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On Wednesday, The U.S. Women’s National Team (WNT) improved to 6-0 at the 2022 Pan American Championship after two run-rule wins over El Salvador (16-1) and Brazil (11-2).
This after a 20-0 two and a half inning run-rule win on Tuesday over Costa Rico in Game 4; an 8-0 blanking of Puerto Rico in Game 3 and a 19-3 rout of Venezuela in Game 2 and an opening 9-2 victory over Argentina last Saturday, making it a collective 86 runs scored in six games for the Red, White & Blue versus just 8 runs allowed to opposing offenses.
That’s a 13.8-to-1.3 score difference, but now, however, it’s on to the Playoff and Medal Rounds and, certainly, the games should be tighter (though it remains to be seen if anyone can make it truly competitive with the way Team USA is playing!).
Here’s a look at the Pan Am Women’s Championship games for today:
…. and also the brackets look as Medal Play runs today through Saturday:
The 2022 U.S. WNT Pan Am Championship roster contains a mix of veteran talent and fresh faces with seven athletes returning from the Canada Cup, World Games and Japan All-Star Series rosters while nine members look are making their 2022 debut for Team USA.
Among the veterans are six members of the World Games gold medal team – two of which helped lead the U.S. to a silver medal finish at the Tokyo Olympic Games – and five additional athletes with experience on a previous U.S. WNT or Junior Women’s National Team (JWNT) roster.
Five rookies are repping the Red, White and Blue for the first time in their career. Team USA is led by Head Coach Heather Tarr and Assistant Coaches Brian Kolze and Mike Steuerwald.
Here’s a recap of the Pool Play action for USA which kicked off last Sunday:
| Date | Time | Opponent | Stats | Live Stream |
| Nov. 12 | 12:45 p.m. CT | USA 9, Argentina 2 (Recap) | Box Score | Click here |
| Nov. 13 | 10 a.m. CT | USA 19, Venezuela 3 (Recap) | Box Score | Click here |
| Nov. 14 | 6 p.m. CT | USA 8, Puerto Rico 0 (Recap) | Box Score | Click here |
| Nov. 15 | 12:45 p.m. CT | USA 20, Costa Rica 0 (Recap) | Box Score | Click here |
| Nov. 16 | 12:45 p.m. CT | USA 16, El Salvador 1 (Recap) | Box Score | Click here |
| Nov. 16 | 3:30 p.m. CT | USA 11, Brazil 2 (Recap) | Box Score | Click here |
| Nov. 17 | 12:45 p.m. CT | USA vs Canada (Playoff Round) | Stats | Click here |
| Nov. 17-19 | Playoff/Medal Rounds | |||
The Red, White and Blue enters the Playoff Round as the No. 1 seed in Pool A and will face the No. 2 seed, Canada, in Pool B today at 12:45pm CT.
Who could give Team USA a challenge? Cuba beat Canada 7-2 in a pool play game but don’t discount the Canadians just yet; we’ll see how they look today. And Mexico looked strong in a 12-0 over WBSC in pool play
*** For those wanting to watch the Playoff Rounds, live streaming will be provided through the WBSC Americas Softball YouTube Channel
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Here’s a RECAP of WEDNESDAY’S Team USA pair of wins:
USA 16, El Savador 1
Staying hot at the plate, Team USA came out strong in the first game of the day with 16 runs on 13 hits behind a 3-for-4 performance at the plate from Janae Jefferson and perfect 2-for-2 performances from Aubrey Leach and Morgan Zerkle.
A long ball from Mia Davidson and doubles off the bats of Jada Cody, Sahvanna Jaquish, Jefferson, Leach and Zerkle also helped propel the U.S. offense while Alyssa Denham took control in the circle to limit El Salvador to one run on two hits.
USA 11, Brazil 2
The Americans closed out pool play in dominating fashion, out hitting Brazil 16-2 with six U.S. batters recording multi-hit games in the 11-2 victory. J
Jaquish led the Eagles with three hits in the win followed by Shannon Rhodes who blasted her first home run in the Red, White and Blue.
The pitching staff of Megan Faraimo and Rachel Garcia kept the U.S. defense calm with Faraimo setting the tone through the first four innings with five K’s and 2 hits allowed before Garcia stepped in for the final three outs of the game – all via a strikeout – to seal the win.