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Team Canada Women’s National Team Wins Bronze Medal at Canadian Open

July 14, 2015

Toronto, ON

 

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July 14th, 2015
 

Team Canada Women’s National Team
Wins Bronze Medal at Canadian Open


(Surrey, BC) The Canadian Women’s National Team won the Bronze medal at the Canadian Open Fastpitch International Championship following a 4-1 setback against Cuba on Monday. The game was tied at one heading into the seventh inning before Cuba was able to put some hits together to pull out the win.
 
In the first inning, Cuba got a two-out single but Canadian starting pitcher Jenna Caira (Toronto, ON) notched two strikeouts and got a fly out. Logan White (Brantford, ON) had a one-out single in the bottom of the inning, but the next batter ground into a double play. Cuba went down in order in the second, with Canada only managing a two-out single by Sara Riske (Richmond, BC). In the third, Cuba got a couple of singles and a walk to load the bases, but Caira came up with a big strikeout to end the inning and leave three runners on base. Jen Yee (North Delta, BC) got another a two-out single in the third but was also left stranded.
 
Canada was able to open the scoring with a run in the bottom of the fourth. Jenn Salling (Port Coquitlam, BC) worked a two-out walk and moved up to second on a single by Riske before scoring on another single by Megan Gurski (Dalmeny, SK), giving Canada a 1-0 lead. However, Cuba was able to tie the game right away in the top of the fifth when they managed a leadoff single with the runner being sacrificed to second before later scoring on a single to tie the game at 1-1.
 
Each team got a single in the sixth but was unable to produce the go-ahead run, and Cuba was able to break the tie with three runs in the top half of the seventh. The first batter walked but was retired on a fielder’s choice, followed by a single and another fielder’s choice to put runners on first and second. A passed ball moved the runners up before both scored on a single, followed by two more singles to add another run. Larissa Franklin (Maple Ridge, BC) managed a two-out single, but the next batter grounded out to second to end the game.
 
Box Score: Cuba 4 vs. Canada 1
 
Caira was solid in the pitcher’s circle for Canada, allowing one run on six hits and a walk with six strikeouts in six innings. Karissa Hovinga (Edmonton, AB) took the loss, allowing three runs on four hits in one inning pitched. Riske had a pair of singles at the plate, with Yee, White, Salling Gurski and Franklin each adding one.
 
Cuba advanced to the Championship game and was beaten 10-0 by Japan, who earned the Gold medal. Team Canada will now shift its focus to the Pan American Games in Ajax, ON where it will open the event with a game against Brazil at 4:30pm EDT on Sunday, July 19.




For more information, please contact:

Gilles LeBlanc
Manager - Marketing and Communications
Softball Canada
Cell: (613) 797-7171
gleblanc@softball.ca

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