ISF XIII Men’s World Championship

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Game #2: Friday, March 1st, 2013
Philippines (0-1) vs. Canada (1-0) at 11:00pm EST, 12:30am NST.

Team Canada Starting Line-Up vs. Philippines

#77 Ryan Wolfe CF
#15 Mathieu Roy LF
#19 Jeff Ellsworth RF
#22 Brad Ezekiel 1B
#9 Andy Skelton DP
#10 Jason Hill 3B
#17 Brandon Horn 2B
#51 Ryan Boland C
#5 Kevin Schellenberg SS
#44 Sean Cleary P

Game Review

Canada (2-0) defeated the Philippines (0-2) 10-0 in 4-Innings at the ISF XIII Men’s World Championship in Auckland, New Zealand.

DP Andy Skelton (2-2, 1R, 2RBI), 2B Brandon Horn (2-2, 1R), PH Jason Sanford (1-1, R) and PH Ian Fehrman (1-1, RBI) each had perfect nights at the dish. 1B Brad Ezekiel (1-2, 1R, 1D, 1SAC, 2RBI) and SS Kevin Schellenberg (1-2, 1R, 2RBI) each chipped in with 2RBI, while LF Mathieu Roy (1-3, 1R) and RF Jeff Ellsworth (1-3, 2R, 2RBI) chipped in with singles.

Sean Cleary (1-0) started on the mound for Canada and picked up the win. He pitched two scoreless innings, surrendered one hit (a lead-off infield hit in the Top of the 1st Inning), no walks and fanned three. Don Scott came on in relief and pitched two scoreless innings, surrendered no hits, no walks and fanned three.

Canada scored three runs in the Bottom of the 1st Inning. Ryan Wolfe reached on an error to lead-off the inning, Mathieu Roy reached on a bunt single, Ryan Wolfe advanced to second base on the play, Jeff Ellsworth reached on a fielder’s choice, Mathieu Roy advanced to second base and Ryan Wolfe advanced to third base on the play, Ryan Wolfe scored on an error, Brad Ezekiel laid down a SAC Bunt, Mathieu Roy advanced to third base and Jeff Ellsworth advanced to second base and Brad Ezekiel was out 2-4 on the play and With 1-Out: Andy Skelton singled to score Mathieu Roy and Jeff Ellsworth.

Canada exploded for seven runs in the Bottom of the 4th Inning. Andy Skelton led-off the inning with a single, With 1-Out: Brandon Horn singled, Andy Skelton advanced to second base on the play, Jason Sanford singled to load the bases, Kevin Schellenberg singled to score Andy Skelton and Brandon Horn, Jason Sanford advanced to third base on the play, Ryan Wolfe walked to load the bases and With 2-Out: Jeff Ellsworth singled to score Jason Sanford and Kevin Schellenberg, Ryan Wolfe advanced to second base on the play, whlle an error allowed Ryan Wolfe to advance to third base and Jeff Ellsworth to advance to second base, Brad Ezekiel doubled to score Ryan Wolfe and Jeff Ellsworth, Brad Ezekiel advanced to third base on a wild pitch and Ian Fehrman singled to score Brad Ezekiel to end the game.

Game Scoring (Inning-By-Inning)

Teams           1-2-3-4-5-6-7   R     H    E
V: Philippines 0-0-0-0-X-X-X  0R, 1H, 5E
H: Canada      3-0-0-7-X-X-X  10R,10H,0E

Team Canada Batting Stats
#77 CF Ryan Wolfe 0-2, 2R, BB (E6, 6-3, BB)
#15 LF Mathieu Roy 1-3, R (Bunt Single, K, K)
#19 RF Jeff Ellsworth 1-3, 2R, 2RBI (FC, F3, 1B)
#22 1B Brad Ezekiel 1-2, R, 2B, SAC, 2RBI (SAC Bunt, F7, 2B)
#9 DP Andy Skelton 2-2, R, 2RBI (1B, 1B)
#14 Sub PH Ian Fehrman 1-1, RBI (1B)
#10 3B Jason Hill 0-2 (F8, F9)
#17 2B Brandon Horn 2-2, R (1B, 1B)
#51 C Ryan Boland 0-1 (6-3)
#8 Sub PH Jason Sanford 1-1, R (1B)
#5 SS Kevin Schellenberg 1-2, R, 2RBI (K, 1B)

Team Canada Pitching Stats
WP: #44 Sean Cleary (Starter) 1-0, 2IP, 0R, 0ER, 1H, 0BB, 3K
#20 Don Scott (In Relief) 2IP, 0R, 0ER, 0H, 0BB, 3K

NL Players Game 2 Stats
#51 Ryan Boland 0-1 (6-3)
#44 Sean Cleary 1-0, 2IP, 0R, 0ER, 1H, 0BB, 3K
#22 Brad Ezekiel 1-2, R, 2B, SAC, 2RBI (SAC Bunt, F7, 2B)
#10 Jason Hill 0-2 (F8, F9)
#33 Stephen Mullaley DNP
#28 Sean Whitten DNP