Sumitani, Goto lift Japan to victory over China
Japan clinched today in Irvine its fourth consecutive win in the WBSC U-19 Women’s Softball Super Round, with a 6-1 victory over China. Haruka Sumitani and Miu Goto combined to hit 5 for 5 and led the Japanese offense.
Carrion dominates, Mexico beats Australia
Mexico didn’t have a win in the super round so far but outscored Australia and gave a big blow to the Aussie hope to make the medal round. Starting pitcher Yeraldine Carrion got 16 of the 21 outs on strikes
Faraimo, USA leave Canada no chance
The two-time defending World Champions USA are displaying their proverbial strength. They have yet to allow a hit and have outscored any team they have faced, including Canada in day 1 of the super round
Australia holds off late come back to open Super Round with win over China
Australia claimed today the first win of the Super Round with a 4-2 victory over China. Kayla Hancox’s speed ignited a 3-run seventh inning and a come from behind victory for Australia.
Aggressive running, solid hitting give Japan another win
Starting pitcher Mio Sakamoto was dominant, leadoff hitter was on in every at-bat. Japan shut out Chinese Taipei and is counting 19 runs scored overall in the day, without allowing one
Canada solid behind Hickingbottom, shuts out Mexico
Canada played solid defence behind the almost untouchable starter Madelyn Hickingbottom and used some timely hitting to defeat Mexico, 4-0. Mia Valcke 🇨🇦 🇨🇦 🇨🇦#U19SoftballWC pic.twitter.com/Y58cqFYMMs — WBSC #U19SoftballWC (@WBSCsoftball) August 13, 2019 Mexico’s starter Yanina Trevino was bothered by control issues and defence didn’t help her. In the bottom of the first with two […]
Goto, Yamashita combine for 1-hit shutout as Japan beats Puerto Rico in four
In a duel between two undefeated teams, Japan opened the Super Round with a strong victory against Puerto Rico, 10-0, in four innings. Left-handed pitchers Miu Goto and Chise Yamashita pitched a 1-hit ball game, with 5 strikeouts. Rino Setoguchi led off the game with a line-drive single to center field and set the tone […]
U-19 Softball World Cup: Japan, USA still undefeated after super round Day 1
This article is a full recap of the first day of the super round of the U-19 Women’s Softball World Cup. Inside you find the links to full reports and boxscores
Lin Chia Hsuan two-run triple provides lead, Chinese Taipei escapes late jam, beats Mexico
Chinese Taipei scored two in the bottom of the first. Mexico had stranded two in the top half of the frame and this made a difference in the first game of the super round of the U-19 Women’s Softball World Cup
Chinese Taipei, Mexico advance to Super Round
Chinese Taipei secured a spot in the Super Round with a 5-inning victory over Netherlands. Mexico secured second place in Group C and made the Super Round