YOKOHAMA, Japan — Turned down for a job in the U.S. coaching pool in 2016 after she retired as a player, Cat Osterman found she was not angry.

“I had to do a gut check,” she said. “If I’m not upset about not being selected, why do I want to be in the coaching pool? And then if I don’t want to be in the coaching pool, why is that?”

So she’s back in the Olympics at age 38, and not just throwing but dominating.

Osterman pitched six innings of one-hit ball and Monica Abbott struck out the side in the seventh, helping the topranked U.S. shut out No. 5 Mexico 2-0 on Saturday.

Ali Aguilar provided a two-run single in the third that was just enough for the Americans to improve to 3-0 as the country tries to regain the Olympic gold medal.

“I’m here so they can win a gold medal because I already have one,” said Osterman, the last player remaining from the 2004 champions.

“I want to see how they feel and how they react after we are able to possibly do that.”

Osterman didn’t pitch competitively from 2016-18. At the Olympics, she and Abbott have combined on three one-hit shutouts over four days.