USA Softball wins sixth consecutive WorldChampionship
Beijing, China --- The USA Softball teamwas crowned World Champions for the sixth consecutive time after defeatingJapan, 3-0, in the gold medal game of the XI ISF Women’s WorldChampionship.
Through the first two innings bothpitchers held their opposition hitless with Osterman striking out three of thesix batters she faced while Ueno fanned one.
“Its amazing what 24 hours can do. Softball is a very humblingsport and you have to get used to the highs and lows. The three of these ladiesup here today, Cat (Osterman), Jessica (
In the top of the third inning USA firstbaseman Jennie Finch (La Mirada, Calif.) broke up Ueno’s no-hitter with alead off single to left field but was left stranded when Lovieanne Jung(Fountain Valley, Calif.) struckout swinging followed by groundouts by LauraBerg (Santa Fe Springs, Calif.) and Caitlin Lowe (Tustin, Calif.)
A lead-off walk to Megu Hirose in thebottom of the third provided
With one out in the top of the fourthinning Jessica Mendoza (
The momentum of the game took a dramaticswing in the top of the sixth inning. With one out, Natasha Watley (
“Every pitcher has a plan each at bat. She kept throwing me awayand beat me at it with a strikeout earlier in the game. I didn’t want herto beat me again with that pitch,” said
Osterman took care of the rest by strikingout nine of the last 10 batters she faced including three strikeouts in theseventh inning.
Mendoza and Bustos were the offensivejuggernauts for the
Osterman was simply amazing going 6-0 withwins over 6th place
The win solidifies the
“We learned a lot here. The venue here is very good and justneeds a couple minor tweaks. They volunteers are great and well organizedhere,” said Candrea of his team’s experience. “It was a greatexperience for us and will be helpful in us planning for 2008. This has been atremendous three weeks for us and the people of
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TEAM USA
Season Statistics
Overall Statistics
2006 World Championship
Overall Statistics for TEAM USA (as of Sep 05, 2006)
(All games Sorted by Batting avg)
Record: 10-1 Home: 0-0 Away: 0-0 Neutral: 10-1 Conference: 1-0
Player AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD%
Bustos, Crystl...... .500 11-11 34 10 17 6 0 2 14 29 .853 2 0 1 0 .528 0 0 1-1 0 0 0 .000
Mendoza, Jessica.... .500 11-11 32 14 16 0 0 5 16 31 .969 5 1 3 0 .579 0 0 0-1 4 0 0 1.000
Topping, Jenny...... .500 6-3 8 3 4 2 0 0 2 6 .750 1 0 1 0 .500 1 0 0-0 20 1 0 1.000
Berg, Laura......... .346 10-10 26 2 9 0 1 0 3 11 .423 0 0 1 0 .346 0 1 0-0 5 0 0 1.000
Flowers, Tairia..... .333 5-4 9 2 3 0 0 0 0 3 .333 0 0 2 0 .333 0 1 0-0 23 4 1 .964
Lowe, Caitlin....... .314 11-11 35 14 11 0 0 0 2 11 .314 4 0 2 0 .385 0 0 6-6 4 0 0 1.000
Watley, Natasha..... .306 11-11 36 12 11 0 0 0 3 11 .306 2 1 2 0 .359 0 1 3-4 8 12 2 .909
Jung, Lovie......... .300 8-8 20 2 6 0 0 0 1 6 .300 4 0 5 0 .417 0 0 0-0 13 8 1 .955
Duran, Andrea....... .267 11-11 30 5 8 1 0 1 7 12 .400 4 0 5 0 .343 1 0 2-2 2 10 1 .923
Galindo, Vicky...... .250 6-3 8 1 2 1 0 0 3 3 .375 1 1 2 0 .400 0 0 0-0 7 2 0 1.000
Nuveman, Stacey..... .241 9-9 29 3 7 0 0 3 8 16 .552 2 0 6 0 .290 0 0 0-0 89 9 0 1.000
Freed, Amanda....... .200 6-1 5 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 .400 0 0 0 0 .200 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 .000
Finch, Jennie....... .125 6-6 16 2 2 1 0 0 1 3 .188 2 0 5 0 .222 0 1 0-0 22 2 1 .960
Totals.............. .337 11-11 288 71 97 12 1 11 61 144 .500 27 3 35 0 .397 2 4 12-14 198 58 7 .973
Opponents........... .117 11-11 222 7 26 2 1 1 6 33 .149 9 4 101 0 .166 0 2 2-4 183 76 24 .915
LOB - Team (70), Opp (32). DPs turned - Team (2), Opp (1). IBB - Team (2), Nuveman 1, Bustos 1.
