{"id":32271,"date":"2018-07-01T07:21:22","date_gmt":"2018-07-01T14:21:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=32271"},"modified":"2018-07-01T07:21:22","modified_gmt":"2018-07-01T14:21:22","slug":"team-usa-comeback-efforts-fall-short-as-the-team-drops-a-pair-to-close-out-pool-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=32271","title":{"rendered":"Team USA comeback efforts fall short as the team drops a pair to close out pool play"},"content":{"rendered":"

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SALT LAKE CITY \u2013 Comeback efforts fell short for the USA Softball Junior Men\u2019s National Team (JMNT) Saturday afternoon as the U.S. fell to Page Break 11-10 (four innings) and Wasatch Properties 4-3. The JMNT finish pool play at the Larry H. Miller Pioneer Days Tournament 0-3 and enter single-elimination bracket play Sunday morning at 9 a.m.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday was a huge improvement for our team,\u201d said Head Coach, Tyron McKinney (Ashland, Ohio). \u201cI really thought we moved the ball a lot better and made strides forward. Our job still isn\u2019t done and we have to be better tomorrow than today.\u201d<\/p>\n

Page Break 11, USA JMNT 10 (four innings)
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An eight-run, fourth inning rally to tie the game was not enough for the JMNT, falling to Page Break on a solo home run as the one hour and 45 minute time limit expired.<\/p>\n

Team USA responded in the best way possible to Page Break\u2019s seven-run third inning with a rally of their own.\u00a0 All eight runs came with two outs as the Red, White and Blue sent 13 hitters to the plate. Highlighting the offensive explosion was a three-run bomb by Derek Gomez (Austin, Texas) before back-to-back singles by Justin Martinez (Covina, Calif.) and Seth Brandel (Houghton Lake, Mich.) drove in the tying run.<\/p>\n

One pitch into the home half of the fourth, Page Break connected on a pitch that was sent out beyond the left field wall to secure a slugfest win for opposition.<\/p>\n

Page Break opened up the affair by striking first thanks to a three-run home run from their cleanup hitter.<\/p>\n

Team USA responded with a crooked number of their own in the top of the second. Jason Obregon Jr. (Pico Riviera, Calif.) led off the inning with a sharp single through the left side before Tony Wark (Munger, Mich.) moved Obregon Jr. into scoring position via a sacrifice bunt. Martinez drove in the JMNT\u2019s first run scoring Obregon with his second triple of the summer. Crossing the plate on the same play was Martinez as a Page Break throwing error to try and retire him at third found its way to the fence.<\/p>\n

Alex Ibarra (Cedar, Hill, Texas) suffered the loss out of the pen in a one-third of an inning of work.<\/p>\n

Wasatch Properties 4, USA JMNT 3
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The USA JMNT continued to show its resilience at the plate in the nightcap despite dropping its final pool play game.\u00a0Brandel drove in the game\u2019s first run with a single to right field collecting his second RBI of the day.<\/p>\n

Wasatch Properties got a hold of JMNT starter Craig Lewis (Winston, Mo.), plating a pair of runs in the second via a pair of singles.<\/p>\n

Both teams recorded zeros the next two innings before the bats came back alive in the fifth. With a pair of runners in scoring position for the USA, C. Lewis helped his own cause with a RBI ground out to short evening the contest at 2-2.<\/p>\n

USA went to right-hander Nathan Landry (Indian Brook, Nova Scotia) out of the pen following a walk and a hit-by-pitch by C. Lewis. Landry buckled down to get two outs despite a walk to load the bases. A single to right field that also resulted in an error allowed Wasatch to break the short-lived tie. Landry limited the damage with a strikeout to leave the score at 4-2 after five.<\/p>\n

Down to their final three outs, USA sparked another late rally as Obregon Jr. led off the half inning with a line drive single up the middle before Jose Dominguez Jr. (Union City, Calif.) entered the game as a courtesy runner. After advancing to second on a ground out, Dominguez crossed the plate following a stolen base and wild pitch to pull the USA within one before Chayton Lloyd (Lakeside, Calif.) went down on strikes to close out the pool play finale.<\/p>\n

To follow along with the USA Softball National Team Program, please visit USASoftball.com<https:\/\/www.teamusa.org\/usa-softball<\/a>>.<\/p>\n

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