The USA overcame an early scare en route to a 13-3 victory over Chinese Taipei. The two-time champion erased a first-inning deficit to win their fifth game at the V Women’s Baseball World Cup in Edmonton, Canada. Playing at John Fry Park they scored in each frame between the second and the fifth to end the contest due to ten-run rule. Chinese Taipei is now 3-3 in the tournament, hoping to qualify for the semi-finals.
The United States were led by the top of their batting order. He number one to four hitters in the lineup combined to go 9-for-14 with eight runs and five RBI. Donna Williams stood out with three hits, three runs and three RBI. She also tripled. Chu Yu Pan scored twice for Chinese Taipei, which had put two runs on the board in the first, but couldn’t do much afterwards.
American starting pitcher Kristin Caldwell settled in after the rocky first to go the distance. She gave up six hits, three runs (2 ER) and three walks in five innings, striking out none. The Asian team used four pitchers. Tzu Hui Pan was charged with the loss, surrendering five runs (4 ER) on seven hits in three innings.
