WBSC Softball Highlights: Men's Softball World Championship: Canada v New Zealand

The bronze medal game of the 2019 Men’s Softball World Championship between Canada and New Zealand was a barn burner!

Canada’s starter, Patrick Burns, went the distance giving up just 3 hits while striking out 12. Joshua Pettett started for NZ gave up 4 hits and 2 runs over 5.0 innings of work.

Only 3 Kiwi’s touched base on offense throughout the game, two granted first by Burns. The third, Reilly Makea, decided to touch them all with a shot up the middle in the 4th.

Canada gave the fans something to write home about scoring 1 in the bottom half of the same inning. Roy took a walk to first and Mullaley came to the plate, 2 batters and 2 outs later, to drive him in with a triple down the leftfield line to tie the ballgame.

In the second half of the 5th, Canada got the go-ahead run after Ellsworth singled up the middle to reach. Boland and Hunter went down on a pop up and line drive respectively, giving Pettett the advantage. He gave Roy 1st, moving Ellsworth over, before Ezekiel stepped into the box. Brad Ezekiel’s single to left was enough to drive Roy around for the run that would be the difference in this ball game.

Box Score: https://mswc.wbsc.org/en/2019/schedul...

Canada Roster: New Zealand Roster:
P Burns, Patrick (14) Pettett, Joshua (5)
C Boland, Ryan (51) Compain, Kallan (17)
1B Mullaley, Stephen (33) Nukunuku, Nathan (12)
2B Walushka, Kristopher (2) Evans, Joel (3)
3B Mayson, Derek (29) Harbrow, Joshua (68)
SS Boland, Shane (91) Evans, Cole (47)
LF Roy, Mathieu (15) Enoka, Thomas (20)
CF Ezekiel, Bradley (22) Enoka, Benjamin (89)
RF Ellsworth, Jeffery (19) Makea, Reilly (99)

Highlights Produced by: European Baseball & Softball Magazine

Full Game Footage Provided By: Playo.TV with permission from the WBSC

Thumbnail Photo Credit: WBSC

Broadcasters: Lance Winn play-by-play and Jason Gerbes on color

Music on this video was part of the stadium environment. EBSM holds no copyright and claims fair use.

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