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A Winchester play area has finally reopened after wet weather caused a delay.

Softball Australia has picked a 15-player squad for this year's World Games and the Canada Cup.

US Beats Australia, Sets up Gold Medal Rematch With Japan YOKOHAMA, Japan—The United States had just given up its first run and was two outs away from losing for the first time in the Olympic softball tournament. Amanda Chidester stepped up to the plate with two runners on and slapped the ball into left field. “In my head, I’m like, ‘Score! Score two! Score two! Score two!’” she recalled. “When I got up and everyone was running out at me, I was like, ‘We did it!’” Pinch-runn...

U.S. beats Mexico 2-0 in softball for 3-0 start; Japan downs Italy 5-0 Today 05:20 am JST Today | 06:04 am JST YOKOHAMA Turned down for a job in the U.S. coaching pool in 2016 after she retired as a player, Cat Osterman found she was not angry. "I had to do a gut check," she said. "If Im not upset about not being selected, why do I want to be in the coaching pool? And then if I dont want to be in the coaching pool, why is that?" So shes back in the Olympics at age 38, and not...

YOKOHAMA, Japan — United States softball swarmed their hero Amanda Chidester after her extra-inning single beat Australia 2-1 during the penultimate day of round-robin play. The Americans could secure a date with Japan in the gold-medal match if the Olympics hosts hold off third-place Canada later on Sunday. Tarni Stepto, Australias youngest player at 21, held U.S. batters to five hits over seven and 1/3 innings. Throwing nearly as fast as flamethrower and U.S. counterpart Monica Abbott, Step...

By Syndicated Content By Paresh Dave YOKOHAMA, Japan (Reuters) – United States softball swarmed their hero Amanda Chidester after her extra-inning single beat Australia 2-1 during the penultimate day of round-robin play. The Americans could secure a date with Japan in the gold-medal match if the Olympics hosts hold off third-place Canada later on Sunday. Tarni Stepto, Australia’s youngest player at 21, held U.S. batters to five hits over seven and 1/3 innings. Throwing nearly as...

A classic pitchers’ duel on Saturday at Yokohama Baseball Stadium saw Australia take unbeaten Team USA to the limit, but Monica Abbott‘s 13-strikeout night helped the Americans walk-off in the bottom of the eighth to move to 4-0 and move closer to the gold-medal game. The teams combined for just six hits through seven innings, three each, with Australia’s Tami Stepto striking out three in forcing the U.S. to extra innings for the first time this tournament. While runs have been hard to...

Amanda Chidester leads Team USA past Australia, into Olympic softball gold-medal game YOKOHAMA, Japan -- The United States had just given up its first run and was two outs away from losing for the first time in the Olympic softball tournament. Amanda Chidester stepped up to the plate with two runners on and slapped the ball into left field. "In my head, Im like: Score! Score two! Score two! Score two!" she recalled. "When I got up and everyone was running out at me, I was like, We did it!" Ally...

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US softball team battles against Australia Share Updated: 5:58 AM EDT Jul 25, 2021 By Ronald Blum, Associated Press US softball team battles against Australia Share Updated: 5:58 AM EDT Jul 25, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript Yeah, watashi wa Monica Abbott Odus was that good? My name is Monica Abbott and I am from Salinas California. Im a left handed pitcher and I play both in the United States and Japan. My first year playing for Toyota was 2009 and more t...