US Beats Australia, Sets up Gold Medal Rematch With Japan

United States' Haylie McCleney scores the game-winning run in front of Australia's Belinda White (L) in the eighth inning of a softball game at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Yokohama, Japan, on July 25, 2021. AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki

YOKOHAMA, Japan—The United States had just given up its first run and was two outs away from losing for the first time in the Olympic softball tournament.

Amanda Chidester stepped up to the plate with two runners on and slapped the ball into left field.