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MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – The Stars vs. Stripes Women’s National Team Training Camp series concluded on Sunday morning at Target Field, home of the Minnesota Twins, as the Stripes salvaged the series with a 5-3 extra-inning victory.

The Stripes scored two runs in the third and a run in the sixth to take a three-run lead, but the Stars managed to knot the score with two runs in the sixth and one in the seventh to force extra innings. The Stripes would not be denied though, as it plated two runs in the eighth to collect its lone win of the series.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Stripes took its first lead of the week in the third inning with a pair of runs. With runners at first and second after Anna Kimbrell and Kelsie Whitmore both singled up the middle, Denae Benites delivered with a base hit to left field to send Kimbrell home and put her team on the board. Jade Gortarez then drove in Whitmore with a groundout to second to double the lead.
• In the top of the sixth, the Stripes extended its lead to 3-0 thanks to a defensive miscue with the bases loaded.
• The Stars responded in the bottom frame, scoring two to make it a one-run game at 3-2 as Nadia Diaz and Ashton Lansdell each singled to the left side of the diamond with a runner at third.
• The Stars knotted the score at 3-3 in the bottom of the seventh on a bases-loaded wild pitch, forcing extra innings.
• With runners at first and second using the international tiebreaker, Jade Gortarez roped a base hit to center field to give the Stripes its lead back and then Remi Schaber drove in a run via a sacrifice fly to center field to add an insurance run.
• In the bottom of the eighth Jade Gortarez shut the door by striking out the side to secure the victory for her team.

OF NOTE

• Nine different players tallied a base hit, highlighted by extra-base hits from Jamie Baum and Olivia Pichardo.
• Kelsie Whitmore led all players with two runs scored, while Jade Gortarez drove in a game-high two runs batted in.
• Olivia Pichardo fanned a game-high five batters in her two shutout innings of work on the mound, while Kelsie Whitmore and Niki Eckert dealt two scoreless innings apiece.
• Jade Gortarez was credited with the win after retiring the Stars by strikeout in the eighth, while the Stars’ Ashton Lansdell was saddled with the loss after surrendering the final two runs of the game.

ON DECK

• The Women’s National Team roster will be announced on Sunday evening. The 20-woman roster will then travel to Canada for a five-game friendship series against Canada in Thunder Bay, Ontario, July 28-August 1.

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