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Yes, that's me, ringing up a little mojo for my Fightin' Phils during the 2008 World Series. I grew up, in 1950s and 60s suburbia, with the heart of a frontierswoman. I grew up a Catholic with the heart of a seeker of the Divine Feminine. I grew up a girl and a woman, when being either "just wasn't good enough," with the heart of a warrior priestess of a warrior goddess. My favorite television shows are (from the mid 90s) Profiler, (from the early 21st Century) Witchblade, and (now) Saving Grace, so you know where my mind still is. I was a journalist before big advertising bullies started owning the media and quit (after a long, loud battle) when I saw what they were doing. I was the oldest, and the most eccentric, of seven children in an Irish American family. I married, divorced, and now have a significant other. I am a "budding" herbalist, a mother of four avians (My poor Keenan died recently.), a guerilla gardener, an adjunct professor of pre-composition college writing, a poet, a fiction writer, a creative non-fiction writer, a feature writer, and now a player and a blogger of women's baseball.

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AUGUST 18, 2010 6:02PM

USA defeats Canada, 10-1; Holmes hits second grand slam

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Marston holds Canadians to one run, goes 5-for-5 in second-round contest

Team USA moved into the second round of the Fourth Women's World Cup of Baseball with a 10-1 win over Canada at Jose Perez Stadium in Maracay, Venezuela. The win give the US a 4-1 record in tournament play; Canada's record is 3-2.

Leftfielder Tamara Holmes of Oakland, who hit back-to-back homeruns Sunday, only had one hit in three at-bats Wednesday, but that hit was huge. She hit her second grand slam of the tournament in the top of the sixth inning off Canadian reliever Shayla Sashavar. 

Jenna Marston of St. Louis threw 77 pitches in four innings, allowing three hits, the lone run, and two walks. She struck out two and improved to 2-0. Marston, who moved to right field in the fifth, also batted five-for-five, with two doubles. Relievers Ghazalah Sailors of Santa Barbara, CA, Wynn McCann of Gilbertsville, PA, and Clarisa Navarro of LaToya, Texas, each pitched an inning to finish the game.

Canada's Cindy Saavadra took the loss after not posting an out in the first inning, hitting a batter and allowing two hits and two runs. Melissa Armstrong relieved Saavadra, pitching four innings and allowing six hits and three earned runs. Jessica Berube pitched the fifth. After Holmes' grand slam, Martine Nadeau finished the game, pitching two innings.

USA's next contest will be against the undefeated host team Venezuela 7:30 p.m. Thursday.

For more information:

http://web.usabaseball.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100818&content_id=13605600&vkey=recap_usab

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I hope to recap the remaining games as well as Monday's US-Puerto Rico game as soon as I recover from "last week of the writing professor's semester-itis."

 

 

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Karin: Thanks. Sorry if I misspelled your name in the comments of my other post. There are women's teams in Canada. I have to look through my book notes, but you could probably find some of them on line anyway. The more people who know about this, the more pressure we can put onto the baseball powers that we're serious about playing the game at every level.
Lairderg
August 22, 2010 11:41 AM