Britni Sneed pitched her second consecutive no-hitter and Kim DePaul's walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth was the difference as USA Blue defeated Canada 1-0 Friday at the Pan Am Games Qualifier in Maracay, Venezuela.
Sneed struck out 13 to give her 27 strikeouts for the tournament. Sneed has pitched 16 consecutive hitless innings. USA had left eight runners on base before DePaul's ninth-inning home run ended the game. Go to USA Softball's Pan Am Qualifier page for boxscores, game summaries, schedules and players' journals.