Ayami Sato threw the first complete game and shutout in WPBL history to secure the league’s first championship for the Los Angeles Queens
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Firebells explode for 17 runs to force decisive Game 5 for WPBL championship
San Francisco broke open Game 4 with an 8-run 4th inning to even the best-of-five Championship Series against the Queens at 2 games each
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Thrilling 10-run inning puts Queens 1 win from WPBL’s first championship
Los Angeles scores 10 runs in the fourth inning on its way to taking a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five Championship Series
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Queens chip away at Firebells, take Game 1 of championship series 7-6
Jamie Mackay turned in 5 2/3 innings of relief, held San Francisco scoreless for final four frames as LA eked out the win
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San Francisco Firebells sweep Boston Hunters to advance to WPBL championship
Three players homered to help the top-seeded San Francisco Firebells become the first team to reach the WPBL championship series
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Firebells win first-ever WPBL postseason game despite strong effort by Hunters
Boston played a clean, close, well-pitched game but still came up short in Game 1 of the semifinals, falling to the Firebells 6-4
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Kelsie Whitmore ties Denae Benites for home run crown as Firebells sweep Hunters
Whitmore hits her 11th home run as San Francisco completes a regular-season sweep of Boston with a 13-7 win
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New York Heights clinch second place behind dominant start from Emi Saiki
Saiki goes 6 innings, Kylee Lahners and Val Perez homer in 14-2 win over first-place Firebells
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Firebells clinch first place in WPBL regular season behind 3-way play of Kelsie Whitmore
Whitmore hit her 10th home run, earned the win on the mound, and made a key sliding catch as San Francisco clinched the top postseason seed
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Crunching the numbers on the WPBL’s play style — WPBL All-Star picks
The IX Sports: Baseball Insider with Cliff Corcoran, Sept. 1, 2026