(All games Sorted by Earned run avg)
Player ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHA
Hollowell, Alicia... 0.00 1-0 1 1 1 1/0 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 16 .063 0 0 0 0 0
Abbott, Monica...... 0.00 1-0 1 1 1 1/0 0 4.0 3 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 15 .200 0 0 0 0 0
Osterman,Cat........ 0.66 6-0 6 6 6 3/0 0 41.0 15 4 3 8 70 1 1 1 136 .110 0 1 0 0 0
Southern, Jamie..... 1.29 1-0 2 1 1 1/0 0 7.0 3 1 1 0 11 1 0 0 27 .111 0 0 0 0 1
Finch, Jennie....... 2.00 1-1 2 2 1 1/0 0 9.0 4 2 2 0 9 0 0 0 28 .143 0 3 0 0 1
Totals.............. 0.82 10-1 11 11 10 7/0 0 66.0 26 7 6 9 101 2 1 1 222 .117 0 4 0 0 2
Opponents........... 7.67 1-10 11 11 1 0/0 0 61.0 97 71 52 27 35 12 1 11 288 .337 6 3 0 2 4
PB - Team (0), Opp (2). Pickoffs - Team (3), Nuveman 3. SBA/ATT - Nuveman (2-4), Osterman (1-2), Southern (1-1), Abbott
(0-1).
2006 World Championship
Overall Statistics for TEAM USA (as of Sep 05, 2006)
(All games Sorted by Fielding pct)
Player C PO A E FLD% DPs SBA CSB SBA% PB CI
Nuveman, Stacey..... 98 89 9 0 1.000 0 2 2 .500 0 0
Topping, Jenny...... 21 20 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 --- 0 0
Galindo, Vicky...... 9 7 2 0 1.000 0 0 0 --- 0 0
Osterman,Cat........ 8 1 7 0 1.000 0 1 1 .500 0 0
Berg, Laura......... 5 5 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 --- 0 0
Lowe, Caitlin....... 4 4 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 --- 0 0
Mendoza, Jessica.... 4 4 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 --- 0 0
Abbott, Monica...... 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 1 .000 0 0
Flowers, Tairia..... 28 23 4 1 .964 1 0 0 --- 0 0
Finch, Jennie....... 25 22 2 1 .960 1 0 0 --- 0 0
Jung, Lovie......... 22 13 8 1 .955 1 0 0 --- 0 0
Duran, Andrea....... 13 2 10 1 .923 1 0 0 --- 0 0
Watley, Natasha..... 22 8 12 2 .909 2 0 0 --- 0 0
Southern, Jamie..... 3 0 2 1 .667 0 1 0 1.000 0 0
Hollowell, Alicia... 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 --- 0 0
Freed, Amanda....... 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 --- 0 0
Bustos, Crystl...... 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 --- 0 0
Totals.............. 263 198 58 7 .973 2 2 2 .500 0 0
Opponents........... 283 183 76 24 .915 1 12 2 .857 2 0
2006 World Championship TEAM USA vs Japan Sep 05, 2006 at Beijing, China (Fengtai Stadium) TEAM USA 3 (10-1) Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB ------------------------------------------------------ Lowe, Caitlin rf......... 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Topping, Jenny ph....... 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Watley, Natasha ss....... 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 Mendoza, Jessica lf...... 3 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 Bustos, Crystl dh........ 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 Nuveman, Stacey c........ 3 0 0 0 0 1 14 1 0 Duran, Andrea 3b......... 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 Finch, Jennie 1b......... 3 0 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 Jung, Lovie 2b........... 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 Berg, Laura cf........... 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 Osterman,Cat p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Totals................... 28 3 9 3 0 6 21 5 5 Japan 0 (9-1) Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB ------------------------------------------------------ Uenishi 2b............... 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 Naito ss................. 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 6 0 Yamada cf................ 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Mabuchi lf............... 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 Ito 1b................... 2 0 0 0 0 1 10 0 0 Mishina dh............... 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 Hirose 3b................ 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 Inui c................... 1 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 Tanaka ph............... 