China – Canada 0-1
CAN 000 001 0 1 3 2 CHN 000 000 0 0 2 0
A solo homerun by Jennifer Yee in the sixth was all Lauren Regula Bay (W 2-0) would need to lead Canada to a 1-0 win against China. Regula Bay gave up just two hits and a walk in a complete game shutout to pick up win number two. She struck out six.
Wei Lu (L 1-1) was charged with a run on three hits and five base on balls in seven innings.
Japan – USA 0-7 (5)
USA 400 30 7 9 0 JPN 000 00 0 1 1
Box score
Recap on USASoftball
With the make-up game with Canada later this afternoon in mind, the United States Softball team wasted no time to get a 7-0 win against Japan. Jessica Mendoza (2 RBI) and Natasha Watley homered in a four-run first to bring them on their way. Mendoza added a second two-run shot in the fourth, going back-to-back with Crystl Bustos. The four homeruns in a game were a new Olympic record.
On the mound the Americans received their usual strong performance. Monica Abbot (W 1-0) allowed just one hit in five innings, while striking out five. Naho Emoto (L 0-1) didn’t even made one out, when she got replaced after four runs (3 ER) on four hits in the first.
Canada – USA 1-8
USA 000 004 4 8 6 1 CAN 100 000 0 1 1 3
Box score
Recap on USASoftball
After rain stopped play on Thursday with Canada leading 1-0, both teams met again on Friday to complete it. The maple leafs had scored their run in the first on two illegal pitches by starter Monica Abbot, an error by center fielder Caitlin Lowe and a sac fly by Jennifer Yee. But when they resumed the match, only Team USA came through.
They profited themselves from three errors in the sixth to score four runs and to take the lead. One frame later they blew the score wide open with another four-run spot on the scoreboard. Crystl Bustos drove in three without an hit. Bustos, Jessica Mendoza and Lowe each scored twice. Andre Duran got three RBI.
Cat Osterman (W 2-0) replaced Abbot on the mound on Friday, pitching the remaining four innings, while allowing just one hit for her second win at the Olympics. She struck out eight. USA pitching now has giving up just two hits in four games in Beijing.
Dione Meier (L 0-1) combined to throw 4 2/3 innings in the game, giving up five hits, eight runs (4 ER) and two walks to take the loss. She had started on Thursday, but Lauren Regula Bay relieved her for two innings on Friday, before Meier came back on the mound in the sixth.
Taiwan – Australia 1-3
AUS 000 021 0 3 5 0 TPE 100 000 0 1 5 0
Australia defeated Taiwan 3-1 for their second win in Beijing. Chinese Taipei got the better start, scoring a run in the first on a RBI single by Hui-Chuan Chiang for a 1-0 lead. The Aussies needed four innings to find an answer, but had an impressive one. They turned the score to 2-1 with two swings in the fifth, when Natalie Titcume and Natalie Ward opened the frame with back-to-back homeruns. Ward added an insurance run in the sixth with a RBI double.
Justin Smethurst (AUS) started and allowed four hits, a run and two walks in three innings. Kelly Hardie (W 1-0) relieved her and picked up the win, giving up just one more hit in the remaining four innings.
Sheng-Jung Lai (L 0-2) held Australia to one hit in the first four periods, but lost anyway, after the two bad pitches at the beginning of the fifth.
Venezuela – Netherlands 8-0 (5)
NED 000 00 0 1 0 VEN 330 2X 8 7 0
Box score
Recap on Official Team Website
In a duel between two teams without a win so far, Venezuela had the better end, as they crushed the Netherlands 8-0. The South Americans had a fast start into the match, scoring six runs in the first two frames to decide the outcome early. Geraldine Puertas went two-for-three with four RBI. Jineth Pimentel drove in three. Yaicey Sojo, Denisse Fuenmayor and Rubilena Rojas each scored twice.
The Dutch Women Softball team had just two base runners in the whole game after Marloes Fellinger’s two-out single in the first and a leadoff walk by Daisy De Peinder in the fifth.
Mariangee Bogado (W 1-1) picked up the win with a complete game shutout, allowing just one hit and a walk. She struck out three. Kristi De Vries (L 0-3) gave up seven hits, eight runs and three bb in 3 2/3 innings. Judith Van Kampen replaced her for the last out.
Schedule, Saturday, August 16:
09:30 China – Japan
12:00 USA – Taiwan
17:00 Netherlands – Australia
19:30 Canada – Venezuela
Complete Schedule, incl. live scoring
Standings:
- USA 4-0
- Canada 3-1
- Japan 3-1
- Australia 2-2
- China 2-2
- Taiwan 1-3
- Venezuela 1-3
- Netherlands 0-4
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