OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. – The USA Softball Junior Men’s team went  2-0 yesterday at the ISF Junior Men’s World Championships in White Horse, Yukon as they defeated Botswana 15-0 in four innings and 12-4 over Venezuela in six innings . The team combined for 25 hits on the day and extended their 2008 World Championship record to 3-2.

After being rained out yesterday, the team came out strong against Botswana. After scoring two runs in the bottom of the first, the team exploded in the second with 11 runs scored. The red, white and blue offense was stifled in the third but added two more runs in the fourth to put the game away at 15-0 in the fourth. The team had 13 hits while only allowing two and the defense was on as there were no errors in the game.

The U.S. wasted no time in the second game of the day taking an early first-inning 5-0 lead over Venezuela. The team tacked on three more in the second before Venezuela countered with four runs in the top of the fourth to cut the United State’s lead to 8-4. After scoring a run in the bottom of the fourth, Team USA put up three runs to end the game in six innings resulting in a 12-4 victory.

The United States will encounter its toughest day of competition today with three games including powerhouse New Zealand. They face New Zealand at 7:00 a.m./local before taking on Argentina at 11:00 a.m./local. They will wrap up their triple-header with Mexico at 6:30 p.m./local. 

 

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/.

 

 

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/.