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Suzuki c................ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Karino rf................ 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 Ueno p................... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Masubuchi p............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals................... 21 0 1 0 1 14 21 12 1 Score by Innings R H E ----------------------------------------- TEAM USA............ 000 003 0 - 3 9 0 Japan............... 000 000 0 - 0 1 0 ----------------------------------------- LOB - TEAM USA 5; Japan 1. HR - Mendoza(5); Bustos(2). SH - Berg(1). TEAM USA IP H R ER BB SO AB BF ----------------------------------------------- Osterman,Cat........ 7.0 1 0 0 1 14 21 22 Japan IP H R ER BB SO AB BF ----------------------------------------------- Ueno................ 6.0 6 3 3 0 6 23 24 Masubuchi........... 1.0 3 0 0 0 0 5 5 Win - Osterman (6-0). Loss - Ueno (4-1). Save - None. Umpires - Start: 7:00 pm Time: 1:50 Attendance: Game notes: Championship Game Game: WCGAME11
2006 World Championship TEAM USA vs Japan - Play-by-Play Sep 05, 2006 at Beijing, China (Fengtai Stadium) Score by Innings R H E ----------------------------------------- TEAM USA............ 000 003 0 - 3 9 0 Japan............... 000 000 0 - 0 1 0 ----------------------------------------- TEAM USA starters: 26/rf Lowe; 29/ss Watley; 2/lf Mendoza; 6/dh Bustos; 33/c Nuveman; 12/3b Duran; 27/1b Finch; 3/2b Jung; 44/cf Berg; 8/p Osterman; Japan starters: 15/2b Uenishi; 6/ss Naito; 11/cf Yamada; 25/lf Mabuchi; 10/1b Ito; 4/dh Mishina; 8/3b Hirose; 23/c Inui; 5/rf Karino; 17/p Ueno; TEAM USA 1st - Lowe grounded out to 3b. Watley grounded out to ss. Mendoza struck out looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Japan 1st - Uenishi struck out swinging. Naito grounded out to p. Yamada grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. TEAM USA 2nd - Bustos grounded out to 2b. Nuveman grounded out to ss. Duran flied out to lf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Japan 2nd - Mabuchi struck out looking. Ito grounded out to p. Mishina struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. TEAM USA 3rd - Finch singled up the middle. Jung struck out looking. Berg grounded out to ss, SAC; Finch advanced to second. Lowe out at first ss to rf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Japan 3rd - Hirose walked. Hirose out at second c to 2b, picked off. Inui struck out swinging. Karino struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. TEAM USA 4th - Watley grounded out to ss. Mendoza singled down the lf line. Bustos singled to center field; Mendoza advanced to second. Nuveman popped up to 2b. Duran struck out swinging. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Japan 4th - Uenishi flied out to cf. Naito singled to center field. Yamada popped up to 2b. Mabuchi struck out swinging. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. TEAM USA 5th - Finch struck out swinging. Jung grounded out to 2b. Berg struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Japan 5th - Ito struck out looking. Mishina struck out swinging. Hirose struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. TEAM USA 6th - Lowe out at first p to rf. Watley singled, bunt. Mendoza homered to right field, 2 RBI; Watley scored. Bustos homered to left field, RBI. Nuveman struck out looking. Duran grounded out to 1b unassisted. 3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Japan 6th - Tanaka pinch hit for Inui. Tanaka struck out swinging. Karino struck out swinging. Uenishi grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. TEAM USA 7th - Inui to c for Tanaka. Suzuki to c for Inui. Masubuchi to p for Ueno. Finch grounded out to 3b. Jung singled to center field. Berg singled to right field; Jung advanced to second. Topping pinch hit for Lowe. Topping singled; Berg advanced to third; Jung advanced to third, out at home rf to c. Lowe to rf for Topping. Watley grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Japan 7th - Naito struck out swinging. Yamada struck out swinging. Mabuchi struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.