Relief pitcher Miu Goto stranded five runners over the final two innings as Japan beat Mexico 3-2 on Thursday to improve to 2-0 in the Tokyo Olympic softball tournament.Japan manager Reika Utsugi left ace Yukiko Ueno on the mound in the seventh to celebrate her 39th birthday with what she hoped would be a complete-game victory, but the right-hander surrendered the tying run and left the game with two on and no outs."I was about done going into the last inning, but because it was my birthday, the skipper kept me in. It's really unfortunate I was unable to close it out, but the way everyone f…READ FULL ARTICLE
