Christi @ the Pan Am games

[lcitsh]

Here's a link for the box scores of the games so far at the Pan Am games in Guadalajara:





http://www.usasoftball.com/folders.asp?uid=6481

Looks like Christi is having some fun.

[BeauCajun]

Came close to hitting for the cycle in one game.

[LuLu]

USA Softball wins eighth Pan American Games gold medal
From USA Softball.com

"GUADALAJARA, Mexico – With a Pan American Games roster full of 17 rookies, the USA Softball Women's National team recorded the program's eighth Pan American Games gold medal with an 11-1 run-rule victory over Canada. In four innings, the U.S. put up 11 hits and completed the tournament with a perfect 9-0 record. As a team, they hit an impressive .428 throughout the week outscoring opponents 78-8. The pitching staff held opponents to a .145 batted average and recorded five shutout victories.


"With this new team we had to go out and find the best people that we could find to make a team, not necessarily the best players," said head coach Ken Eriksen (Tampa, Fla.) "I know that we have the best 17 that make up a great team. The aspect of change for this program in 2011 was to find the right mix and I feel like we did that pretty well. I congratulate each and every player for a job well done."

Lefty Keilani Ricketts (San Jose, Calif.) earned her fourth win of the tournament entering in relief in the gold medal game. She tallied a team-leading 22 strikeouts in 16.1 innings pitched over the week with a .43 ERA.

With two outs in the first, Lauren Gibson (Pasadena, Md.) completely sent a rocket to dead centerfield in the bottom of the first for the 1-0 lead. The home run was the seventh for Team USA in the Pan Ams and a first for Gibson." Christi Orgeron had two HR's in the tournament.

Kaitlin Cochran (Yorba Linda, Calif.) was hit by a pitch to start the second inning and moved 60 feet with a stolen base, her second of the week. Jenae Leles (Sacramento, Calif.) then moved her to third with a ground out and Valerie Arioto (Pleasanton, Calif.) drove in the go-head run with an RBI triple for the 2-1 advantage. M. Johnson then roped her first of two hits in the game moving Arioto to home and the solid 3-1 lead.

The U.S. wasn't satisfied again in the fourth as they added four more runs for the eventual 11-1 walk-off run rule victory. Pinch runner Taylor Hoagland (Flower Mound, Texas) scored on a throwing error by the Canadian catcher, pinch hitter Christi Orgeron (New Orleans, La.) doubled for an RBI and also scored on a fielder's choice. Kelly Grieve (Asheville, N.C.) was responsible for the final RBI of the game that sealed the gold medal as she hit the ball hard to left field scoring Gibson for the win."

This is an abbreviated version. Read the entire article at: http://www.usasoftball.com/news.asp?uid=6536

[Turbine]

Great job Christy.

Softball at Lady Cajun Park tonight.