USA wins Women’s Baseball Pan Am Games Qualifier

SANTIAGO, Dominican Republic — World No. 2 United States won the first-ever Women’s Baseball Pan American Games Qualifier in the Dominican Republic, defeating Venezuela, 3-0, in the finale.

The 2015 Toronto Pan American Games will be the first-ever multi-sport “mega-event” to stage women’s baseball.

In total, four baseball/softball disciplines will be featured at the 2015 Pan American Games: men’s baseball and men’s softball, and women’s baseball and women’s softball.

Baseball and softball are two of the 36 sports on the Toronto 2015 program.

The 2015 Pan American Women’s Baseball Championship/Pan Am Games qualifier ran from 8-12 March and featured the Women’s National Teams of USA, No. 5 Venezuela, No. 8 Cuba, No. 10 Puerto Rico and unranked host Dominican Republic.

In additional to USA, Venezuela, Cuba, and Puerto Rico all made the cut to be at the historic debut of Women’s Baseball at the Pan Am Games, while hosts Dominican Republic were eliminated.

Host/No. 4 Canada has automatically secured a place in the 2015 Pan Am Games, which will be staged in July at the new baseball/softball complex just outside Toronto.

USA was the only country from the Americas to medal at last year’s VI WBSC Women’s Baseball World Cup, taking the silver medal in Miyazaki, Japan.

The 2015 Pan American Women’s Baseball Championship was organised by the Dominican Baseball Federation (FEDOBE), in conjunction with the Pan American Baseball Confederation (COPABE) — the World Baseball Softball Confederation’s baseball arm for the Americas.

USA win Women’s Baseball Pan Am Games Qualifier; VEN 2º PUR 3º CUB 4º DOM 5º. Top 4 + CAN in @TO2015 #WomenInSport pic.twitter.com/3SPYhJJ9q2

— WBSC (@WBSC) March 13, 2015