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Her six shutout innings left her with just two runs against in 39.4 innings across three Olympics.Ĭanada closed Wednesday's action by beating Olympics newcomer Mexico 4-0 after gaining four no-hit innings from Sara Groenewegen, who three years ago survived 10 days in a coma while battling Legionnaries’ disease, a sometimes deadly form of pneumonia.Ĭanada is the only team out of five that have played in each of the four Olympics tournaments to have never won a medal.Īll six teams face each other once over six days before the top four advance to the medal games.

The United States defeated Italy 2-0, riding a nine-strikeout, single-hit performance from left-hander Cat Osterman, who returned from retirement for a chance at a second gold. Only buzzing cicadas and polite applause from a few hundred staff were heard as Japan's shots cleared the fence. Ueno went on to surrender two hits over 4-1/3 innings, and a trio of two-run homers powered an 8-1 mercy-rule win over Australia. She blamed her command issues on excitement from the 'very long time' between Olympics – a remark she illustrated for reporters by stretching out her arms. Ueno, ace of Japan's 2008 gold medal run when softball was last in the Olympics, escaped loaded bases after walking one and hitting two in the first inning.

Winners said they overcame nervousness after a long wait to get here, while losers said they struggled to shake jitters fast enough.

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