USA WINS SECOND GAME
USA Softball Wins 5-1 Over Australia
YOKOHAMA, Japan – The United States Women’s National Team extended its
record to 2-0 at the Japan cup on day two with a 5-1 win over Australia. The
team trailed one run in the fourth but they responded big in the bottom half
with five runs scored, highlighted by a Caitlin Lowe (Tustin, Calif.)
triple.
Against Australia, no runs were posted until the fourth inning when Australia struck first in the top of the fourth. Jennie Finch (La Mirada, Calif.) took over in the circle in the fourth after Monica Abbott (Salinas, Calif.) threw three innings allowing only one hit. Kylie Cronk singled to lead off the inning and would score the only run of the game for Australia when Natalie Ward reached first on an error by Vicky Galindo (Union City, Calif.) at second.
Lisa Fernandez (Long Beach, Calif.) singled to start off the fourth inning with Lauren Lappin (Anaheim, Calif.) coming in to pinch run. A double by Tairia Flowers (Tucson, Ariz.) and a walk issued to Jenny Topping (Whittier, Calif.) loaded the bases. A fielders choice by Galindo put Lappin out at home but Laura Berg (Santa Fe Springs, Calif.) reached on an error by shortstop to put the game at 1-1. Lowe came through with a triple to give the team a good 4-1 lead. Natasha Watley (Irvine, Calif.) added an insurance run that would plate Lowe and secure a 5-1 win for the red, white and blue.
Note: The USA box score (below) says Abbott was the winner. The Japan Cup official box score says Finch was the winner and is now 2-0. Abbott pitched three innings, 0-0. While Australia scored in the top of the 4th, the USA tied the score and went ahead 5-1 in the 4th with Finch still the pitcher of record.
The team will next compete in the medal rounds tomorrow morning starting at 10:00 a.m./local time.
The round robin scores of the Japan Cup are below.
Games Round Robin
#1 Japan 1 Australia 0
#2 China 1 USA 4
#3 Japan 3 China 2 (10)
#4 USA 5 Australia 1
#6 China 1 Australia 2 (9)
2007 Japan Cup
Australia at United States
Nov 17, 2007 at Yokohama, Japan
Australia 1 (0-2)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Wyborn lf................ 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Cronk rf................. 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0
Porter 3b................ 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0
Warwick, Clare ph....... 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Titcume c................ 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0
Howlett c/ph............ 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mosley dh................ 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ward 2b.................. 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 0
Bowering 1b.............. 3 0 0 0 0 2 7 2 3
Judd ss.................. 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 1
Wright cf................ 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
Harding p................ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Hardee p................ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Witt p.................. 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Totals................... 24 1 3 0 0 14 18 9 4
United States 5 (2-0)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Lowe, Caitlin rf......... 4 1 1 3 0 0 1 0 0
Watley, Natasha ss....... 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Mendoza, Jessica lf...... 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0
Bustos, Crystl 3b........ 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2
Fernandez, Lisa dh....... 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Lappin, Lauren pr....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Flowers, Tairia 1b....... 3 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0
Topping, Jenny c......... 2 1 1 0 1 1 14 0 0
Galindo, Vicky 2b........ 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0
Berg, Laura cf........... 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Abbott, Monica p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Finch, Jennie p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Osterman, Cat p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 28 5 8 4 2 2 21 1 7
Score by Innings R H E
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Australia........... 000 100 0 - 1 3 2
United States....... 000 500 X - 5 8 1
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E - Judd 2; Galindo. DP - USA 1. LOB - Australia 4; USA 7. 2B - Flowers. 3B
- Lowe. HBP - Mosley 2. SB - Mosley; Mendoza.
Australia IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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Harding............. 2.0 2 0 0 1 1 8 9
Hardee.............. 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3
Witt................ 3.0 6 5 0 1 0 17 18
United States IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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Abbott, Monica...... 3.0 1 0 0 0 7 9 10
Finch, Jennie....... 2.0 1 1 0 0 2 8 9
Osterman, Cat....... 2.0 1 0 0 0 5 7 7
Win - Abbott (1-0)*. Loss - Witt (). Save - None.
HBP - by Abbott (Mosley); by Finch (Mosley).
Umpires -
Start: 10:30 am Time: Attendance:
Game: JAPAN02