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Written by Citizen Staff
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Friday, 29 August 2008 |
Amanda Asay of Prince George will be returning home with a silver medal from the IBAF Women’s Baseball World Cup in Japan. (Citizen file photo)
Despite the loss, Canada’s silver medal finish is the team’s highest placement since the tournament’s inception in 2004. Canada earned bronze medals at the two previous Women’s World Cups in 2004 and 2006.
Amanda Asay of Prince George, Canada’s all-star at first base in the 2006 tournament, returned to that position this week in Japan to earn her silver medal. Asay, a Brown University hockey scholarship player, scored Canada’s third run Friday on an error in the third inning.
“I’m really proud of our team,” said Team Canada’s manager Andre Lachance. “We showed a lot of character to get where we are, and I can’t ask for a better performance out of the girls.
The Canadians got on the board first in the second inning when Karine Gagne of Granby, Que., singled up the middle to score Marie-Josee Tremblay of St-Honore, Que., from third and give Canada a 1-0 lead.
Asay added to Canada’s lead in the third inning when they would load the bases with one out for Tremblay, but Japan bounced back in the bottom of the fourth with four runs off of pitcher Kate Psota of Burlington, Ont., to take a 4-2 lead.
The Canadians responded in the top of the fifth inning with an RBI single from Tremblay to cut the lead to one.
But that’s as far as the Canadians got, running out of fresh arms on the mound and leaving Japan to capitalize with seven runs to put the game out of reach.
“We’ve moved one step closer to our main goal here,” says Lachance. “Hopefully in 2010, we will accomplish what we’ve set out for since the beginning and that’s to bring home a gold medal.”
-- with files from The Citizen
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Last Updated ( Friday, 29 August 2008 )
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