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AAA World Cup - Game 2

Cassandra Sedgman, Monday, 26 July 2010

24th July 2010

AAA World Championships
 
Venue - Port Arthur Stadium, Thunder Bay, Canada
 
AUSTRALIA VS USA

 
Inn / Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
R
H
E
V
USA
0
0
0
0
2
2
0
0
0
 
 
4
8
0
H
Australia
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
 
 
2
6
3

 

Bat
Australia
Pos
AB
Hits
RBIs
Walks
Stolen
Bases
Runs
Scored
1
A. Campbell
SS
4
0
0
1
0
0
2
J. Younis
2B
4
1
0
0
1
0
3
J. McDonald
3B
4
0
0
1
0
0
4
R. Battaglia
C
4
0
0
0
0
0
5
L. Parish
1B
4
0
0
1
0
0
6
J. Matavesi
DH
4
1
1
0
0
1
7
J. White
RF
4
1
0
0
0
0
8
S. Cone
J. Sheldon-Collins
CF
3
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
9
S. Morris
LF
3
2
1
0
0
1

 
Pitchers

Australia
Innings Pitched
Ks
Hits
Walks
Runs
Earned Runs
G. Mosel
4.33
0
5
4
2
1
J. Murphy
4.67
2
3
5
2
2

 
Greg Mosel was our starting pitcher and, backed by some great defence, threw a terrific game into the 5th keeping the Americans scoreless. We had taken a 1 - 0 lead in the 3rd with Sam Morris smashing a home run over the left field fence.
 
Then in the bottom of the 4th we again threatened to score with White then Cone putting together back to back hits but White was called out on a very questionable call at 3rd to end the innings.
 
USA then bounced back in the top of the 5th on a couple of hits and some aggressive base running to take the lead 2 - 1. Mosel then came out and was relieved by Murphy who did a great job to pitch the rest of the game.
 
USA then scored another two runs in the 6th after their first two runners got on with walks to extend their lead to 4 - 1. We got it back to 4 – 2, which was the final score, courtesy of an opposite field home run by Matavesi in the 9th.
 
It had been a very tight, hard game of baseball in which we had led for almost half the game but a couple of errors in one innings and a couple of walks in another, gave the Americans some opportunities on which they capitalised.
 
While a 4 – 2 scoreline seems a creditable result against what is undoubtedly one of the best teams in the world, what our boys took away from today was that that we can’t afford to give our opponents more than 27 outs over the nine innings. We are constantly at our kids about perfect execution and today we were close to that, but if you want to beat the best then you do have to be at your absolute best for the entire game. But our kids certainly showed today that they can match it with any team here and we  certainly have taken a great deal of confidence out of the game.
 
Tomorrow is another tough one which sees us up against Chinese Taipei.