Black Sox underway at Men's World Championships

July 7, 2017

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The Golden Homes Black Sox commenced the Men’s World Softball Championship with an easy 22-0 win over Turkey in 3 innings in Whitehorse, Canada this morning.

 

Turkey debuting in their first ever men’s world championship were never expected to put up much of fight for the Black Sox who collected 16 hits, including 3 home runs to Tyron Bartorillo and one each to Wayne Laulu, Kallan Compain and Thomas Enoka.

 

Bartorillo was hot with the bat grabbing 8 RBIs including a grand slam.

 

Brad Rona playing his 93rd test for New Zealand and Nathan Nukunuku in his 92nd equalled the record for appearances at a WBSC World Championship. Rona and Nukunuku will go down in history along with pitching legend Kevin Herlihy with 6 World Championships to their names.

 

The game will serve of little use to the Kiwis other than to settle a few pre-tournament nerves as the Black Sox look to win their 7th world title and their first on Canadian soil.

 

Josh Pettett started in the middle for New Zealand and was replaced by Nik Hayes in the 3^rd inning. The two helped to throw a perfect game with 9 strikeouts and giving up no hits.

 

New Zealands next game is at 12:30pm tomorrow against Czech Republic. The Czech’s will prove a much stronger force given they beat the Black Sox last week in Vancouver for the first time.

 

 

Best

Glen

 

 

Glen Roff - Softball Manager

Softball New Zealand

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