Jennifer Salling drove in two runs and Sara Groenewegen threw four no-hit innings for Canada on Wednesday
Canada's Kelsey Harshman hits an RBI single during a game against Mexico at the Tokyo Olympics, on July 21.Canada’s softball veterans came to Japan with unfinished Olympic business that’s gnawed at them for 13 long years.
The 34-year-old from Port Coquitlam, B.C., Kaleigh Rafter, Danielle Lawrie and Lauren Regula are looking to right that crushing wrong in the twilight of their careers. Rafter and Kelsey Harshman each drove in Victoria Hayward for Canada, which entered the six-team event ranked third in the world. Exactly 25 years to the day after softball made its Olympic debut in Atlanta, Canada opened the scoring in the bottom of the first inning on RBI singles by Rafter and Salling, but Mexico got out of a bases-loaded jam to avoid more damage.
Jenna Caira allowed Mexico’s first hit after coming on in relief in the fifth, and Lawrie pitched the final two innings for the Canadians.The top-4 teams in the round-robin tournament will have a shot at medals, with the No. 1 and 2 seeds playing for gold, while the third- and fourth-place nations will battle for bronze.
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