After Osterman began the top of the third with a walk, Team USA head coach Ken Eriksen removed her from the game in favor of relief pitcher Ally Carda. Osterman allowed two hits and did not record a strikeout.
Carda – with the help of second base Ali Aguilar – got the U.S. out of a third inning jam to keep Osterman’s earned run total for the tournament at zero.
In top of the fourth, though, Japan scraped across the first run of the game on an infield single by Atsumi Mana, driving in Fujita Yamato from third.
Midway through the fifth inning, Monica Abbott, the game's lone other participant from the 2008 final, entered as Team USA’s third pitcher. She allowed a single to her first batter, Fujita, scoring an inherited runner to give Japan a 2-0 lead.
All along, Ueno piled up the outs. She exited after five shutout innings but was not done for the night.
Relief pitcher Goto Miu worked into trouble in the sixth as the United States put runners on first and second. One of the wildest defensive plays in Olympic softball history got Japan out of the inning. Amanda Chidester's sharp line drive deflected off the glove of third base player Yamamoto and into the waiting arms of Atsumi at shortstop. Atsumi then relayed the ball to second base to pick off Moultrie for the inning-ending double play.
In the top of the seventh, desperate to keep the Japanese lead at two, U.S. left fielder Janie Reed made a brilliant catch over the wall to rob Fujita of a sure home run.
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