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Team USA wins World Cup in OKC vs Australia
Team USA finally wins the World Cup of Softball in Oklahoma City versus Team Australia by a final score of 3-1.
Monica Abbott was selected to pitch for Team USA versus Justine Smethurst of Team Australia.
Here are the scoring plays of the game.
Lauren Lappin set the tone with a solo home run in the game in the third inning. Ashley Hansen doubled.
Natasha Watley lined out for the first out.
Caitlin Lowe grounded out, moving Hansen to third base.
Alyssa Haber singles to bring home Hansen. Haber steals second base.
Kaitlin Cochran was intentionally walked. Andrea Duran singles, and Alyssa Haber scores, Cochran attempts to score at home as well but was tagged out.
The USA scores all three runs, and that’s all what they needed.
In the top of the fourth inning, Stacey Porter hits a solo home run off Monica Abbott, with one out.
That’s all the scoring Team Australia would have. Team USA would not allow any more scoring.
Cat Osterman comes in the sixth inning and saves the game. She pitches 1 and two-thirds innings with three strikeouts and one walk, to earn the save.
Monica Abbott pitches 5 and one-third innings giving up four hits, one earned run (on a Stacey Porter home run) and 11 strikeouts.Justine Smethurst settles for the loss pitching only three innings, charged with three runs, and gave up the home run to Lauren Lappin. She gave up five hits and struck out three.
Game time was 1:57, meaning 1 hour and 57 minutes long, game temperature was at 91 degrees.
Here’s the box score.
1 2 3
4 5 6 7 R H E
Australia 0 0 0
1 0 0 0 1 4 0
United States 0 0 3 0 0 0 x 3 7 1
USA finishes in first place undefeated while Australia finishes in second place.
This was taken from a game tracker courtesy of CBS College Sports.
Here’s the link
http://www.cstv.com/gametracker/launch/gt_wsoftbl.html?event=805870&school=usasb&sport=wsoftbl&camefrom=&startschool=&
If you watched the game, I hope you enjoyed it.
And these are the other scores played earlier in the day, but not on TV
1
2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Italy 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 1 3 1
Netherlands
1 0 1 5 0 1 X 8 9 2
Netherlands wins over Italy 8-1 Netherlands finishes fifth, and Italy finishes sixth.
1
2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Japan 0 0
0 1 0 0 0 1 4 1
Canada 0 0 3 0 0 1 X 4 10 1
Canada beats Japan 4-1, Canada finishes 3rd, Japan finishes 4th
Canada Cup fastpitch championship
This game should have been
on TV last night; however that was not the case though. The championship game
between Team USA v Team Canada turned out to be a nail biter. It was Cat
Osterman’s turn to pitch for USA. Danielle Lawrie started for Canada (earlier in the year, she lead the University of Washington Huskies to the NCAA softball title over the Florida
Gators)
The game was scoreless
until the 5th inning when Ashley Charters grounds out while bringing home
Chelsea Bramett. Chelsea was pinch running for Andrea Duran who hit a
triple off Lawrie. That’s all the USA scoring in the inning.
In the top of the 6th
inning, Osterman walks Jennifer Salling and scored on a fielder’s choice by
Jennifer Yee. Yee also scored on a fielder’s choice by Sheena Lawrick. No hits
but two runs for Team Canada.
Bottom of the 7th,
(Usually softball games end after 7 innings), Natasha Watley scores on a
sacrifice fly by Kaitlin Cochran. The game is tied at 2-2. Jennie Finch playing
first base, hits a single, and Caitlin Lowe scores the game winning hit.
Final
Score USA 3, Canada 2
Winning pitcher: Cat
Osterman
Losing pitcher: Jenna
Ciara
Here’s photos of the Award ceremony after the game.
Jennie Finch (top) and Cat Osterman (bottom) accepting their medals after the game. 
Jennie Finch (27) Cat Osterman (8) and Natasha Watley (29)
Score by Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
———————————————————
CANADA 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 2 2 5
USA 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 - 3 10 1
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CANADA
Player Name AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
Melanie Matthews lf……. 4 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0
Megan Timpf 3b………… 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 0
Jennifer Salling ss……. 2 1 2 0 1 0 4 2 0
Jennifer Yee 2b……….. 3 1 0 1 0 1 3 2 0
Sheena Lawrick 1b……… 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 2
Victoria Hayward pr…… 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kaleigh Rafter dh……… 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0
Tara Ettinger pr……… 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Erin Cumpstone c………. 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 2
Charlotte Dolan ……. 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Evelyne Pare rf……….. 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
Caitlin Lever cf………. 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Danielle Lawrie p……… 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total ……………… 25 2 2 1 2 14 20 10 5
USA
Player Name AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
Natasha Watley ss……… 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
Caitlin Lowe cf……….. 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Alissa Haber lf……….. 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Kaitlin Cochran dh…….. 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Jennie Finch 1b……….. 3 0 1 0 0 1 5 0 0
Ashley Hansen rf………. 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lauren Lappin c……….. 2 0 0 0 0 1 15 0 1
Vicky Galindo ……… 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Andrea Duran 3b……….. 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 2
Andrea Duran pr………. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ashley Charters 2b…….. 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
Total ……………… 30 3 10 2 0 2 21 2 4
Now for some more player info.
