The World Games 2025 Women's Softball: Final four face off in Chengdu; semifinals first pitch delayed by heavy rain
Welcome to Semifinals Day at The World Games 2025 Women's Softball competition in Chengdu, China. On Saturday, the spotlight falls on two high-stakes matchups: Japan vs USA and Chinese Taipei vs Canada, with a place in Sunday’s Gold Medal Game on the line. Heavy rain is delaying the start of the semifinals.
In addition, the race for positions five through eight will unfold across four more games. In the morning games, Puerto Rico defeated Netherlands, 3-1; and Australia, walked off China, 4-3. Both winning teams will play for the fifth place later today, while the defeated teams will fight for seventh.
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Both semifinals will start at noon local time. On Field 1, softball superpowers USA and Japan renew their storied rivalry. The two nations have met in the final of every Women's Softball World Cup since 2002 (nine straight), the last two Olympic finals (Beijing 2008 and Tokyo 2020), and the title game at The World Games 2022. In Chengdu, one will leave with bronze ambitions instead of gold. Across these championship clashes, USA holds seven wins to Japan’s five.
On Field 2, Canada faces Chinese Taipei, each seeking a second-ever appearance in the final of a major tournament. Canada last played for gold at the 1978 World Cup in El Salvador, while Chinese Taipei reached the final as hosts in 1982.
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Only the game between USA and Japan will be live streamed today.
China 3-4 Australia - Play by play and Boxscore
A walk-off single by Shannon Keevers in the bottom of the seventh lifted Australia to a thrilling 4-3 win over China, sending the Aussie Spirit to the fifth-place game.
Australia struck first in the opening inning with a two-run single from Pippa Adkins. China responded in the sixth, rallying for three runs behind a solo homer by Kailin Xi and a sacrifice fly from Jiaqi Li to move ahead, 3-2.
The lead didn’t last long. Georgia Hood tied the game with a solo shot in the bottom half of the sixth, before Keevers delivered the game-winning hit one inning later, driving in Madison Scott.
Kandra Lamb earned the win with 4.2 innings of one-hit relief, striking out eight while walking five. Yinan Chai went the distance for China and was tagged with the loss.
- Puerto Rico vs Netherlands - Play by play and Boxscore
Aleshia Ocasio went the distance, allowing just four hits and one run while striking out five, to lead Puerto Rico to a 3-1 win over the Netherlands and a spot in the fifth-place game.
Puerto Rico did all their damage in the top of the first inning. Ocasio helped her own cause with an RBI single and later scored, while Odalis Cordova added an RBI single to make it 3-0.
The Netherlands answered in the bottom of the fifth, when Suka van Gurp plated Damishah Charles to cut the deficit to 3-1, but Ocasio shut the door the rest of the way.
J’dah Girigorie took the loss after one inning of work, surrendering three runs on four hits.
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