USA SOFTBALL: No-hitter by Osterman leads team to 13-0 win over Visalia All-Stars

VISALIA, Calif.-In front of 4,874 fans who came out in 90 degree weather, the USA Softball Women's National team combined for 15 hits with no strikeouts to beat the Visalia All-Stars, 13-0, in six innings as part of the KFC Bound 4 Beijing Tour. Local favorites Andrea Duran (Selma, Calif.) and Stacey Nuveman (La Verne, Calif.) both hit triples while Duran put up four RBI and Nuveman two. Through two innings the team was selective in their pitches with the team drawing four walks. However defensive plays by the Visalia All-Stars caught speedy Caitlin Lowe (Tustin, Calif.) and Andrea Duran (Selma, Calif.) stealing to keep anyone from crossing home through two innings. After only logging only two hits through two innings, the third saw the team hit for the cycle with seven players earning hits for a 7-0 lead. Natasha Watley (Irvine, Calif.) and Jessica Mendoza (Camarillo, Calif.) started the inning off with back-to-back hits. Crystl Bustos (Canyon Country, Calif.) reached on an error to plate Watley from second. Visalia resident Stacey Nuveman (La Verne, Calif.) gave the hometown something to be proud of with a triple to right center to give the team a 3-0 lead. Duran, who lives just outside Visalia, followed with a two-run shot to right field that cleared the outside bleachers brought in for the capacity crowd. Another triple by Watley plated two runs for the team for a seven-run third inning. The team tacked on a run in the fourth off a leadoff solo homerun by Crystl Bustos (Canyon Country, Calif.) before the team exploded in the fifth with five runs scored to take home a 13-0 victory. A double by pinch hitter Lauren Lappin (Anaheim, Calif.) plated two runs and a single by Bustos that shot off the pitchers glove put up one more run. Duran closed out the scoring barrage with a triple to plate two runs and give the team a 13-0 win. Cat Osterman (Houston, Texas) earned her seventh start of the Tour and went the distance with 14 strikeouts for her seventh win of the KFC Bound 4 Beijing Tour. Osterman held the team to no hits for her first complete game no-hitter. "It was nice to be able to throw consistent today. I felt extremely in control out there and it was fun and exciting to see our team put up some big hits today," said Osterman. "The crowd was great. It was probably one of the most energetic crowds we have had so that made it a lot of fun." The Red, White and Blue continue through Northern California on Sun. May 18th as they take on the Rohnert Park All-Stars at 2:00 p.m. Continue to check out www.usasoftball.com for game recaps, photo galleries and all the up-to-date information on YOUR USA Softball Women's National team. About ASA The Amateur Softball Association, founded in 1933, is the National Governing Body of softball in the United States and a member of the United States Olympic Committee. The ASA has become one of the nation's largest sports organizations and now sanctions competition in every state through a network of 83 local associations. The ASA has grown from a few hundred teams in the early days to over 240,000 teams today, representing a membership of more than three million. For more information on the ASA, visit http://www.asasoftball.com/. About USA Softball USA Softball is the brand created, operated and owned by the ASA that links the USA Men's, Women's, Junior Boys' and Junior Girls' National Team programs together. USA Softball is responsible for training, equipping and promoting these four National Teams to compete in international and domestic competitions. The USA Softball Women's National Team is one of the only two women's sports involved in the Olympic movement to capture three consecutive gold medals at the Olympic Games since 1996. The U.S. women have also won eight World Championship titles including the last six consecutive as well as claimed two World Cup of Softball titles. For more information about USA Softball, please visit http://www.usasoftball.com/. About KFC Bound 4 Beijing Tour The KFC Bound 4 Beijing tour is a 45-city nationwide pre-Olympic tour for the USA Softball Women's National team as they prepare to compete in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Beginning in February, the tour reaches every corner of the country including 23 states while Team USA prepares with 62 total games. The tour consists of five consecutive weekly national televised games on ESPN2 in April and May along with two other bonus games plus four games slated for July that rounds out over 22 hours of original USA Softball branded programming on the ESPN family of networks. Along with the title sponsor, Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC), other national tour sponsors include Dermabond and Lumber Liquidators. 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