John Shuster, the 2018 gold medalist skipped his team to victory over Team Dropkin at the U.S. trials, winning 5-4 to take the best-of-three finals two games to one and earn a spot in Beijing.
Cat Osterman and the United States began its quest to regain the Olympic softball gold medal. She pitched one-hit ball over six innings and struck out nine to beat Italy 2-0.