{"id":18544,"date":"2012-09-22T08:40:08","date_gmt":"2012-09-22T15:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=18544"},"modified":"2012-09-22T08:49:48","modified_gmt":"2012-09-22T15:49:48","slug":"argentina-tops-mexico-to-face-canada-in-medal-round-at-pan-ams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=18544","title":{"rendered":"Argentina Tops Mexico, to face Canada in Medal Round at Pan-Ams"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Argentina beat Mexico and secured a place on the podium Pan
\nSoftball Confederation by Argentina on Friday, September 21, 2012 at 6:27 pm \u00b7
\nThe Argentina won a historic victory tonight against Mexico in the Pan American Championship VIII “Dr. Fernando Aren “, beating Aztec team 8-0 in five innings. With this result, Argentina is assured a place on the podium for the second time in this kind of events, after which in 2006 got the third place in Hermosillo. Tomorrow Argentina will look to reach the final of the Pan American Softball Championship, Pan and get the title for the first time in its history.
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\nAfter Mexico outpointed Argentina 5-4 in the round robin, the team led by Eduardo Sabate joined to play the first playoff game with an attitude landslide, scoring eight runs in the first two innings, giving your pitcher Juan Potolicchio an advantage that would be final on the scoreboard.
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\nArgentina opened the scoring in the first inning when Manuel Godoy hit a huge three-run homer to right field, sweeping away with Fernando Petric and Motroni Bruno, who had negotiated and outstanding ticket.
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\nIn the second inning, the national team exploded offensively with five more runs to make the score 8-0. Petric gave the big hit when it hit a three-run triple. Mauricio Caceres had received free ticket, Mariano Montero reached on fielder’s choice, and Gustavo Godoy singled to center to load the bases, before Petric give the knockout punch. In the same entry, Lautaro Petric Ferrara brought a sacrifice, and Manuel Godoy boost its fourth run of the game by the same route, passing by Bruno Motroni dish.
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\nAs mentioned, the winning pitcher by Argentina was Juan Potolicchio, who pitched five scoreless innings, striking out 10 batters Mexicans.
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\nWith this resounding victory, Argentina and made sure to keep the third place at the continental level, position he has held since 2003, when the national team won the bronze medal at the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo 2003, and endorsed with the third in the VII Pan American Championships played in Hermosillo, Mexico, in 2006, the last continental showpiece men’s softball
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\nOur team has an appointment tomorrow with the story. Argentina seek to reach the final of the Pan American Championships for the first time, when you play the semifinal against the loser of the match between Venezuela and Canada (first and second respectively in the round robin, playing tonight, after the Argentina game). The goal has not changed: to be champions Pan. Tomorrow is the day.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

En Espanol<\/strong><\/p>\n

\nArgentina venci\u00f3 a M\u00e9xico y se asegur\u00f3 un lugar en el podio panamericano
\nby Confederaci\u00f3n Argentina de Softbol on Friday, September 21, 2012 at 6:27pm \u00b7
\nLa Selecci\u00f3n Argentina consigui\u00f3 esta noche un hist\u00f3rico triunfo frente a M\u00e9xico en el VIII Campeonato Panamericano \u201cDr. Fernando Aren\u201d, superando al equipo azteca por 8-0 en cinco entradas. Con este resultado, Argentina se asegura un lugar en el podio por segunda vez consecutiva en esta clase de eventos, luego de que en 2006 consiguiera el tercer puesto en Hermosillo. Ma\u00f1ana Argentina buscar\u00e1 alcanzar la final del Campeonato Panamericano de Softbol, y obtener el t\u00edtulo panamericano por primera vez en su historia.<\/p>\n

Luego de que M\u00e9xico superara a Argentina por 5-4 en el round robin, el equipo que dirige Eduardo Sabat\u00e9 ingres\u00f3 a disputar el primer juego del playoff con una actitud arrolladora, anotando ocho carreras en las primeras dos entradas, d\u00e1ndole a su lanzador Juan Potolicchio una ventaja que ser\u00eda definitiva en el marcador.<\/p>\n

Argentina abri\u00f3 el marcador en la primera entrada, cuando Manuel Godoy bate\u00f3 un enorme jonr\u00f3n de tres carreras por el jard\u00edn derecho, llev\u00e1ndose por delante a Fernando Petric y Bruno Motroni, quienes hab\u00edan negociado boleto y estaban en circulaci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n

En la segunda entrada, el seleccionado nacional explot\u00f3 en ofensiva con cinco carreras m\u00e1s, poniendo el marcador 8-0. Petric dio el batazo grande cuando conect\u00f3 un triple productor de tres carreras. Mauricio C\u00e1ceres hab\u00eda recibido boleto gratis, Mariano Montero se embas\u00f3 por jugada de selecci\u00f3n, y Gustavo Godoy conect\u00f3 sencillo al jard\u00edn central para llenar las bases, antes de que Petric diera el golpe de knockout. En la misma entrada, Lautaro Ferrara trajo a Petric con un elevado de sacrificio, y Manuel Godoy impulsar\u00eda su cuarta carrera del partido por la misma v\u00eda, haciendo pasar por el plato a Bruno Motroni.<\/p>\n

Como mencionamos, el lanzador ganador por Argentina fue Juan Potolicchio, quien lanz\u00f3 las cinco entradas completas sin permitir anotaciones, ponchando a 10 bateadores mexicanos.<\/p>\n

Con esta victoria contundente, Argentina ya se asegur\u00f3 mantener el tercer puesto a nivel continental, posici\u00f3n que ostenta desde el a\u00f1o 2003, cuando el equipo nacional consigui\u00f3 la medalla de bronce en los Juegos Panamericanos de Santo Domingo 2003, y que refrend\u00f3 con el tercer lugar en el VII Campeonato Panamericano disputado en Hermosillo, M\u00e9xico, en el a\u00f1o 2006, la \u00faltima gran cita continental del Softbol Masculino<\/p>\n

Nuestro equipo tiene ma\u00f1ana una cita con la historia. Argentina buscar\u00e1 alcanzar la final del Campeonato Panamericano por primera vez, cuando juegue la semifinal frente al perdedor del partido entre Venezuela y Canad\u00e1 (primero y segundo respectivamente en el round robin, que jugaban esta noche, a continuaci\u00f3n del partido de Argentina). El objetivo no ha cambiado: ser campeones panamericanos. Ma\u00f1ana es el d\u00eda.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rough (Google) Translation Argentina beat Mexico and secured a place on the podium Pan Softball Confederation by Argentina on Friday, September 21, 2012 at 6:27 pm \u00b7 The Argentina won a historic victory tonight against Mexico in the Pan American Championship VIII “Dr. Fernando Aren “, beating Aztec team 8-0 in five innings. With this […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18545,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,33,12,38,23],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-18544","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-canada","8":"category-espanol","9":"category-isf","10":"category-latinamerica","11":"category-tournaments","12":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18544"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18544\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18547,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18544\/revisions\/18547"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}