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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.
Tokyo Olympics: Cat Osterman pitches US softball over Mexico for 3-0 start
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Olympics: Japan stays on course for softball gold showdown with U S
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Olympics: Miu Goto saves day as Japanese softball team walks off vs Mexico
Relief pitcher Miu Goto stranded five runners over the final two innings as Japan beat Mexico 3-2 on Thursday to improve to 2-0 in the Tokyo Olympic softball tournament.
Japan manager Reika Utsugi left ace Yukiko Ueno on the mound in the seventh to celebrate her 39th birthday with what she hoped would be a complete-game victory, but the right-hander surrendered the tying run and left the game with two on and no outs.
Relief pitcher Miu Goto. (Kyodo) I was about done going into the last inning, but because it was my birthday, the skipper kept me in. It s really unfortunate I was unable to close it out, but the way everyone fought back, this win makes me extremely happy, said Ueno, who pitched Japan to the gold medal in the last Olympic softball tournament in 2008.
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Abbott s one-hitter lifts U.S. over Canada 1-0 for 2-0 start
The United States Monica Abbott celebrates after defeating Canada on Thursday, 1-0, ina softball game at the Summer Olympics in Fukushima, Japan. (Jae C. Hong/AP Photo)
Published July 22. 2021 1:37AM | Updated July 22. 2021 8:49PM
By RONALD BLUM, AP Sports Writer
Fukushima, Japan Six outs from her second Olympic no-hitter, Monica Abbott was clinging to a one-run lead when she walked Canada s Jen Gilbert leading off the sixth inning, and pinch-hitter Sara Groenewegen lined a 0-2 pitch to the right-center field gap.