USA earned the WBSC U-19 Women’s Softball World Cup for the third time in a row with a come from behind, walk off win over Japan, 4-3, in the bottom of the eighth inning. USA is the first nation ever to complete the three-peat in this age category.
Francesca Hammoude stepped to the batter box with two runners on and her National Team trailing 3-0. She drove the third pitch she saw beyond the left-field fence for a game-tying home run. Echols went inches from walking it off, then scored the World Championship run
Canada had never earned a medal at the Junior or U-19 women’s softball world level. After taking an early lead, Canada stopped Australia’s comeback attempt with hard-throwing reliever Madelyn Hickingbottom
Yu-Suan Feng’s 10-strikeout relief performance and a 2-RBI triple by Chi-Yun Lin in the eighth frame led Chinese Taipei to win over China, 3-2, in eight innings of play.
The USA has dominated one National Team after the other and found real competition only against Japan. The two international powers will face each other in the World Championship game
Japan plated 9 runs and sent 13 batters to the plate in the 1st inning as Japan defeated Mexico 11-0 in four innings. Japan secured the second place in the Super Round and tomorrow will be paying the World Championship Game against USA.
Canada rested some of its key players, but one of them came off the bench just at the right time. Grace Messmer pinch-hit in the seventh to provide the game-winning hit
