{"id":19070,"date":"2012-11-09T16:09:59","date_gmt":"2012-11-10T00:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=19070"},"modified":"2012-11-09T21:48:10","modified_gmt":"2012-11-10T05:48:10","slug":"rain-suspends-usa-junior-mens-matchup-with-canada-at-isf-world-championship-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=19070","title":{"rendered":"Rain suspends USA Junior Men\u2019s matchup with Canada at ISF World Championship playoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"

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.<\/figcaption><\/figure>PARANA, Argentina \u2013 Rainfall has put a hold on play at the International Softball Federation (ISF) Junior Men\u2019s World Championships in Parana the Amateur Softball Association (ASA) of America announced today. Teams met with ISF and tournament officials Friday evening to layout a tentative plan for playing the six remaining games of the championship on Saturday, November 10 with the first games beginning at 8:00 a.m. (EST).<\/p>\n

The USA Softball Junior Men\u2019s National Team was originally scheduled to play Canada today at 1:00 p.m. (EST) prior to the rain. According to the rescheduled plan, this game, along with a matchup between Australia and New Zealand will be played simultaneously on the two tournament fields at 8:00 a.m. (EST) on Saturday. The two winners will then play for a spot in the tournament\u2019s top three while Japan and Argentina\u2019s rescheduled game takes place on the opposite field. The final two games of the tournament will then take place with the third place game at approximately 2:00 p.m. (EST) and the gold medal contest at 5:00 p.m. (EST).<\/p>\n

\nEditor’s note: Parana time is 2 hours ahead of Eastern time, 5 hours ahead of Pacific time.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Tournament officials plan to meet on Saturday morning to reevaluate Saturday\u2019s weather conditions and make any additional schedule adjustments.<\/p>\n

The USA Junior Men have amassed a 5-2 record in the tournament while outscoring their opponents 53-29. As a team they are 53-of-167 from the plate for a .317 average. Please visit www.USAsoftball.com to follow live stats and see photos from all of USA\u2019s games at the ISF Junior Men\u2019s World Championship.<\/p>\n

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Photo courtesy of Steven Embree-USA-ASA Softball (like how they anchor the tarps with Sparkletts bottles)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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