She's a classy athlete and does everything right to be prepared for the game. "We knew we were going to get her best pitches. "Ueno's a world-class pitcher and one of the best in the world. "She was pretty good", said Australian captain-third baseman Stacey Porter. Ueno drew singular praise from the visitors, who struggled to figure out the gold medal-winning veteran on a stiflingly hot morning in the area devastated by the earthquake and tsunami of 11 March, 2011. There was no other way for me, being in Fukushima". "I just want to make sure I give these Games everything I have to offer, to the very last drop. "So from the second inning on I just let go and stayed aggressive, relying on what I know.
"Early on I was trying to not get ahead of myself and became too picky. "All I felt was excitement before the game", Ueno said. NAITO Minori led at the plate with a two-run home run, scoring three times and drawing a pair of walks. Ueno picked up the win after striking out seven and holding Australia to one earned run on two hits in the first Olympic softball game since Beijing 2008. It took an inning to shake off the rust but the 39-year-old regrouped to hurl four-plus strong innings before the reigning champions won by the mercy rule after going up by seven in the fifth.
The hosts of Tokyo 2020 launched their Games campaign with a convincing 8-1 softball win at Fukushima Azuma Stadium on Wednesday (21 July) behind a throwback performance from their longtime ace Ueno. It couldn't have gone any better for Japan.
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