ISF XIII Men’s World Championship
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Game #5: Tuesday, March 5th, 2013
Canada (4-0) vs. Japan (2-2) at 11:30pm EST, 12:30am NST.
Canada (4-0) looks to remain undefeated when they take on Japan (2-2).
Canada has outscored their opponents 27-8 in four games.
Team Canada Starting Line-Up vs. Japan
#15 Mathieu Roy CF
#42 Bryan Abrey 3B
#19 Jeff Ellsworth RF
#22 Brad Ezekiel LF
#14 Ian Fehrman SS
#33 Stephen Mullalley 1B
#10 Jason Hill DP
#8 Jason Sanford C
#17 Brandon Horn 2B
#30 Paul Koert P
Game Review
Japan come-from-behind to defeat Canada 4-1 at the ISF XIII Men’s World Championship in Auckland, New Zealand. With the loss, Canada’s record now stands at 4-1 with two games remaining against Colombia on March 5th at 10:00pm EST (11:30pm NST) and the Netherlands on March 6th at 10:00pm EST (11:30pm NST).
Canada 1R 5th: Jason Sanford walked to lead off the inning, Kevin Schellenberg came on to pinch-run for Jason Sanford, Kevin Schellenberg advanced to second base on a SAC Bunt by Brandon Horn; Brandon Horn out 3-4 on the play, With 1-Out: Kevin Schellenberg advanced to third base on an illegal pitch call, Mathieu Roy walked and Bryan Abrey reached on a fielder’s choice; Mathieu Roy out 6-4 on the play and Kevin Schellenberg scored from third base on the play.
Starter Paul Koert (4.2IP, 0R) replaced by Andy Skelton with 2-Out in the Bottom of the 5th Inning.
Japan 4R 6th: Jun Taniguchi led-off the inning with a single, Hilau Matsude was hit-by-pitch, Jun Taniguchi advanced to second base on the play, Tomoki Shinada came on to pinch run for Hikau Matsude at first base and With 2-Out: Jun Taniguchi advanced to third base on a wild pitch and Tomoki Shimada advanced to second base on the wild pitch, Yohei Ono singled to score Jun Taniguchi and Tomoki Shimada, Kengo Kidani came on to pinch run for Yohei Ono and Kenji Nakamura came on to pinch hit for Taiyi Kataoka and Kenji Nakamura hit a 2R Home Run that ended the night on the mound for Andy Skelton (1IP, 4R). Don Scott (0.1IP, 0R) came on in relief.
Team Canada Top Batters:
#15 CF Mathieu Roy 2-2, Double, 2BB (1B, BB, 2B, BB)
#42 3B Bryan Abrey 0-3, SAC, RBI (SAC, 5-3, FC, K)
Team Canada Pitching Stats:
#30 Paul Koert (Starter) 0-0, 4.2IP, 0R. 0ER, 3H, 1BB, 5K
LP: #9 Andy Skelton (In Relief) 0-1, 1IP, 4R, 4ER, 3H, 0BB, 1K
#20 Don Scott (In Relief) 0-0, 0.1IP, 0R, 0ER, 0H, 0BB, 0K
Team Canada RUN:
Canada 1R 5th: Jason Sanford walked to lead off the inning, Kevin Schellenberg came on to pinch-run for Jason Sanford, Kevin Schellenberg advanced to second base on a SAC Bunt by Brandon Horn; Brandon Horn out 3-4 on the play, With 1-Out: Kevin Schellenberg advanced to third base on an illegal pitch call, Mathieu Roy walked and Bryan Abrey reached on a fielder’s choice; Mathieu Roy out 6-4 on the play and Kevin Schellenberg scored from third base on the play.
Game Scoring (Inning-By-Inning)
Teams 1-2-3-4-5-6-7 R H E
V: Canada 0-0-0-0-1-0-0 1R, 2H, 0E
H: Japan 0-0-0-0-0-4-X 4R, 6H, 0E
Team Canada Batting Stats
#15 CF Mathieu Roy 2-2, Double, 2BB (1B, BB, 2B, BB)
#42 3B Bryan Abrey 0-3, SAC, RBI (SAC Bunt 3-4, 5-3, FC, K)
#19 RF Jeff Ellsworth 0-3, BB (F7, BB, FC, 4-3)
#22 LF Brad Ezekiel 0-2, SAC (6-3, SAC Bunt 5-4, 6-3)
#14 SS Ian Fehrman 0-3 (3-4, 6-3, K)
#33 1B Stephen Mullalley 0-1, 2BB (L8, BB, BB)
#10 DP Jason Hill 0-2 (K, K)
#77 PH Ryan Wolfe 0-0, BB (BB)
#8 C Jason Sanford 0-2, BB (FF4, BB, 4U)
#6 PR Kevin Schellenberg 0-0, R
#17 2B Brandon Horn 0-2, SAC Bunt (F6, SAC Bunt 3-4, 1-3)
#30 P Paul Koert 0-0
#9 P Andy Skelton 0-0
#20 P Don Scott 0-0
Team Canada Pitching Stats
#30 Paul Koert (Starter) 0-0, 4.2IP, 0R. 0ER, 3H, 1BB, 5K
LP: #9 Andy Skelton (In Relief) 0-1, 1IP, 4R, 4ER, 3H, 0BB, 1K
#20 Don Scott (In Relief) 0-0, 0.1IP, 0R, 0ER, 0H, 0BB, 0K
NL Players Game 5 Stats
#51 Ryan Boland DNP
#44 Sean Cleary DNP
#22 Brad Ezekiel 0-2, SAC (6-3, SAC Bunt 5-4, 6-3)
#10 Jason Hill 0-2 (K, K)
#33 Stephen Mullaley 0-1, 2BB (L8, BB, BB)
#28 Sean Whitten DNP
