{"id":23877,"date":"2014-07-18T09:24:46","date_gmt":"2014-07-18T16:24:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=23877"},"modified":"2014-07-18T13:51:45","modified_gmt":"2014-07-18T20:51:45","slug":"usa-jr-men-play-australia-tonight-friday-for-a-spot-in-the-medal-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=23877","title":{"rendered":"USA Jr. Men play Australia tonight (Friday) for a spot in the medal round in X ISF Jr. World Championship at Whitehorse"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Click logo to watch tonight’s game on Sports Canada TV<\/figcaption><\/figure>USA Junior Men’s Softball plays Australia tonight (Friday) at 7:30pm PDT for a spot in the medal round. <\/p>\n

Entering the final day of Pool Play (Day 9), Reigning world champs, Argentina are 8-0, New Zealand 7-1, with Japan, with locks on the top two (double life) spots in the medal round. The USA, Australia and Japan (all 5-3) are playing for the final two spots.
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\nThe game will be broadcast live on SPORTS CANADA TV. Click this link to view — AND SPREAD THE WORD !!<\/strong> <\/p>\n

\nClick here to watch
\nhttp:\/\/www.sportscanada.tv\/fastpitch\/index.php\/diamond-1<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What if scenarios:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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If the USA wins, and Japan wins, they both finish 6-3 and USA is # 3 and Japan # 4 since the USA beat Japan during pool play.<\/p>\n

If the USA wins and Japan loses, USA is # 3 and Japan and Australia finish 5-4, and Japan would go as the # 4 as they beat Australia.<\/p>\n

If the USA loses and Japan wins, Japan and Australia finish 6-3, Japan is # 3, Australia # 4 as Japan beat Australia in pool play.<\/p>\n

If the USA loses and Japan loses, Australia is # 3, and USA and Japan would finish with 5-4 records and USA would go as # 4 since they beat Japan.<\/p>\n

Need more ?
\nMexico is 4-4, and plays New Zealand. If they win, they’d be 5-4 and in a three way tie if USA and Japan loses. My brain hurts and Mexico and New Zealand play at 4pm so I’m going to wait for that one.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Only 4 of the 10 teams qualify for the medal round, to be played over the weekend, the other 6 to a consolation bracket.<\/p>\n

Catcher\/DP Tyler Bouley<\/strong> (Champlin MN) is having a monstrous tournament, batting .448 (13 for 29) with 5 doubles, a HR and 7 RBI. Leadoff hitter Bryce DuCharme<\/strong> (Hudson, WI) is 11 for 26, batting .423 with 7 runs scored. Bouley and DuCharme rank 3rd and 4th in hits in the entire tournament.<\/p>\n

Pitcher Phil Zimmerman<\/strong> (New Holland PA) leads the pitching staff with 3 wins, ranking second in the tournament in that department and is 6th overall in strikeouts with 33. <\/p>\n

Click here for game results for USA Jr. Men’s first 8 games.<\/a><\/p>\n

No.\tName\tPosition\tHometown\tB\/T<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n2\tTaylor Nielson\tOutfield\tLehi, Utah\tR\/R
\n4\tCody Valeros\t2nd Base\tStockton, Calif.\tR\/R
\n5\tCollin Hopkins\tPitcher\/1st Base\tDecatur, Ill.\tR\/L
\n7\tBlaine Milheim\tUtility\tEaton Rapids, Mich.\tR\/R
\n8\tRyan Barnes\tCatcher\tLehi, Utah\tR\/R
\n9\tPhillip Zimmerman\tPitcher\tNew Holland, Pa.\tR\/R
\n11\tBryce DuCharme\tOutfield\tHudson, Wis.\tL\/R
\n12\tJames (Jimbo) Pernetti\t3rd Base\/Shortstop\tCeres, Calif.\tR\/R
\n13\tZane Chason\tPitcher\tAlma, Ga.\tR\/R
\n14\tTristan Sensenig\tOutfield\tDenver, Pa.\tL\/L
\n16\tTyler Stoffel\tShortstop\tNorth Mankato, Minn.\tL\/R
\n21\tCarson Criner\t3rd Base\/ Left Field\tStockton, Calif.\tR\/R
\n24\tSteven Nessler\tOutfield\tNorth Mankato, Minn.\tR\/R
\n26\tDanial Centeno Jr.\t1st Base\tSalem, Utah\tL\/R
\n32\tPeyton Hall\tShortstop\/Utility\tPrairie du Chien, Wis.\tL\/R
\n33\tFaron Apauty Jr.\tPitcher\/Infield\tAnadarko, Okla.\tR\/R
\n34\tJustin Perez\tShortstop\/Outfield\tNorth East, Pa.\tR\/R<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

USA Junior Men’s Softball plays Australia tonight (Friday) at 7:30pm PDT for a spot in the medal round. Entering the final day of Pool Play (Day 9), Reigning world champs, Argentina are 8-0, New Zealand 7-1, with Japan, with locks on the top two (double life) spots in the medal round. The USA, Australia and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22354,"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":[3,4,5,9,12,27],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-23877","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-asa","8":"category-broadcasts","9":"category-canada","10":"category-international","11":"category-isf","12":"category-youth","13":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23877","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=23877"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23877\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23895,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23877\/revisions\/23895"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}