--- description: Minor league baseball's independent Sonoma Stompers will make history when two women take the field against the San Rafael Pacifics. title: Sonoma Stompers Makes History Fielding Two Women image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt722324b7bc36c15d/69889a89e20a8714b9a9178c/rtx1lfin.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Sports](/section/sports/) ## Sports Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Baseball](/tag/baseball/) ## Baseball Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Sonoma Stompers Make Baseball History Fielding Two Women by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 4, 2016 8:39 AM CUT  United States starting pitcher Kelsie Whitmore delivers a pitch in the first inning against Cuba in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on Jul 22, 2015 United States starting pitcher Kelsie Whitmore delivers a pitch in the first inning against Cuba in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on Jul 22, 2015© USA Today Sports / Reuters—USA Today Sports by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 4, 2016 8:39 AM CUT Whatever the final score Friday night, it’ll be a win for women everywhere. Minor league baseball’s independent [Sonoma Stompers](http://www.stompersbaseball.com/ "undefined") will make history when two women take the field against the San Rafael Pacifics. The team’s starting line-up will include Kelsie Whitmore, a 17-year-old outfielder and pitcher, and 25-year-old pitcher and infielder Stacy Piagno. Both are set to play for Team USA in September’s Women’s Baseball World Cup. That’ll make the Stompers the first co-ed professional baseball team since the 1950s to feature more than one female player at the same time… [_Read the rest from our partners at NBC News._](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/sports/sonoma-stompers-goes-co-ed-will-field-two-women-n602211?cid=par-time%5F20160704 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4392548/sonoma-stompers-minor-league-baseball-women/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4392548/sonoma-stompers-minor-league-baseball-women/"},"headline":"Sonoma Stompers Make Baseball History Fielding Two Women","datePublished":"2016-07-04T08:39:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T23:01:52.107Z","description":"It's the first co-ed professional baseball team since the 1950s to feature more than one female player at the same time","url":"https://time.com/4392548/sonoma-stompers-minor-league-baseball-women/","keywords":["Baseball"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt722324b7bc36c15d/69889a89e20a8714b9a9178c/rtx1lfin.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"Sports","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt722324b7bc36c15d/69889a89e20a8714b9a9178c/rtx1lfin.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Pan Am Games: Baseball-United States vs Cuba","caption":"Pan Am Games: Baseball-United States vs Cuba","creditText":"© USA Today Sports / Reuters—USA Today Sports","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/sports/","name":"Sports"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/baseball/","name":"Baseball"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4392548/sonoma-stompers-minor-league-baseball-women/","name":"Sonoma Stompers Make Baseball History Fielding Two Women"}}]}] ```