Maracay, Venezuela-The Women’s National Team resumed play at the IV Women’s World Cup of Baseball in Maracay, Venezuela Monday morning with a solid effort and convincing win over The Netherlands by a score of 12-1 in five innings.
Leading Team Canada’s offence was Nicole Luchanski (Edmonton, AB), who went 3 for 3 with a walk and an RBI, Stephanie Savoie (La Pocatiére, QC), went 2 for 2 with 3 RBI, Jennifer Gilroy (Mississauga, ON) chipped in going 1 for 2 with a walk and 2 RBI and Marie-Josée Tremblay (St-Honoré, QC) went 1 for 2 with 2 RBI.
“I am happy to see our players bounce back in this way after the events that happened here in Venezuela last week,” said André Lachance (Ottawa, ON), Field Manager for Team Canada. “We have a good balance of veterans and younger players and they rallied as a team to refocus on baseball this morning.”
Canada’s pitching was solid. Martine Nadeau (Québec City, QC) started the game and earned the win in the mercy-rule shortened game. She went 3 innings and gave up 1 run on 3 hits. Shayla Sashavar (Saskatoon, SK) pitched 2 innings and gave up 1 walk while striking out 5 batters.
“It was fun to see Martine lead the way for Shayla in this game!” said Jean-Francois Lacroix (Montréal, QC), Pitching Coach for Team Canada.
“Martine is the oldest player with the squad and has been with the program since its beginning in 2004. Shayla was part of our junior development program in Cuba earlier this year and has worked hard to make the National Team this summer. She is also the youngest player on the team!”
Notes: Canada sees its next action this evening (August 16th) against the host team from Venezuela at Jose Perez C. Stadium in Maracay. ...It is expected that over 15,000 fans will be in attendance. ...Fans can keep track of the game live by visiting: http://ibaf.prod.kgroup.eu/en/competition-detail.aspx?id=a4406b7a-327d-4dbc-8b16-16198b57ccef
