Women’s National Team Records Decisive Exhibition Victory in Kenosha

The USA Baseball Women’s National Team produced 14 hits in five innings en route to a 10-1 exhibition victory over AGB Kenosha Comets at historic Simmons Field.

KENOSHA, Wis. - The USA Baseball Women’s National Team offense produced ten runs on 14 hits and two errors across five innings to earn a 10-1 victory over AGB Kenosha Comets in the second game of exhibition play.

After a scoreless first inning from both squads, Team USA managed to put three runs on the board in the top of the second inning. After reaching on a triple, Kelsie Whitmore scored the first run of the game after a passed ball allowed her to come home from third. Jamie Baum and Olivia Pichardo each followed up with an RBI single that made it 3-0 early.

Team USA starter Jillian Albayati picked up her first strikeout of the game in the bottom of the second to continue to hold AGB Kenosha Comets off of the board.

Remi Schaber and Whitmore provided two-out doubles in the top of the third that scored two more runs before an error in the AGB infield and an Anna Kimbrell RBI single made it 7-0 in favor of Team USA.

AGB put its lone run of the day on the board in the fourth after a bases-loaded walk, but Team USA reliever Niki Eckert responded with two straight strikeouts to end the frame.

Albayati drew a leadoff walk to begin the fifth and was eventually sent in to score two batters later thanks to a single by Schaber and an AGB fielding error. A Valerie Perez single and Baum sac-fly gave Team USA a 10-1 lead before the game was ended due to a time limit.

The USA Baseball Women’s National Team returns to action on Tuesday, August 8, against Australia in the first game of the opening round of the 2023 World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Women’s Baseball World Cup. First pitch is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. ET. Live updates will be provided via Twitter @USABaseballWNT.