Niki Eckert

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Cody Nicole Eckert

Biographical Information[edit]

Niki Eckert has pitched for the USA women's national team.

She debuted in the 2023-2024 Women's Baseball World Cup, making three relief appearances in the group stage. She debuted versus Australia, relieving Elise Berger with a 3-1 lead, one on and two out in the 6th. She plunked Leah Cornish and Claire O'Sullivan and Caitlin Enyon both singled, making it 3-2; Cornish was thrown out trying to score the tying run. Meggie Meidlinger took over in the 7th. Her next outing was smoother, relieving Jamie Baum in the 4th with a 11-0 lead over South Korea. Nu-ri Shin singled but So-yeon Park hit into a double play. Eckert walked Hae-ri Kim then picked her off. Olivia Pichardo closed out the game. Her final outing was against Mexico. Succeeding Berger with a 5-0 lead in the 5th, she hit Marlen Lagunes and struck out Marcela Diaz. Samaria Benítez flew out then Lagunes was picked off to end the inning; Pichardo took over again. She tied for the most appearances in Group A, even with Yik-Shan Hung, Min-jeong Kwang, Yin-Sum Kwong, Hei-Ting Lau, Ji-sook Lee and Debby Su-Yee Mak, leading the pool champion Americans as they advanced to the 2024 phase. [1]

While USA Baseball lists her as both batting and throwing left, and available pictures confirm this, the WBSC site mistakenly has her as righthanded in both instances.

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