Philippines Blue Women’s Books Asian Games Bernard in Explosion India, 15-0
The Philippines defeated India 15-0 on Wednesday to book a spot for next year’s Asian game while maintaining hope for the World Cup stadium in the WBSC Women’s Softball Asian Cup in Xi’an, China.
Callie Grace Christian made two shots while right fielder Roma Jane Cruz exploded home runs straight to the left field, which triggered a 9-shot title in the third inning at the bottom and sealed the game through the mercy rule.
It was the third victory of the Philippines in four outings, which put them third in the Taiwanese, behind the unbeaten Chinese and Japanese, each of whom won four straight wins in a row.
More importantly, Blu Girls secured one of eight tickets to the ASIAD competition held in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan next year from September 19 to October 4.
“I am very proud of our Blue Girls’ performance. Even in the face of the huge losses of Japan, the team showed inner and resilience. We were standing behind them as they continued to fight for our country.”
The Philippines has completed a mission and is now seeking one of three berths in the group stage of next World Cup.
The day after the country split two missions, beat South Korea 7-0 and surrendered to Japan 9-1.
The Nationals played the role of Malaysian at the time of press release and planned to play the double head among Singapore and Chinese. – Joey Villar
