MESA, Ariz. - After picking up a dominant win on Tuesday, the Stripes once again used a red-hot offense to cruise to a comfortable 8-1 victory over the Stars in the second game of the Women's National Team Training Camp series on Wednesday at Riverview Baseball Complex in Mesa, Arizona. With the win, the Stripes clinched the series.

Unlike the game yesterday, the offenses took a while to get going, with the starters from both teams looking very sharp early on. On the Stars side, Jillian Albayati made quick work of opposing hitters through her first two innings, navigating through the top part of the lineup in just 19 pitches. For the Stripes, Jamie Baum managed to do even better, retiring six of the first seven batters she faced and doing so in just 17 pitches.

The formidable Stripes lineup could not be held down for long, though, finally breaking through in the third to strike first blood against Albayati. Alana Martinez led off the inning with a well-struck single up the middle, and after stealing second base to put herself in scoring position, Naomi Ryan cashed in with another base hit into center to drive in the first run of the game. Two batters later, Alex Hugo added on another, driving a fly ball into center field that scored Ryan from third easily and brought their advantage up to 2-0.

As they did in the first game of the series, the Stripes really got it going with the bats in the fourth. With one out and a runner on first, the team had six consecutive hitters reach base successfully, a stretch that helped put four more runs on the scoreboard by the time it finally ended. Starting things off was Anna Kimbrell, who picked up her first hit and RBI of the game with a line-drive double right down the left field line to score the first run of the frame. Martinez followed this up immediately after with a bloop single into right to score Kimbrell, and after Ryan and Ashton Lansdell both reached on infield singles to load the bases, Hugo was hit by a pitch to bring in another. Finally, Olivia Pichardo drove home the sixth run of the game for the Stripes on the next plate appearance, reaching on another infield hit despite a spectacular diving stop by first baseman Kylee Lahners that saved at least one more run from coming across.

After seeing themselves fall behind big once again, the Stars started to show some signs of life at the plate. They capitalized on a few errors by their opponents to bring home their first run of the game in the bottom of the fourth on a slow bouncer off the bat of Luciana Moreno, and in the fifth, they loaded the bases with just one out in what was the best opportunity they would get all day. Ryan came up clutch on the mound for the Stripes, though, picking up two huge strikeouts to escape from her own jam unscathed.

Seemingly energized by Ryan's magic act, the Stripes offense got to work again in the sixth to really put the game away. Kelsie Whitmore got in on the action with a ground ball off the glove of the diving third baseman that scored Pichardo from third, and to cap things off, Valerie Perez lined a base hit into center field that brought home the team's eighth and final run of the day.

Notable Stats

• The Stripes pitching staff was the star of the day, with the trio of Baum, Ryan, and Alyssa Zettlemoyer combining to allow just the lone unearned run with nine strikeouts against five hits throughout their seven innings of work.
• Four different Stripes players had multi-hit games, with those being Pichardo, Perez, Martinez, and Ryan. In the RBI column, Hugo paced the team with two.
• The Stripes got a balanced effort at the plate once again, with nine of the 11 players to get two at-bats or more recording at least one hit.

On Deck

The Stars vs. Stripes series comes to an end tomorrow, with first pitch being set for 9:30 A.M. MT at Riverview Baseball Complex in Mesa. You can follow along with the action @USABaseballWNT on Twitter or at the GameChanger link here. Shortly following the game, the final 20-women roster for the Women's National Team will be unveiled.