Texas State associate head coach Cat Osterman and Team USA came up short in the 2019 Japan All-Star Series over the weekend, 2-1.
Team USA dropped the first game Friday, 6-4, in Sendai, Japan, though Osterman did not enter the game. She made her first appearance in game two Saturday, pitching the final four innings. Osterman entered the game with Team USA up 7-1 and gave up just three hits and an unearned run while striking out four on 82 pitches to claim the win.
The coach couldn’t close out in the series finale Sunday in Tokyo, though. USA and Japan were deadlocked at 0-0 when Osterman stepped in to strike out the final batter of the fifth inning. The teams went two more frames without surrendering a run, sending the game into extra innings.
