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Canada Finishes Preliminary Round with Win over Philippines

July 3, 2015

Saskatoon, SK

 

Canada Finishes Preliminary Round with Win over Philippines at WBSC Men's World Softball Championship

The following is a media release issued by Softball Canada.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 3rd, 2015
 

Canada Finishes Preliminary Round
with Win over Philippines

(Saskatoon, SK) The Canadian Men’s National Softball Team finished the preliminary round of the WBSC Men’s World Championship with a 12-0 win in four innings over the Philippines and keep their record perfect at 7-0. Canada took an 8-0 lead after one inning of play powered by three homeruns, while Paul Koert (Stouffville, ON) and Andy Skelton (Scarborough, ON) split the pitching duties for a perfect game.

After the Philippines went down in order in the top of the first, Mathieu Roy (St-Gervais, QC) stroke a single followed by a walk to Ryan Wolfe (Melbourne, ON) before Jeff Ellsworth (St. Lawrence, PEI) smacked a three-run homerun over the right field fence. Steve Mullaley (Freshwater, NL) reached on an error and Skelton followed with a two-run homerun, with Ian Fehrman (Townsend, ON) hitting a double before scoring on another two-run shot by Bryan Abrey (Richmond, BC). Brandon Horn (Waterloo, ON) doubled followed by another double by Roy as Canada took an early 8-0 lead.

In the top of the second, the Philippines were retired on two ground outs and a strike out, while Canada went down on a ground out and two fly outs. The following inning, Fehrman led off with a double and advanced to third on a single by Derek Mayson (North Vancouver, BC), while Jason Sanford (Durham, NS) was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Horn and Roy each hit run-scoring singles and Wolfe hit a sacrifice fly, with Roy later scoring on a single by Skelton as Canada added to its lead, making the score 12-0. Skelton struck out the side in the top of the fourth to end the game on the run rule.

Box Score: Canada 12 vs. Philippines 0

Koert pitched the first two innings for Canada, striking out two batters without allowing a hit, while Skelton struck out five over the last two innings as the duo faced the minimum amount of batters for a perfect game. Ellsworth, Skelton and Abrey all homered in the first inning, while Roy went 3-for-3 at the plate with two runs batted in and two runs scored. Fehrman and Horn each had a pair of hits, with Mayson adding a single.

In other scores on the final day of the preliminary round at the WBSC Men’s World Softball Championship, Argentina shut out Great Britain 2-0, the Dominican Republic clinched first place in Pool B with a 4-0 win over Venezuela, New Zealand beat the Czech Republic 11-1 in five innings, Japan defeated the Netherlands 9-1 in five innings, the United States outscored Denmark 9-2 in six innings, and Mexico beat Australia 10-3.

Team Canada (7-0, 1st in Pool A) earned two lives and will play its first playoff game against Australia (5-2, 2nd in Pool B) at 6:30pm CST on Friday.

Other Championship Round matchups (all played at Bob Van Impe Stadium) will be:

1:00pm CST: Czech Republic (5-2, 3rd in Pool A) vs. Japan (4-3, 4th in Pool B)
3:30pm CST: Venezuela (5-2, 3rd in Pool B) vs. Argentina (5-2, 4th in Pool A)
8:30pm CST: Dominican Republic (6-1, 1st in Pool B) vs. New Zealand (5-2, 2nd in Pool A) 

Teams who did not qualify for the Championship Round will compete in the Placement Round:

10:30am CST: Great Britain (3-4, 5th in Pool A) vs. Netherlands (0-7, 8th in Pool B) – BVI
1:30pm CST: Guatemala (2-5, 6th in Pool A) vs. Denmark (1-6, 7th in Pool B) – GHP
4:00pm CST: Mexico (3-4, 6th in Pool B) vs. Philippines (1-6, 7th in Pool A) – GHP 

BVI – Bob Van Impe Stadium
GHP – Gordie Howe Park 

The United States (4-3, 5th in Pool B) earned a bye in the first round of the Placement Round.

The event website can be found at http://www.2015isfmensworldsoftball.ca/, with Sportscanada.tv webstreaming available at http://sportscanada.tv/worldsoftball/ and Pointstreak live scoring at http://wbscmens.bbstats.pointstreak.com/. The event can also be followed on Facebook (2015 ISF Men’s Worlds) and Twitter (@ISFMens2015). Also make sure to check out Champ’s Chatter – the official newsletter of the 2015 WBSC Men’s World Softball Championship – with a new issue published daily at http://www.2015isfmensworldsoftball.ca//english/media/champs-chatter.html!

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For more information, please contact:

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