Baseball · Olympics SoftBall · 2020

Date & time

21 Jul 2021, 08:00

Round

1

Venue

Fukushima Azuma Baseball Stadium

Location

Fukushima, Japan

Facing Mexico's Dallas Escobedo, Victoria Hayward singled to lead off. A bunt single by Larissa Franklin and two more singles from Kaleigh Rafter and Jenn Salling gave Canada a 2–0 lead as Mexico came to bat. Three years after recovering from Legionnaires' disease, Sara Groenewegen started on the mound for Canada and retired the first six Mexican batters. In the third inning, Salling added to Canada's lead with a solo home run to right field. In the fourth, Hayward singled again, stole second, moved to third on a ground out, and scored on a Kelsey Harshman single to make it 4–0 Canada. Jenna Caira replaced Groenewegen in the fifth, and Danielle Lawrie came on in the sixth for Canada and pitched the remainder of the game to record the save.