USA Junior Men Fall 4-2 in opening game of World Championships
WHITE HORSE, Yukon - The USA Softball Jr. Men's team fell 4-2 to Japan in the opening game of the 8th ISF Junior Men's World Fast Pitch Championships in White Horse, Yukon, Canada. The team will next face Denmark at 1:30 local time/3:30 CT as they look to even their record at 1-1.
Japan jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the first but the United States evened it up in the bottom of the first. The team remained tied in the second but Japan took the lead in the third inning for a 2-1 lead and would take the lead to 3-1 in the fifth. The USA cut the lead to 3-2 in the fifth but a run by Japan in the top of the sixth put the game out of reach and gave Japan the 4-2 win.
The team connected on three hits while the pitching staff allowed eight. Two errors by the U.S. defense and one by Japan wrap up the line score.
About ASA
The Amateur Softball Association, founded in 1933, is the National Governing Body of softball in the United States and a member of the United States Olympic Committee. The ASA has become one of the nation’s largest sports organizations and now sanctions competition in every state through a network of 83 local associations. The ASA has grown from a few hundred teams in the early days to over 240,000 teams today, representing a membership of more than three million. For more information on the ASA, visit http://www.asasoftball.com/.
About USASoftball
USA Softball is the brand created, operated and owned by the ASA that links the USA Men’s, Women’s, Junior Boys’ and Junior Girls’ National Team programs together. USA Softball is responsible for training, equipping and promoting these four National Teams to compete in international and domestic competitions. The USA Softball Women’s National Team is one of the only two women’s sports involved in the Olympic movement to capture three consecutive gold medals at the Olympic Games since 1996. The U.S. women have also won eight World Championship titles including the last six consecutive as well as claimed two World Cup of Softball titles. For more information about USA Softball, please visit http://www.usasoftball.com/.
