The national women's softball team has lost a fifth game in six matches at the Gilley's Shield Australian interstate tournament.
The West Australia Flames beat the rejigged White Sox 4-3 at Albany's Tradestaff Park in Auckland.
The New Zealand women have one last chance for success on Sunday, when they face winless Northern Territory at 11am.
The competition is part of New Zealand's build-up towards next year's ISF World Championship in the Netherlands.
