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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-runner Ally Carda and Haylie McCleney came across the plate on Chidester’s eighth-inning single, givin...

What a weekend in Tokyo Dawn Campbell, Director of Digital & Enterprise Content Published:  TOKYO, JAPAN - JULY 25: Katie Ledecky of Team United States competes in heat three of the Women's 400m Freestyle on day two of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Tokyo Aquatics Centre on July 25, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images) (2021 Getty Images) It’s hard to believe we’re only going into the third day of competition in Tokyo given how much action we’ve already witnessed at the Games. Of course, there have been highlights as well as letdowns, but that’s part of the t...

YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) — Kelsey Stewart has a knack for walk-off hits in Japan. Stewart hit a game-ending home run leading off the seventh inning, and the United States rallied late to beat Japan 2-1 Monday and win the Olympic softball group stage — and with it the right to bat last in the gold medal game. “It’s like you dream about when you’re a little kid, about hitting a home run at the Olympics, let alone a walk-off,” Stewart said. In August 2018, Stewart’s single capped a three-run 10th inning off Japan ace Yukiko Ueno that gave the U.S. a 7-6 win at the Women’s Softball Wo...

AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki A powerhouse showdown that ended with a dramatic walk-off home run for the Americans highlighted the final day of qualification for the softball competition at the Tokyo Olympics. The clash between Japan and the United States was the headliner Sunday (Monday in Japan), while Canada faced Italy and Mexico battled Australia in the other two. Here is a look at the schedule and results for the final day of qualifying.  Sunday/Monday Olympic Softball Scores United States 2, Japan 1 Canada vs. Italy, 1:30 a.m. ET Mexico vs. Australia, 7 a.m. ET USA 2, Japan 1 To say this was l...

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 I'm not upset about not being selected, why do I want to be in the coaching pool? And then if I don't want to be in the coaching pool, why is that?" So she's back in the Olympics at age 38, and not just throwing but dominating.