Singapore get U-12 Softball World Cup opening game win against India

Singapore opened the II WBSC U-12 Softball World Cup with a12-5 victory over India on Wednesday at Jin-Long Field.

Nine different players on the Singaporean side scored runs,led by Edwin See, Felicia Tan and Wang Yanran. See led five other Singapore batterswith two hits out of the seven they made in the game, while India made onlythree hits in five innings.

Singapore opened the game with a run. See, who singled asthe first batter, stole the second and third bases, and proceeded to reach homeplate on a passed ball.

The Southeast Asian side then logged a huge eight-run secondinning against India. Yuujin Yamazaki earned a walk and several wild pitchesfrom India’s Samhitha Kyadari allowed him to move into scoring position forSingapore’s second run, towin other runners Keona Lai, Felicia Tan and WangYanran to complete their runs and extend the lead to 5-0.

See once again hit a single that sparked another strongoffensive run for Singapore, leading to two more runs from himself and Ann Li.
Shannon Ong scored next off Jayden Wong’s single, and Wong off Ivy Lim’s tripleto widen the gap at 9-0. India finally found a way to stop the Singaporean runas they got two outs on Sim and Yamazaki.

India finally got runs on the scoreboard at the bottom ofthe third inning, courtesy of Keerthi Vijay Kumar, Kanishka and Giriraj Gade.

In the fourth inning, Singapore added a single run, whileIndia kept fighting and managed to finish two runs. However, Singapore had afinal say with two final runs scored to claim victory at 12-5.