by International Baseball Federation, www.ibaf.org
Japan won their second consecutive IBAF Women’s Baseball World Cup with a convincing 13-3 win against Australia. Japan jumped out to a 9 run lead in the bottom of the first and tallied 11 hits on the day. Defensively Japan restricted Australia’s offense with solid pitching performances from starter Yukari Isozaki and reliever Ayami Sato. Shimura, Rokkaku, and Takashima each had 2 hits, while leadoff hitter Nakano drew 3 walks. Gaynor and Rawlings each had two hits for Australia. This is the first medal for Australia in the event, having collected 4th place in all previous events.
In the Bronze medal game, Team USA defeated Venezuela 15-5 in 6 innings.
The All Tournament Team was also named along with category leaders and MVP.
Leading Hitter Ayako Rokkaku (Japón)
Pitcher with Best Earned Runs Average Kasumi Noguchi (Japón)
Pitcher with Best Won/Loss Average Ayami Sato (Japón)
Most Runs Batted In Katie Gaynor (Autralia)
Most Homeruns Tamara Holmes (USA)
Most Stolen Bases Dayana Bautista (Cuba)
Most Runs Scored Clarisa Navarro (USA)
Outstanding Defensive Player Tara Herbert (USA)
Most Valuable Player Ayako Rokkaku (Japan)
ALL STAR TEAM
Best Starting Pitcher Ayami Sato (Japón)
Best Relief Pitcher Laura Neads (Australia)
Catcher Tomomi Nishi (Japón)
First Basewoman Kate Psota (Canada)
Second Basewoman Lelis Gomez (Venezuela)
Third Basewoman Cristina Kreppold (Australia)
Shortstop Jena Marston (USA)
Outfielders Akiko Shimura (Japón) Tamara Holmes (USA) Leonel Reyes (Venezuela)
Designated Hitter Kim McMillan (Australia)
Final Standings:
- Japan
- Australia
- USA
- Venezuela
- Canada
- Cuba
- Chinese Taipei
- Puerto Rico
- South Korea
- Netherlands