PAN AM SATURDAY
USA
Annihiliates
Netherlands Antilles
The USA Junior Women’s National Team annihilated
Netherlands Antilles
21-0 in three innings Saturday at the Pan American games in
Hermosillo
,
Mexico
. This was the first pool game of
the qualifying tournament for both teams.
The
USA
scored 7 runs in the 1st; 9 runs in the 2nd; and 5 runs
in the 3rd. When the home
team NA failed to score in the bottom of the 3rd, the game was ended
on a mercy rule.
The
USA
, whiich racked up 13 hits against three NA pitchers, started Alicia Hollowell,
who struck out five of the 10 batters she faced.
A runner reached in the 3rd on a fielding error at first base.
Seven runs scored in the 1st on just two hits.
With one out, Norelle Dickson walked, followed by Jodie Legaspi’s
single. Christina Clark was hit by a
pitch to load the bases. Lauren
Lappin walked to force in the first run. Mallorie
Lenn was hit by a pitch to force in the second run.
After a fielder’s choice which created the second out, Kristin
Vesely’s flyball was dropped in center field, two runs scoring.
Tina Boutelle walked to reload the bases, and Caitlin Lowe drove in two
more runs with a slap hit to right field.
After NA went down in order in the bottom of the 1st,
Legaspi led off the 2nd with a single to left.
Clark
reached on an error in left, and Lappin hit an rbi single to center.
Lenn reached on an error, a run scoring; then Anna Beardman hit an rbi
single to left. Vesely reached on an
error, and Tina Boutelle hit an rbi single to right.
NA finally got two infield outs, but Legaspi’s deep fly ball to center
was misplayed, and two more runs scored.
Clark
and Lappin hit back-to-back doubles to drive in the 8th and 9th
runs of the inning.
Hollowell, with one K in the first, struck out the first
two batters in the 2nd, the third batter flying out to right.
Back came the
USA
, substituting freely. Kristie Fox
walked to start the 3rd; but was retired on Stephanie Van Brakle’s
fielder’s choice. Linda Secka slapped a bloop single to center, one run
scoring. Emily Zaplatosch drove in a
run with a single to right; Monica Abbott drove in another run with another
single to right. With three runs in,
Clark
socked a shot over the left-center field fence, to push the score to 21-0.
In the 3rd, the first NA batter ground out to 2nd
– no balls left the infield – and, after the error at 1st,
Hollowell struck out the last two batters.
The
USA
plays
Argentina
on Monday, at
4:30 pm
. These teams were originally
scheduled to play this afternoon, but
Argentina
finally arrived at
2am
Saturday. The schedule as first
changed to have the
USA
play
Canada
in an exhibition game at
2pm
, but, with
Argentina
’s arrival, the decision was made to have the
USA
play NA.
The
USA
plays
Guatemala
at
2pm
Tuesday,
Mexico
at 730pm Wednesday, and plays
Jamaica
and
Canada
on Thursday, to close out the pool schedule.
Canada
whalloped that young
Guatemala
team, 15-0, in the first game Saturday. More
details to come tonight, along with reports on the games later today between
Argentina
and
Jamaica
, and
Mexico
and
Jamaica
.
We will also provide a complete schedule for the pool
games.
Aruba
has dropped out of the tournament, leaving 7 teams to compete for 5 berths to
the Junior Olympic World Championships in
China
in September 2003.
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