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Australia Smashes France out of the Park - Game 4 AAA27th July, 2010 Venue - Port Arthur Stadium, Thunder Bay, Canada Australian VS Fance Diary extract from Neil Barrowclife - Team Australia Executive Officer: In the bottom of the 1st, we burst out of the blocks to take a 4 - 0 lead. Campbell led off with a single and then Younis tripled to score him. McDonald doubled to score Younis, Parish singled and then Morris doubled to bring in a further two runs, his drive down the left field line actually hitting 3rd base on the way through. France responded with a run of their own in the 2nd innings on the back of three walks and the score was now 4 - 1.
We got that run back straight away plus another one with Parish getting a triple and White a double to score two runs and extend our lead to 6 -1 after two innings.
The score went out to 7 – 1 in the 3rd when Campbell and Younis hit consecutive doubles with two out and none on.
Then in the bottom of the 5th, Corbitt came into the game as DH and in his first at bat for the tournament, smashed a triple to deep right centre to lead off the innings. Younis then singled to bring Corbitt home, this being his third hit and third RBI of the game.
Kilby came out of the game after five innings. He had got himself into a little trouble at times but had also got himself out of it, and he had given up just the one earned run while conceding only one hit. He was replaced on the mound by Dale who threw a very tidy innings in relief.
In the bottom of the 6th, our bats went crazy. White got two hits in the innings and Younis, McDonald and Morris also hit safely. Battaglia also hit a monster home out of the stadium and onto the surrounding road, his third home run of the tournament. We ended up scoring nine runs making the scoreline 16 - 1 and invoking the 15 run mercy rule to end the game early.
All up we had bunched 19 hits over six innings, with Younis and White starring with four hits each, and Younis recording a career high 6 RBIs. In reality, this was a game we were expected to win easily and in the end, this proved to be the case. As Head Coach, Tony Harris, said after the game it was a tradesmanlike performance.
Tomorrow morning we face Italy and are playing off for 3rd place in our pool. If we win tomorrow, our likely opponent in the quarter finals would be against the hosts, Canada, and that would be something special to look forward to with 4,500 screaming fans against us. In all likelihood, the loser of our game tomorrow would have a tougher road, having to go up against Cuba in the quarters.
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