The softball women's Japan national team played against the US national team, who competed for the gold medal at last year's Tokyo Olympics, at Yokohama Stadium on the night of the 8th and won a shutout 1-0.
The Japan women's softball team has played three matches against the US team this month, and the final match, which has been 1 win and 1 loss so far, was held at Yokohama Stadium, where they faced the US in the final of the Tokyo Olympics. More than 2,000 spectators gathered.
Japan's starting pitcher was Kiyu Goto, who was active in the finals of the Olympics. From the start, he focused on powerful straights, allowing no hits until the fourth inning, and struck out seven.
In the 5th inning, the 8th batter hit the front of the center from a pinch on the 1st base and 2nd base, but the center Nodoka Harada stabbed the runner with a no-bound back home and survived this inning without a run.
On the other hand, in the 6th inning, the first hitter, Harada, scored one point with a three-base hit that broke the middle right of the first pitcher and the opponent's bad throw.
In the final 7th inning, pitcher Goto managed to keep 1 run with 3 players, and Japan won 1-0.
Pitcher Goto, who won the shutout, was a powerful pitcher with 3 hits and 11 strikeouts.
Pitcher Goto said, "I'm really glad that I was able to play in front of a lot of spectators today, even though there were no spectators at the Olympics."