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THUNDER BAY, Ontario – USA Baseball’s Women’s National Team was unable to overcome a six-run surge in the sixth by Canada on Saturday as it fell 10-8 in the third game of the friendship series between the teams.

Held at Baseball Central in Thunder Bay, Ontario, the U.S. drops to 2-1 in the series while Canada collects its first win to improve to 1-2.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Alex Hugo put the U.S. on the board in the first when she scored on a double play after leading off the game with an outfield single.
• Canada responded in the bottom frame when Daphnée Gélinas, Alizée Gélinas, and Madison Willan all delivered run-scoring single with runners in scoring position to take a 3-1 lead.
• A sacrifice fly by Alizée Gélinas to left field in the second inning extended Canada’s lead to 4-1.
• The Stars and Stripes knotted the score at 4-4 in the third inning with three runs on as many hits. Ashton Lansdell drove in Alex Hugo with a triple to center field, her fourth of the series, after a base hit and error put Hugo in scoring position. Kylee Lahners then delivered a two-run single to shallow center field with runners in scoring position to tie things up.
• Ashton Lansdell tallied her second run batted in of the game in the fifth to give the U.S. its first lead of the game at 5-4. Alex Hugo started the inning by reaching on a two-base error, and Lansdell sent her home with a single up the middle.
• Canada made a late surge in the sixth, scoring six runs on as many hits. Ellie Jesperson and Mia Valcke delivered run-scoring singles with runners at first and second to tie things up at 7-7, and then a Reese Velocci bases-loaded RBI single, balk, and Zoe Hicks sacrifice fly made it 10-7.
• The U.S. didn’t go down without a fight though in the final frame of the contest. Kelsie Whitmore and Jade Gortarez reached on a one-out hit-by-pitch and infield single, respectively, to start the spark. Olivia Pichardo drove in Whitmore from second with a base hit to center field, but as Gortarez looked to advance to third, she was out on the throw in from the outfield to end the game.

OF NOTE

• Alex Hugo went 2-for-4 with three runs scored, while Kylee Lahners went 2-for-4 with two RBIs and Ashton Lansdell turned in a 2-for-3 outing with two RBIs.
• Four other players tallied a hit in the contest for the Stars and Stripes for a combined 10.
• Canada’s Julia Konigshofer was credited with the win after surrendering just one earned run in two innings of relief out of the pen, while Sophie Gagne picked up the save as she managed to hold off the U.S. rally in the seventh.
• Niki Eckert was saddled with the loss after surrendering five earned runs in 3.0 innings in relief.

ON DECK

The teams will meet on Sunday, July 31, for game four of the series. Due to anticipated inclement weather in the area, first pitch has been adjusted to 3:00 p.m. ET at Baseball Central in Thunder Bay, Ontario.

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