Canada edges Aussies 5-3 at women’s baseball World Cup
GIJANG, Korea, Republic Of — Canada opened the super round of the WBSC Women’s Baseball World Cup with a 5-3 win over Australia on Wednesday.
After building a five-run lead and holding Australia hitless through five innings, Canada withstood a late surge by the Aussies.
“Credit to our group for sticking together tonight and overcoming some late adversity,” said Canadian manager Andre Lachance. “Pitching, defence and timely hitting, we got contributions from a lot of players tonight.”
None were perhaps bigger than starter Autumn Mills of London, Ont., who held Australia hitless until allowing a one-out single in the sixth. Mills worked out of trouble leaving the bases loaded in the fourth and struck out six in six innings before Heidi Northcott of Rocky Mountain House, Alta., captured the save with a 1-2-3 seventh.