THE Philippines clinched a spot in the playoff round of the Softball Women's World Cup - Group C with a pair of dramatic wins on Tuesday in Italy.
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The Blu Girls defeated New Zealand, 5-3, before pulling off a 6-5 win over host Italy to book the fourth and final seat in the playoffs.
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They won their final two games after starting with three straight defeats.
They arranged a rematch with Italy in the battle for third place in the page system playoffs.
The winner of the Philippines-Italy match will face the loser of the Japan-Canada playoff in the repechage for a spot in the Softball World Cup final round to be played next year.
Two errors from the Italian side in the seventh inning aided the Philippines to walk-off victory.
With two runners on base with no outs, Alaiza Talisik singled that allowed Mary Joy Maguad to advance to third base, reaching home on a throwing error to tie the contest at 5-5. Nicole Hammoude then scored the game-winner on another throwing error for Italy.
The match was initially suspended due to rain but was resumed following their victory over New Zealand.
Angelu Gabriel pushed two runs home in the third inning to give the Ana Santiago-coached Blu Girls a 4-2 lead, and blasted an RBI double in the seventh to settle the final score.
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