ISF Men's World Championship Qualification Tournament
Rosedale Park, North Harbour April 10 - 13   2008
 

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12noon (NZ Time) Game. Delayed Start to get under way in 5 minutes 12:15pm  

NEW ZEALAND BLACK SOX win 5 - 0.  Well done to both teams. Tight game until that last innings.
Good luck to NZ teams going overseas. Have a great season those in the States, Canada, South America, Asia and  Europe. Thanks for joining.

Right we are underway: THE BIG ONE

New Zealand: Top of 1st
Adam Folkard pitching
Nukunuku batting. Stand up STRIKEOUT!!! (Kc) 1 down
Hale batting. Bounced to 2nd, out at 1st. 2 down
Rona walk. To 2nd on a wild pitch.
Shannon STRIKEOUT!!! 3 down

Australia: Bottom of 1st
Manley pitching
Tanner batting.   STRIKEOUT!!! 1 down
Harrow hit to 2nd, out at 1st. 2 down
Winters hit to 1st, tagged out. 3 down

New Zealand: Top of 2nd
Folkard pitching
Makea batting. STRIKEOUT!!! 1 down
Wilson foul fly to left field. Caught. 2 down
Martin STRIKEOUT!!! 3 down

Australia: Bottom of 2nd
Manley pitching
Metekingi batting. STRIKEOUT!!! 1 down
Shailes hit through shortstop for a single. To 2nd on a pass ball
Goolagong STRIKEOUT!!! 2 down
Downes stand up STRIKEOUT!!! (Kc) 3 down

New Zealand: Top of 3rd
Folkard pitching
Milne batting.  Stand up STRIKEOUT!!! (Kc). 1 down
Casley STRIKEOUT!!! 2 down
Nukunuku STRIKEOUT!!! 3 down

Australia: Bottom of 3rd
Manley pitching
Jones batting. Bunt to 1st base player, out at 1st. 1 down
Newsome. Change Up. STRIKEOUT!!! 2 down
Tanner swung at a low one. STRIKEOUT!!! 3 down

New Zealand: Top of 4th
Folkard pitching (7 Strikeouts from 10 batters)
Hale batting. Walk
Rona attemted bunt. Popped up. Caught at 3rd. 1 down.
Shannon STRIKEOUT !!! 2 down.
Makea. Hale steal to 2nd.
HUGE HIT. GOING, GOING. FOUL BALL down left field. 
STRIKEOUT!!! 3 down

Australia: Bottom of 4th
Manley pitching (6 Strikeouts from 10 batters)
Harrow batting. STRIKEOUT!!! 1 down
Winters. Line drive to centre field for a single.
Metekingi.  Stand up STRIKEOUT!!! 2 down
Shailes.  Winters steal to 2nd. Dropped STRIKEOUT!!! Out at 1st. 3 down

Get the feeling it's a pitchers game!!!

New Zealand: Top of 5th
Folkard pitching (9 Strikeouts from 14 batters)
Wilson batting. Stand up STRIKEOUT!!! (Kc) 1 down
Martin caught short centre field. 2 down
Milne walk. Steal to 2nd.
Casley hit to 2nd, out at 1st. 3 down

Australia: Bottom of 5th
Manley pitching (9 Strikeouts from 14 batters)
Goolagong batting. Caught short foul left field. 1 down
Downes hit to 3rd, out at 1st. 2 down
Jones mishit in front of catcher.  Catcher to 1st.  3 down

New Zealand: Top of 6th
Folkard pitching (10 Strikeouts from 18 batters, 4 walks)
Kirkpatrick in after 3rd batter.
Nukunuku walk. Steal to 2nd
Hale.  Full count, still full count.
Smashed it to right field. Down his throat for a catch. 1 down
Rona walk, runners on 1st and 2nd
Shannon. Change of pitcher. High fly to 2nd. Infield fly. 2 down
Makea STRIKEOUT!!! 3 down

Australia: Bottom of 6th
Manley pitching (9 Strikeouts from 17 batters, 0 walks)
Bartorillo batting for Newsome. STRIKEOUT!!! 1 down
Tanner hit to 2nd, out at 1st. 2 down
Harrow caught short foul left field. 3 down

New Zealand: Top of 7th
Kirkpatrick pitching (1 Strikeouts from 2 batters, 0 walks)
Humble in after 6th batter.
Wilson hit to centre field, errored, to 2nd.
Martin batting. Gabriel in running for Wilson, pass ball to 3rd.
Martin hits to shortstop. ERROR. Gabriel SCORES
Milne batting. Cooke running for Martin. Bunt, out at 1st. 1 down.
Cooke to 2nd
Casley up the middle. Cooke SCORES. Casley to 2nd
Nukunuku TRIPLE!!! Casley SCORES
Hale guess what? AUTOMATIC HOME RUN. 2 runs
Change of pitcher (somewhat late) Humble in
Rona hit up the middle for a single.
Laulu batting for Shannon. Down 1st, tagged out. 2 down. Rona to 2nd
Makea STRIKEOUT!!! 3 down.
WHAT AN INNINGS FOLKS. SERIOUS DAMAGE DONE

Australia: Bottom of 7th
Manley pitching (10 Strikeouts from 20 batters, 0 walks, 2 hits)
Winters walk.
Humble (flex player) batting for Downes (DP). Hit to shortstop, to 2nd, to 1st
DOUBLE PLAY!!! 2 down ALL GOING THE BLACK SOX WAY.
Shailes 2 strikes, 1 ball.  STRIKEOUT!!! 

That's it. I LOVE THIS GAME!!!!! 

Manley final pitching: 11 strikeouts from 23 batters, 1 walk, 2 hits





 

UMPIRES

              SCORER: Russell Moffat  SPOTTER: Lynette Leathart


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