CORVALLIS – Future Oregon State softball player Tarni Stepto pitched a gem at the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday, helping Australia battle undefeated Team USA to extra innings.
Stepto held the Americans scoreless through the first seven frames, allowing just one earned run in 7.1 innings of work.
"In the first inning, as an athlete you can tell if you're on or off you're game," Stepto said. "I just made sure today I was going to be on. I just made sure every inning, I was on."
The pitcher allowed just five hits over the course of the contest, while striking out three.