GIJANG, Korea, Republic Of — Canada matched its high-quality-ever bring about an international event with a silver medal on Sunday’s girls’ baseball Global Cup. Ayami Sato pitched a complete sports shutout as Japan downed the Canadians 10-0 to earn its fifth immediate World Cup championship. Sato allowed just hits and a stroll simultaneously as hanging out 5 in a dominant performance. Chihiro Funakoshi drove in 3 runs for the pinnacle-ranked Japanese, while Iori Miura had three hits and an RBI.
“They’re five-time Global champions for a motive and are a tough team to play towards,” stated Canadian Manager Andre Lachance. “You need to play a faultless sport to conquer them, and regrettably, that didn’t manifest for us today.”
London, Ont., native Autumn Turbines took the loss, allowing six runs on six hits and three walks through 2 2/3 innings. She additionally struck out 3.
Canada has had five Global Cup medals — two silver and three bronze — since the biennial match commenced in 2004. Canada also gained silver in 2008, dropping to Japan in that final, and took silver at the Pan-American Games in a loss to the United States in Toronto last summer.
“I’m so unbelievably pleased with our crew and how we competed all week,” stated Lachance. “I assume we made an assertion this week that we’re one of the pinnacle teams within the International. We’ve plenty to be pleased with.”
The No. 4 Canadians lost just two fits throughout their 2016 International Cup run, including a gap round-robin loss to Japan.
Earlier Sunday, Venezuela scored four runs within the seventh and final inning to rally for a 4-3 win over Taiwan for bronze.
A 5-run 1/3 inning positioned Canada in a deep hole, chasing Generators out of the sport. Japan used three hits, including a two-run double, walks, and two Canadian mistakes to score.
“Walks and mistakes usually haunt you and in opposition to Japan,” Lachance said. “They’re a good way to burn you in case you make the ones sort of errors.”
Lachance said the girls’ national team software “took excellent strides here this week.”
“Our goal is to win one in all these items sooner or later, and we’ll continue operating towards that intention shifting ahead,” he added. “To be the first-class within the World, you want to conquer the satisfactory, so we’ll come lower back in years and deliver it another run.”
