the comment warranted a blog post of its own, in case any of you missed … [Read more...]