{"id":12462,"date":"2011-07-03T10:18:04","date_gmt":"2011-07-03T17:18:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=12462"},"modified":"2011-07-03T10:19:03","modified_gmt":"2011-07-03T17:19:03","slug":"new-zealand-black-sox-tours-continues-to-nyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=12462","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand Black Sox tour continues to NYC"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

New Zealand opened the Peligro Cup tournament in Randall’s Island New York with a 3-0 win over the California As in their opening game on Friday night local time.<\/p>\n

It was a fine pitching display by Karl Gollan that saw New Zealand keep the California combination scoreless. New Zealand was 2-0 up at the bottom of the third.<\/p>\n

New Zealand’s next game as at 9am Saturday morning against Industriales while it will play the NY Sports Bar almost straight afterwards at 11am. It faces a third game against Dominicana at 5pm.<\/p>\n

New Zealand are looking to make it two tournament wins when competing in the Peligro Cup Invitation softball tournament at Randall’s Island in New York over the weekend.<\/p>\n

Having won the Legend of Fastpitch tournament in Kitchener, Canada last weekend, the Black Sox are lining up against some impressive opponents in the American event.<\/p>\n

After their success, beating the world No.1 ranked club side Broken Bow in the final of the tournament, the Black Sox played a double header at the home town of the Broken Bow side, losing 6-12 in the first game.<\/p>\n

However, the second game went 4-2 in New Zealand’s favour with a win over the top-rated pitching combination of Adam Folkard and Don Scott.<\/p>\n

Captain Rhys Casley said: “We are excited about the prospect of continuing our tour against some of the best Fastpitch players and teams in the world and look forward to the challenges ahead.”<\/p>\n

That challenge starts with a Friday night game (NYT) against the California As.<\/p>\n

Black Sox coach Eddie Kohlhase said: “It was obviously outstanding to win that tournament. We came over here wanting to work on some aspects of our game and we have been able to do that.”<\/p>\n

Players to make an impact during the first half of the tour have been Tyron Bartorillo, Penese Iosefo, Wayne Laulu, Tyson Byrne and Casley.<\/p>\n

Laulu’s power-hitting has been especially notable with several home runs at Kitchener.<\/p>\n

“He has modified his swing and with that is making strong contact with the ball,” Kohlhase said.<\/p>\n

As a result of Jeremy Manley being unavailable in New York more could be seen from Iosefo on the mound who impressed at Kitchener.<\/p>\n

“He has made tremendous progress,” Kohlhase said who had also been pleased with the way Casley had stepped up as captain.<\/p>\n

“He has some big shoes to fill with Jarrad Martin and Mark Sorenson having been in that role before him, but he is certainly on the right track,” he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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