Gelinas sac fly rallies Canada over Cuba at women’s baseball World Cup
VIERA, Fla. — Niki Boyd scored the go-ahead run on a sacrifice fly from Daphnee Gelinas in the fifth inning, and Canada completed a rally from six runs down to beat Cuba 10-7 on Thursday in its second weather-shortened game of the women’s baseball World Cup.
Gelinas drove in Boyd with the one-out fly to right field off Cuban reliever Isabel Gonzalez Pavon, and Kate Psota and Kelsey Lalor added RBI singles to extend the lead.
“All wins in this tournament are big, but this one was big for us dealing with the adversity that we faced and how we overcame it,” said Canadian manager Andre Lachance.
“I’m proud of the way our group competed today, didn’t panic and ended up with a positive result. I had no doubt in my mind that we’d be able to come back after getting behind (early).”