ISF XIII Men’s World Championship

Game Preview

Playoff Game 1: Friday, March 8th, 2013
C4: Canada (6-1) vs. Venezuela (5-2) at 2:00am EST, 3:30am NST.

The Winner of this game plays the Winner of Australia vs. New Zealand.

The Loser of this game plays the Winner of Argentina vs. USA.

All Hands On Deck For Team Canada!!!

One Team One Goal!!!!

Team Canada Starting Line-Up vs. Venezuela

#15 Mathieu Roy CF
#42 Bryan Abrey 3B
#19 Jeff Ellsworth RF
#22 Brad Ezekiel LF
#9 Andy Skelton DP
#33 Stephen Mullaley 1B
#17 Ian Fehrman SS
#51 Ryan Boland C
#17 Brandon Horn 2B
#44 Sean Cleary P

Game Review:

Canada dropped their first playoff game 3-1 to Venezuela at the ISF XIII Men’s World Championship in Auckland, New Zealand.

Venezuela took a 1-0 lead in the Top of the 1st Inning.

Venezuela 1R 1st: Iran Paez led-off the game with a walk, Arturo Acacio followed that up with a walk, Iran Paez advanced to second base on the play and Edwin Linares singled to score Iran Paez from second base.

Venezuela would increase their lead to 3-0 with a pair of runs in the Top of the 4th Inning.

Venezuela 2R 4th: Edwin Linares led-off the inning with a walk and Rafael Flores hit a 2R Home Run.

Canada replied with a single run in the Bottom of the 4th Inning, but that would be as close as they would get on this night.

Canada 1R 4th: Brad Ezekiel led-off the inning with a single and With 1-Out: Stephen Mullaley tripled to score Brad Ezekiel all the way from first base.

With the loss, Canada (6-2) will now face Argentina (6-2) at 8:00pm EST (9:30pm NST). The winner advances to play the winner of Japan (6-2) vs. Australia (7-1) at 1:30am EST (3:00am NST).

Team Canada Top Batters:

Stephen Mullaley 1-2, Triple, SAC, RBI
Brad Ezekiel 1-3, R

Team Canada Pitching Stats:

LP: Sean Cleary (Starter) 0-1, 3.1IP, 3R, 3H, 0HBP, 3BB, 7K
Paul Koert (In Relief) 0-0, 1.2IP, 0R, 0ER, 0H, 0HBP, 1BB, 1K
Don Scott (In Relief) 0-0, 2IP, 0R, 0ER, 1H, 0HBP, 0BB, 5K

Team Canada RUNS:

Canada 1R 4th: Brad Ezekiel led-off the inning with a single and With 1-Out: Stephen Mullaley tripled to score Brad Ezekiel all the way from first base.

Game Scoring (Inning-By-Inning)

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

Team Canada Batting Stats

#15 CF Mathieu Roy 0-0, SAC, 2BB (SAC, BB, BB)
#42 3B Bryan Abrey 0-3 (F9. K, 6-3)
#19 RF Jeff Ellsworth 0-3 (K, F7, K)
#22 LF Brad Ezekiel 1-3, R (K, 1B, 4-3)
#9 DP Andy Skelton 0-1, HBP, BB (HBP, K, BB)
#33 1B Stephen Mullaley 1-2, Triple, SAC, RBI (SAC, 3B, 1-3)
#17 SS Ian Fehrman 0-3 (1-4, K, 1-3)
#51 C Ryan Boland 0-3 (4-3, F9, K)�
#17 2B Brandon Horn 0-3 (E3, 4-3, K)
#44 P Sean Cleary 0-0
#30 P Paul Koert 0-0
#20 P Don Scott 0-0

Team Canada Pitching Stats

LP: Sean Cleary (Starter) 0-1, 3.1IP, 3R, 3H, 0HBP, 3BB, 7K
Paul Koert (In Relief) 0-0, 1.2IP, 0R, 0ER, 0H, 0HBP, 1BB, 1K
Don Scott (In Relief) 0-0, 2IP, 0R, 0ER, 1H, 0HBP, 0BB, 5K

NL Players Playoff Game 1 Stats
#51 Ryan Boland 0-3 (4-3, F9, K)
#44 Sean Cleary 0-1, 3.1IP, 3R, 3ER, 3H, OHBP, 3BB, 7K
#22 Brad Ezekiel 1-3, R (K, 1B, 4-3)
#10 Jason Hill DNP
#33 Stephen Mullaley 1-2, Triple, SAC, RBI (SAC, 3B, 1-3)
#28 Sean Whitten DNP