Cary, NC – Baseball Canada Women’s National Team had quite a day today at the International Women Series in North Carolina with consecutive wins against Japan and USA.
In the afternoon game, Canada took advantage of a 6 runs 3rd inning before ending the game with a 7-2 win against Japan. Kate Psota (Burlington, ON) picked up the win throwing 5 solid innings allowing 2 runs while striking out 4. In her debut with Team Canada, Sarah Burgess (Halifax, NS) threw 2 scoreless innings.
At the plate, Nicole Luchanski (Edmonton, AB) and Samantha Magalas (Burlington, ON) with 2 RBI each were the most productive hitters for Canada. Karine Gagné (Granby, QC) ended up the day with 2 base hits.
Later in the day, Team Canada offered an outstanding performance coming back from a 2-0 deficit in the 6th inning with a dramatic 3-2 win against Team USA. Melissa Armstrong (Saskatoon, SK) picked up the win coming in relief in the 6th inning. In her first start wearing the maple leaf jersey, Vanessa Riopel (Repentigny, QC) mastered the Americans in 5 innings allowing the 2 runs on only 4 hits.
Team USA took the lead in the 5th inning before Team Canada tied it up in the 6th on a clutch single from Marie-Josée Tremblay (St-Honoré, QC) scoring Geneviève Beauchamp and Kate Psota pinch running for Samantha Magalas. Canada scored the winning run in the 7th on a base hit to center field from Ashley Stephenson scoring Karine Gagné from second base.
Canada now has a 3-1 record with Japan at 2-2 and USA at 1-3. Canada will play USA at 9am tomorrow before concluding the series against Japan at 4pm.
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