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<p>World No. 5 Mexico and No. 7 Canada took the field for the <a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="Women's Baseball World Cup Finals 2024 presented by CARNEXT (opens in a new tab)" href="https://www.wbsc.org/en/events/2024-ix-womens-baseball-world-cup-finals/home" target="_blank">Women's Baseball World Cup Finals 2024 presented by CARNEXT</a> bronze medal. </p>
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<p>Mexico chose 34-year-old veteran Marcela Aguilera to start. Aguilera has made two relief appearances so far and has gone 5.2 innings without allowing a run.</p>
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<p>Canada handed the ball to Raine Padgham, a 19-year-old right-hander who went 4.2 innings, allowing one earned run against Japan.</p>
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<p>World No. 7 Canada confirmed as the Women's Baseball World Cup bronze medallist.</p>
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<p>Canada chose Raine Padgham to start the game on the mound. Mexico handed the ball to Marcela Aguilera.</p>
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<p>Mexico took the lead in the top of the second. Denise Perez homered to deep left field on the first pitch she saw.</p>
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<p>Sena Catterall avoided Canada more trouble when she caught Diana Ibarra's fly with an extraordinary diving catch.</p>
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<p>Andréanne Leblanc reached on a leadoff double in the bottom of the second but became the first out after she was caught off second base on a grounder by Zoe Hicks.</p>
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<p>Emily Baxter beat Dani Leal to the first-base bag to lead off the bottom of the third. Sena Catteral brought her to second with a line-drive single to centre field. Aguilera hit Madison Willan to load the bases. Mexico got the first out on a force-play at the plate on Mia Valcke's grounder to shortstop. </p>
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<p>Canada tied the game when Leblanc grounded out to second base. Aguilera walked Hicks to load the bases with two outs and hit Ela Day-Bédard to give Canada the lead. She got out of the inning, striking out Alizée Gélinas.</p>
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<p>Alexane Fournier replaced Padgham in the top of the fifth. With some help from Baxter, she got the first out on Gabriela Sandoval's fly.</p>
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<p>Canada allowed Samaria Benitez to reach second with an error, but Fournier got out of the inning with a ground out and a strikeout.</p>
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<p>Canada extended the lead in the bottom of the fifth. Valcke reached on a scoring error and scored when Leblanc drove the second pitch she saw off the wall in dead centre for her second double of the day.</p>
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<p>Gélinas made it a 4-1 game with a two-out single, sending Aguilera to the showers.</p>
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<p>With runners at the corners and two outs, Willan prevented a Mexican run when she came up with a diving catch on a sharp grounder by Marlen Lagunes and got the third out at second.</p>
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<p>Canada gave the ball to Sophy Gagne in the top of the seventh.</p>
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<p>Mexico reached on back-to-back and one-out singles by Benitez and DeDe Leija in the top of the seventh. Canada got the force out at second on Dani Leal's grounder, but failed to complete the double play. Benitez reached third on the play and scored on Liliana Arredondo's infield single.</p>
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<p>Gagne walked Denise Perez to load the bases, putting the potential go-ahead run at first. After a coach trip to the mound, Gagne got Diana Ibarra to ground into a force out at third.</p>
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<ul><li><a href="https://www.wbsc.org/en/events/2024-ix-womens-baseball-world-cup-finals/news/2024-women-baseball-world-cup-final-japan-usa-preview" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="Final Day Preview (opens in a new tab)">Final Day Preview</a></li><li><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.wbsc.org/en/events/2024-ix-womens-baseball-world-cup-finals/news/womens-baseball-world-cup-finals-day-5-live-blog" target="_blank">Day 5 Recap</a></li><li><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.wbsc.org/en/news/2024-womens-baseball-world-cup-finals-day-4" target="_blank">Day 4 Recap</a></li><li><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.wbsc.org/en/events/2024-ix-womens-baseball-world-cup-finals/news/2024-women-baseball-world-cup-finals-day-3" target="_blank">Day 3 Recap</a></li><li><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.wbsc.org/en/news/2024-women-baseball-world-cup-finals-day-2" target="_blank">Day 2 Recap</a></li><li><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.wbsc.org/en/news/2024-women-baseball-world-cup-finals-day-1" target="_blank">Day 1 recap</a></li><li><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.wbsc.org/en/events/2024-ix-womens-baseball-world-cup-finals/news/womens-baseball-world-cup-finals-where-to-watch" target="_blank">Where to Watch Women's Baseball World Cup Finals</a></li><li><a href="https://www.wbsc.org/en/events/2024-ix-womens-baseball-world-cup-finals/news/mlb-to-broadcast-wbsc-womens-baseball-world-cup-final-on-its-streaming-platforms">MLB to broadcast WBSC Women’s Baseball World Cup final on its streaming platforms</a></li><li><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.wbsc.org/en/news/managers-captains-discuss-womens-baseball-future-during-world-cup-finals-pre-tournament-press-conference" target="_blank">Managers and Captains discuss Women's Baseball World Cup Finals</a></li><li><a href="https://www.wbsc.org/en/events/2024-ix-womens-baseball-world-cup-finals/news/venezuela-relies-on-pitching-for-success-in-womens-baseball-world-cup-finals">Venezuela to rely on pitching</a></li><li><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.wbsc.org/en/news/mexico-aiming-for-historic-wbsc-womens-baseball-world-cup-title" target="_blank">Mexico aiming for historic World Title</a></li><li><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.wbsc.org/en/news/manager-anthony-pluta-confident-that-slugging-canada-will-have-consistent-pitching-and-defence-for-wbsc-womens-baseball-world-cup-finals" target="_blank">Slugging Canada believe defence and pitchers can be consistent</a></li><li><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.wbsc.org/en/news/chinese-taipei-aiming-for-first-womens-baseball-world-title" target="_blank">Chinese Taipei prepared one month for Women's Baseball World Cup Finals</a></li><li><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.wbsc.org/en/news/usa-manager-veronica-alvarez-ahead-of-wbsc-womens-baseball-world-cup-finals-we-dont-underestimate-anybody-" target="_blank">USA don't underestimate anybody</a></li><li><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.wbsc.org/en/news/six-time-defending-world-champions-japan-hold-camp-for-womens-baseball-world-cup-finals" target="_blank">Japan lose top pitcher Kana Onodera</a></li><li><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.wbsc.org/en/news/ten-things-to-know-about-the-wbsc-womens-baseball-world-cup-finals-2024" target="_blank">Ten things to know about the Women's Baseball World Cup Finals</a></li><li><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.wbsc.org/en/news/thunder-bay-to-host-womens-baseball-world-cup-finals-at-port-arthur-stadium" target="_blank">Port Arthur Stadium will host all the Women's Baseball World Cup Finals games</a></li><li><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.wbsc.org/en/news/wbsc-womens-baseball-world-cup-finals-2024-by-the-numbers" target="_blank">The Women's Baseball World Cup by the Numbers</a></li><li><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.wbsc.org/en/news/wbsc-womens-baseball-world-cup-finals-2024-wbsc-to-award-first-womens-baseball-world-title-since-2018" target="_blank">A historical look at the Women's Baseball World Cup Finals</a></li><li><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.wbsc.org/en/news/one-month-to-go-wbsc-womens-baseball-world-cup-returning-to-proud-hosts-canada" target="_blank">Thunder Bay, a proud host</a></li></ul>
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