{"id":305255,"date":"2021-07-22T08:58:19","date_gmt":"2021-07-22T05:58:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/monica-abbott-throws-one-hitter-to-lead-us-past-canada\/"},"modified":"2021-07-22T08:58:19","modified_gmt":"2021-07-22T05:58:19","slug":"monica-abbott-throws-one-hitter-to-lead-us-past-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/monica-abbott-throws-one-hitter-to-lead-us-past-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"#Monica Abbott throws one-hitter to lead US past Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Monica Abbott throws one-hitter to lead US past Canada<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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FUKUSHIMA, Japan \u2014 Six outs from her second Olympic no-hitter, Monica Abbott was clinging to a one-run lead when she walked Canada\u2019s Jen Gilbert leading off the sixth inning, and pinch-hitter Sara Groenewegen lined a 0-2 pitch to the right-center field gap.<\/p>\n

Center fielder Haylie McCleney picked up the ball at the wall and fired to Ali Aguilar. The second baseman made a perfect one-hop throw to catcher Aubree Munro, who moved up the third-base line and swiped a tag on sliding pinch-runner Joey Lye for the out.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s fun to be on the mound to watch that,\u201d Abbott said after her one-hitter led the United States over Canada 1-0 on Thursday. \u201cI don\u2019t want to give up a hit like that, but, man oh man, it took a lot of confidence in me on our defense.\u201d<\/p>\n

Amanda Chidester hit an RBI single in the fifth off loser Jenna Caira that scored McCleney, who went 3 for 3 with a walk and has reached base seven times in two game<\/a>s.<\/p>\n

Trying to regain the gold medal it lost to Japan in the 2008 final, the U.S. improved to 2-0. After a day off for the opening ceremony in Tokyo, the tournament shifts to Yokohama on Saturday.<\/p>\n

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Abbott, 6-foot-3 and slim, has a Randy Johnson-like reach that reduces her release point from the 43-foot rubber to about 37 feet from the plate. Pitching a week before her 36th birthday, she struck out nine, walked three and needed 102 pitches in the Americans\u2019 second consecutive one-hitter.<\/p>\n

Cat Osterman, at age 38 the Americans\u2019 senior player, struck out nine over six innings and Abbott struck out the side in the seventh to finish Wednesday\u2019s opening 2-0 win over Italy.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce you start thinking about it, it always ends up being broken up,\u201d Abbott said. \u201cSo as soon as it popped into my head, I was like, no \u2014 no, no, no, no, no, don\u2019t think about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lye didn\u2019t regret the green light.<\/p>\n

\u201cI felt good rounding third,\u201d she said. \u201cWe live to play another day.\u201d<\/p>\n

Munro made sure not to obstruct the runner.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe turf makes it pretty easy,\u201d Munro said.<\/p>\n

U.S. coach Ken Eriksen got goosebumps.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was the first drill that we did in 2011 and what we do every single year on the first day of practice,\u201d he said. \u201cThat can win gold medals.\u201d<\/p>\n

Groenewegen took third on the throw, but Abbott stranded pinch-runner Janet Leung when Victoria Heyward flied out and, after an intentional walk, Kelsey Harshman struck out.<\/p>\n

The U.S. was 1 for 8 with six strikeouts with runners in scoring position, but the 1 was enough.<\/p>\n

McCleney popped a single into short left with one out in the fifth. Janie Reed, whose husband, Jake, was designated for assignment by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the hours before the game, sacrificed and Chidester \u2014 who is engaged to Mexican infielder Anissa Urtez \u2014 lined a 1-2 pitch on the outside corner to the opposite field into right.<\/p>\n

There was a spring training intrasquad feel, a day after many officials attended the opener. The stadium, about 40 miles from the site of a 2011 nuclear power plant disaster, was almost empty because fans were banned due to the coronavirus pandemic. There were 30 media<\/a> and officials in the stands and app<\/a>roximately a dozen photographers on the field.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe feel bad that the people of Fukushima were not able to tell their story, that we weren\u2019t able to go out into the community to see the story,\u201d Eriksen said. \u201cIt\u2019s really devastating to the people here not to really show the world that Fukushima is back. It\u2019s resilient. It\u2019s a beautiful place. It\u2019s gorgeous. This venue is gorgeous at the base of the mountains.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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