GAME ONE INFORMATION
Score: Canada Black 6 Royal York Midget 0
Location: Connorvale Park - Etobicoke, ON
Canada Black Starting Lineup:
1. Emma Carr CF
2. Meagan Cornelssen LF
3. Stéphanie Savoie C
4. Jenna Flannigan RF
5. Kate Psota 1B
6. Ashley Stephenson 3B
7. Brittany Hicks 2B
8. Jenna Hillman SS
9. Marie-France Castillo DH
Starting Pitcher: Cindy Saavedra
HOW IT HAPPENED
-A scoreless game was broken wide open in the fourth when Canada Black struck for four runs. After an error and a walk, Brittany Hicks (Dundas, ON) came through with an RBI single to score one before Jenna Hillman (Tecumseh, ON) drove in a run on a single up the middle. Both players came around to score on an error and passed ball, respectively.
-After Kate Psota (Burlington, ON) drove in a run on a base hit in the fifth, Jenna Hillman drew a walk in the sixth and later scored on a wild pitch to round out the scoring.
WNT HIGHLIGHTS
-Pitching was the name of the game for Canada Black and they received three solid performances on the mound as Cindy Saavedra (Toronto, ON), Melissa Armstrong (Saskatoon, SK) and Daphnée Gelinas (Repentigny, QC) combined on the shutout.
-Saavedra tossed three innings scattering three hits and a walk to go along with two strikeouts, while Armstrong and Gélinas went two innings each with both allowing two hits, while getting one strikeout.
-Offensively, Canada Black had seven hits with seven different players collecting one each.
BY THE NUMBERS
Hits: 1, Cornelssen (1/4), Flannigan (1/3), Psota (1/3), Stephenson (1/3), Castillo (1/3), Hicks (1/2), Hillman (1/2)
Runs: 2, Savoie, Hillman; 1, Flannigan, Hicks
RBIs: 1, Psota, Hicks, Hillman, Castillo
Strikeouts: 2, Saavedra; 1, Armstrong, Gélinas
GAME TWO INFORMATION
Score: Canada Red 5 Royal York Midget 5
Location: Connorvale Park - Etobicoke, ON
Canada Red Starting Lineup:
1. Niki Boyd LF
2. Autumn Mills 2B
3. Bradi Wall SS
4. Amanda Asay C
5. Jessica Bérubé DH
6. Becky Hartley RF
7. Jenn Gilroy 1B
8. Meagan Baird 3B
9. Nicole Luchanski CF
Starting Pitcher: Sabrina Periard
HOW IT HAPPENED
-Royal York opened the scoring in the top of the first as a leadoff double scored on a fielder’s choice, while a one out single came in to count on a separate fielder’s choice.
-A walk and a pair of Canada Red errors led to another Royal York run in the third before three runs in the home half of the inning tied the score.
-Jessica Bérubé’s sac-fly to centre scored Niki Boyd (Surrey, BC) before Becky Hartley’s (White Rock, BC) double brought in two.
-Royal York responded retook the lead with two runs in the fourth as they took advantage of two walks that both scored on a single.
-Canada Red cut the lead to one with a run in the fifth before Nicole Luchanski (Edmonton, AB) singled and scored in the sixth to tie the score.
WNT HIGHLIGHTS
-Claire Eccles (Surrey, BC) was effective through two scoreless innings on the mound. She allowed two hits and a walk, and fanned three batters.
-Hartley’s two-run double in the third was a big one as both Bradi Wall (Swift Current, SK) and Amanda Asay (Prince George, BC) scored to tie the score.
BY THE NUMBERS
Hits: 1, Boyd (1/3), Hartley (1/4), Gilroy (1/4), Baird (1/3), Luchanski (1/3)
Doubles: 1, Hartley
Runs: 2, Asay; 1, Boyd, Wall, Luchanski
RBIs: 2, Hartley; 1, Wall, Gilroy
Strikeouts: 3, Healey, Eccles; 2, Periard
UP NEXT
Women’s National Team Selection Camp will move to Wishing Well Park in Scarborough tomorrow with a pair of games scheduled against the Scarborough Stingers Midgets beginning at 6pm ET…On Sunday, May 17th, the final 18 player roster that will represent Canada at the Pan Am Games in July in Toronto will be announced.
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