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Mike Potter ·
25 Sep 2009, 12:11 AM ·
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Team USA won the warmup game, and now the Americans just have to wait until Sunday to see if they can repeat it and win the IBAF World Cup championship game again.
A two-run homer from Terry Tiffee (pictured) provided the biggest blow on Thursday in Nettuno, Italy, giving the Red, White and Blue a 5-3 victory over Cuba in pool play.
Team USA, which has won 12 straight games since dropping its tournament opener to Venezuela in an extra-inning tiebreaker, will attempt to defend its title on Sunday. The USA is 1-6 against the Cubans in World Cup finals.
Jason Castro had an RBI single for the Americans. Lucas Harrell was the winning pitcher in relief of Trevor Reckling, while Ehren Wasserman collected the save.
Team USA will take on The Netherlands while Cuba plays Canada in their final pool play games today.
Baseball, USA Baseball Canada, Cuba, Ehren Wasserman, Jason Castro, Lucas Harrell, Terry Tiffee, The Netherlands, Trevor Reckling, Venezuela
Mike Potter ·
20 Sep 2009, 10:59 PM ·
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Justin Smoak’s two homers set a Team USA tournament record while every player in the lineup hit safely in a 12-3 rout over host Italy in the IBAF World Cup in Turin.
Smoak (pictured) had a three-run homer in the first inning and a solo shot in the fifth for the defending champion Red, White and Blue, who have already qualified for the eight-team Final.
Buck Coats and Trevor Plouffe also homered for the Americans.
Lucas Harrell (2-0) got he victory in relief of Kasey Kiker, while former Durham Bull Cedrick Bowers and B.J. Rosenberg were also in hitless relief.
Plouffe went 3-for-6, extending his hitting streak to eight games.
Team USA will close out second-round play against Australia on Monday at 11 a.m. (EDT) in Bologna. Cory Luebke (1-0) is the scheduled starter.
Baseball, Durham Bulls, USA Baseball Australia, B.J. Rosenberg, Buck Coats, Cedrick Bowers, Cory Luebke, Justin Smoak, Kasey Kiker, Lucas Harrell, Trevor Plouffe
Mike Potter ·
14 Sep 2009, 9:11 PM ·
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Justin Smoak smacked a pair of homers, and Team USA had its best game so far in the IBAF World Cup in an 11-1 rout of the Netherlands Antilles in Verona, Italy.
Lucas May homered in the third inning while former Durham Bull Jon Weber (pictured) and Smoak each homered in the fourth to give the defending champion USA a 5-0 lead.
Smoak added a three-run homer in the seventh, sparking the Red, White and Blue to the 11-1 lead.
The game was stopped at the end of the seventh inning because of the IBAF’s 10-run rule.
Starter Kasey Kiker struck out seven batters in four innings for Team USA, while Lucas Harrell came on to strike out two batters over the last three innings for the win.
Weber and May each went 3-for-4 in the win.
The USA’s next game is against Japan today at 2 p.m. (EDT) in Macerata, Italy. Brad Lincoln is the Americans’ scheduled starter.
Baseball, Durham Bulls, USA Baseball Brad Lincoln, Italy, Japan, Jon Weber, Justin Smoak, Kasey Kiker, Lucas Harrell, Lucas May, Netherlands Antilles
Mike Potter ·
3 Sep 2009, 11:51 PM ·
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USA Baseball’s World Cup team got off to a good start, holding off Canada 6-4 in the first of a four-game exhibition series at Coleman Field in Cary.
Jason Castro led the way with two hits and two runs scored for the Red, White and Blue.
The hosts put up three runs in the second off Nick Bucci, as Tug Hulett smacked a two-run double and Buck Coats a sacrifice fly.
Canada tied it in the third on an RBI infield hit from Rene Tosoni and a two-run double from Shawn Brown, then went up 4-3 on an Adam Loewen single in the fourth.
The Americans responded with two runs in the fifth on a Terry Tiffee grounder and a Josh Kroeger single, and added their last run in the sixth on a double-play ball.
Lucas Harrell was the winning pitcher in relief, while former Durham Bulls Cedrick Bowers and Jason Childers (pictured) each fired a hitless relief inning.
Game 2 is tonight at 6:30, with Brad Lincoln on the hill for Team USA.
Baseball, Durham Bulls, USA Baseball Adam Loewen, Brad Lincoln, Buck Coats, Canada, Cedrick Bowers, Jason Castro, Jason Childers, Josh Kroeger, Lucas Harrell, Nick Bucci, Shawn Brown, Terry Tiffee, Tug Hulett
Mike Potter ·
9 Jul 2009, 11:47 PM ·
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DBAP/DURHAM It’s the finale of the short three-game homestand between the Durham Bulls and the Gwinnett Braves, and since each has won one it’s the “rubber game” of the series.
It’s my last night in a three-game callup to pinch-hit for Adam.
The Bulls lead the International League’s South Division by a scant one game over the second-place Norfolk Tides, and a Norfolk win plus a Durham loss would put the league’s only Virginia team in first place by percentage points.
Good news for Bulls reliever Dale Thayer (pictured), who has been selected to the IL roster for the Triple-A All-Star Game to replace Pawtucket phenom Clay Buchholz and will be headed to baseball’s biggest game of that day for the second straight year. No explanation on why Buchholz isn’t going, but from where I sit the legitimate ones are either an upcoming stint on the DL or an impending promotion.
Anyway, he’ll be joining teammate Reid Brignac for the festivities on Wednesday night in Portland.
There’s a great crowd in the house for a non-weekend night.
The buffet is chicken tenders and fries and the media contingent is still a big larger than usual since Bob Sutton of the Burlington Times-News is in the house.
And baseball sometimes fools you. Gwinnett leads 8-1 going into the ninth and it ends up 8-6 as Chris Richard strikes out with the bases loaded to end the game. Continue reading »
Baseball, Durham Bulls, Tampa Bay Rays Andy Mitchell, Atlanta Braves, Barbaro Canizares, Bobby Brownlie, Brandon Jones, Charlie Montoyo, Charlotte Knights, Charlotte Thayer, Chris Burke, Chris Richard, Clay Buchholz, Dale Thayer, Dave Brundage, Gwinnett Braves, Haley Thayer, International League, J.C. Holt, James Houser, John Jaso, Jonny Venters, Justin Ruggiano, Kelly Johnson, Lisa Thayer, Lucas Harrell, Matt DeSalvo, Mike Birling, Norfolk Tides, Pawtucket Red Sox, Reid Brignac, Reid Gorecki, Rhyne Hughes, Wade Davis, Wes Timmons