This is Andrea Duran who is a third baseman for Team USA. She also played softball for UCLA. She is not playing professionally just yet. She bats and throws right handed.
Next player is Lauren Lappin, who is a catcher for Team USA. On occasion, you’d probably see her playing on the infield, most likely third base. She played softball for Stanford University. She’s not playing in the NPF either, but any professional team looking for a good catcher/infielder should go pick this player to play for their team.
Okay, time to move away from talking about Team USA for a bit
Here’s Danielle Lawrie, the MVP of the NCAA Women’s College World Series. She pitched in her senior season at University of Washington. She lead the Huskies to victory against Stacey Nelson and the University of Florida Gators. She’s actually nominated for an ESPY this year for best female college athlete, which is quite interesting. Last year, she pitched for Team Canada in the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Mets go on a good note heading into All-Star Break plus more Softball personalities
The New York Mets finally win a series versus the Reds in what has become their worst week in about six years. A really bizarre weekend to say the least, the Mets are currently 42-45 as of right now and are in fourth place in the National League East. The Mets and Braves swapped outfielders, Ryan Church and Jeff Francoeur.
Now it’s time to sum up the game.
David Wright gets the Mets started.
This is the hit he has off Aaron Harang of the Reds in the first inning, driving in Luis Castillo who runs from first base all the way to home on this play.
In the third inning, the Mets score four more runs and eventually knock off Aaron Harang off the game. Luis Castillo gets a base hit, David Wright hits a single, and Luis Castillo is off to third base. Aaron Harang makes a wild pitch, allowing Wright to go to second base. Both Wright and Castillo eventually score on a base hit by Gary Sheffield. Daniel Murphy brings home Gary Sheffield with two outs with a double. Alex Cora singles to bring Murphy home.
The 4th inning was quite interesting, Mike Pelfrey, the starting pitcher for the Mets strikes out Joey Votto, the Reds first baseman, in which Joey decides to argue, and later is taken out of the game by Bill Welke. 
The pitch in which Votto is arguing appears to miss the plate just slightly. Good thing Dusty Baker restrained him. I think MLB can sure use a “defined strike zone” because right now with these arguments, there is none.
The Mets grab two more runs in that inning with a Luis Castillo single, then Gary Sheffield drives him home with a single. Jeff Francoeur and Daniel Murphy hit back to back singles with Murphy drving in Gary Sheffield. That’s all the runs the Mets will take.
Mike Pelfrey pitches into the fifth inning and is called for a balk (illegal motion by the pitcher) by stepping out of the rubber and throwing to first base. Ramon Hernanzed who walked and went to 2nd base on the balk scores on the ground rule double by Adam Rosales. Chris Dickerson singles to bring home Edwin Encarnacion. Willy Taveras, the center fielder singles to bring home Adam Rosales.
As of that point, the scoring was 7-3 in favor of the Mets.
In the 7th inning, Brian Schnieder hits a home run off David Weathers to make it 8-3 Mets.
Fernando Tatis, pinch hitting for Mike Pelfrey hits a home run to make it 9-3 Mets.
8th inning begins, Brandon Phillips brings home Willy Taveras to make it 8-4 Mets. Laynce Nix singles to load the bases with Jonny Gomes at 3rd and Brandon Phillips to 2nd. Ramon Hernandez singles to bring home Jonny Gomes. Jerry Hairston Jr. hits into a ground out and driving in Brandon Phillips. The Reds score three runs in that inning, now it is 9-6 Mets.
9th inning, Francisco Rodriguez is brought into the game. The only scoring for the Reds is Brandon Phillips grounding out, while Paul Janish scores. Mets win. 9-7.
Yesterday, Jeff was clutch for the Mets, driving in two runs on his first base hit. 
Now I’d like to bring up some extra info from the softball world.
I forgot to talk about this other pitcher, Catherine “Cat” Osterman, who pitches for Team USA and currently for the Rockford Thunder of the National Pro Fastpitch. She has that rising fastball working for her, or simply “riseball” She is currently in second place all-time in the NCAA division one career strikeout list with 2,265, and Monica Abbott with 2,440. While pitching for the University of Texas at Austin (Longhorns) she lead them to the Women’s College World Series, but missing winning the Championship title.
Cat Osterman pitching for Team USA
Vicky Galindo is another
fast baserunner for Team USA. She was used
rarely in the 2008 Olympics. Vicky is currently playing for the Chicago Bandits
of the NPF, usually in left field. However, she was mostly playing the infield
during the summer Olympics. Vicky played for the University of California, Berkeley Golden Bears
team. She nearly missed making the 2008 US softball Olympic team with a broken arm from a hit
by pitch. Luckily her arm healed by the time the games were about to start.
Here’s Vicky Galindo playing in the infield.
Another pitcher, Stacey Nelson
pitched the Florida Gators to the 2009 NCAA Championship Series, (Women’s
College World Series) versus the Washington Huskies. Her team lost though, but
she pitched a great college softball career. She is currently a member of the
USSSA Pride and is a member of Team USA this year. She did not go to the
2008 Olympics.
This is Stacey Nelson doing the
wind-up during her pitch.
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