{"id":340314,"date":"2025-08-13T05:07:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T05:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/340314\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T05:07:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T05:07:11","slug":"the-world-games-2025-womens-softball-underway-usa-canada-open-with-wins-world-baseball-softball-confederation-wbsc-mens-softball-world-cup-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/340314\/","title":{"rendered":"The World Games 2025 Women’s Softball underway! USA, Canada open with wins – World Baseball Softball Confederation – WBSC Men’s Softball World Cup 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to\u00a0Opening\u00a0Day\u00a0of\u00a0The World Games 2025 Women’s Softball <\/a>competition in Chengdu, China. Wednesday promises a full day of action, with four games scheduled at the Xindu Better City Softball Arena.<\/p>\n

The teams are split into two groups of four for the Opening Round:<\/p>\n

Group A<\/strong>: No. 2 USA, No. 5 Chinese Taipei, No. 6 Netherlands, No. 10 China<\/p>\n

Group B<\/strong>: No. 1 Japan, No. 3 Puerto Rico, No. 4 Canada, No. 8 Australia<\/p>\n

Following yesterday\u2019s technical meeting, the team rosters are now official. You can view them\u00a0here<\/a>, along with the Daily Report 0\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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USA 4 – 0 Chinese Taipei –\u00a0Play by play and Boxscore<\/a><\/p>\n

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Behind a stellar start from Rachel Garcia, who threw four hitless, scoreless innings with four strikeouts, USA defeated Chinese Taipei 4-0 to open their gold medal defence.
Tiare Jennings led the offence, going 2-for-3 with a home run and two runs scored, while Janae Jefferson delivered a two-run single in the second inning to put USA ahead.
For Chinese Taipei, Li Szu-Shih and Chiang Ting-En recorded the team\u2019s only hits.
Ally Carda closed the game with three innings of relief, allowing two hits and a walk to secure the shutout.<\/p>\n

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Canada exploded for eight runs in the third inning to earn their first win in Group B, defeating Puerto Rico 11-9 in a slugfest. The two teams combined for 26 hits and 20 runs in the morning game.<\/p>\n

Kianna Jones (3-for-4), Erika Polidori (2-for-4) and Grace Messmer (2-for-4) all recorded multiple hits, with Messmer and Natalie Wideman driving in three runs apiece.<\/p>\n

For Puerto Rico, Janelle Martinez went 3-for-4 with two RBIs and two runs scored, while Kairi Rodriguez and Aleshia Ocasio each produced two runs.<\/p>\n

Despite allowing three hits and four runs in 1.2 innings, Morgan Reimer was credited with the win.<\/p>\n

Live Streaming<\/p>\n

All games at field 1 will be live streamed<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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