Softball World Championship: Day 6 photo gallery
This photo gallery is about 10 games: Botswana-Great Britain, Puerto Rico-New Zealand, Netherlands-Mexico, Chinese Taipei-Phiippines, Venezuela-Italy, USA-South Africa, China-Botswana, Mexico-New Zealand, Canada-Japan, Australia-Great Britain
Great Britain wins first against Botswana
Great Britain beat Botswana and earned the first win in the WBSC Softball World Championship
Escobedo impressive as Mexico wins close ones against Netherlands and New Zealand; makes the playoff
Dallas Escobedo had an impressive day at WBSC Softball World Championship pitching two shutout, complete games, allowing only two hits and no runs, with 21 strikeouts. Behind its star pitcher, Mexico earned a pair of 1-0 wins to Netherlands and New Zealand, and clinched a spot in the playoffs of the tournament.
Softball World Championship: Day 5 photo gallery
The photo gallery contains pictures of 8 games: Australia-Botswana, Mexico-Puerto Rico, China-Canada, South Africa-New Zealand, Italy-Great Britain, The Netherlands-Chinese Taipei, USA-Philippines and Japan-Venezuela
Japan keeps dominating, Italy still in the race for fourth place in group B
Itay got all the offense they needed in the first inning, scoring the only run of the game against Great Britain on a wild pitch. Japan used a couple of homers to keep Venezuela at a distance and earned the fifth straight win
Netherlands stuns Chinese Taipei with thrilling walk-off victory; USA keeps winning
Netherlands and USA came out with the victory this afternoon in NASPA Stadium. The European team defeated Chinese Taipei, while the defending world champions beat Philippines.
USA on top of Group A; Abbot unhittable against Netherlands
United States defeated Netherlands, 11-0, in the first game of the day in the WBSC Softball World Championship held in Chiba, Japan. The had two big innings to support a magnificent performance by Monica Abbot, who threw a no-no and was one walk away of perfection.
Softball World Championship: Day 4 photo gallery
This gallery contains photos of 5 games: USA-Netherlands, Italy Botswana, Puerto Rico-Chinese Taipei, Australia-Canada, Mexico-South Africa
Puerto Rico tops Chinese Taipei in slugfest; Philippines comes from behind over Netherlands
Puerto Rico remains unbeaten in the WBSC Softball World Championship after a roller coaster victory against Chinese Taipei, by a score of 12-11. The game was a slugfest for both teams, for a total of 23 runs, 27 hits and 7 pitching reliefs.
Australia beats Canada, first win for Italy
Australia shut out Canada, until this moment undefeated in the tournament, resisting a seventh inning comeback attempt. Italy displayed again home run power and beat Botswana