Maracay, Venezuela- The Women’s National Team lost their second straight contest of Round 2 at the Women’s World Cup by a score of 6-2 to Japan. The WNT now faces a must win game against Cuba if they hope to advance to the medal round.
Kate Psota (Burlington, ON) gave the Canadians a 2-0 lead in the 3rd inning when she doubled to score Ashley Stephenson (Mississauga, ON) and Nicole Luchanski (Edmonton, AB).
With Canada hanging on to a 1 run lead in the 4th inning, Japan struck for 2 runs to go ahead 3-2. Amazingly enough, Japan scored both runs in the inning without recording a hit as they were able to take advantage of two Canadian errors, a walk and two hit batters.
Vanessa Riopel (Repentigny, QC) was tagged with the loss although only 1 of the 3 runs she gave up was earned.
Japan would score 3 more runs in the 5th inning to take a commanding 6-2 lead which would hold up for the rest of the game.
Notes: Canada now faces a must win game on August 20th against Cuba, with the first pitch scheduled for 10:30am ET. ... Fans can follow all of the action from the Women’s World Cup including live play-by-play by visiting: http://ibaf.prod.kgroup.eu/en/competition-detail.aspx?id=a4406b7a-327d-4dbc-8b16-16198b57ccef
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