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Mike Potter ·
26 Jul 2009, 10:47 PM ·
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Start up that classic ’70s song from “Queen.”
USA Baseball’s National Team has won the World Baseball Challenge.
Drew Pomeranz (pictured) of Ole Miss took a no-hitter into the seventh inning, helping his team avenge an earlier defeat in an 8-1 pounding of Germany in the championship game in Prince George, B.C.
After the Germans scratched out a run in the first, the USA dominated the rest of the way.
Blake Forsythe of Tennessee tied the game in the bottom of the second with an RBI single. Then in the third, Rice’s Rick Hague added an RBI single and Texas-Arlington’s Michael Choice a solo homer over the left field fence.
The lead went to 6-1 in the fourth on a two-run double from Florida State’s Tyler Holt. Then in the eighth, Miami’s Yasmani Grandal and Middle Tennessee’s Bryce Brentz added solo homers.
Choice, Grandal, Pomeranz and UCLA’s Gerrit Cole were named to the all-tournament team. Choice earned the home-run hitting award with three while Hague took the best hitter award with a .474 average.
Team USA finished its season with a 19-5 record, with all five losses to teams from Eurasia.
The next over-18 USA team to play before the public will be the professional World Cup team, which will take on Canada for a three-game series in Cary beginning Sept. 3.
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Mike Potter ·
22 Jul 2009, 1:16 AM ·
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Team USA bounced back Tuesday night.
The Citadel’s Asher Wojciechowski struck out nine in seven innings and Arizona State’s Matt Newman (pictured) stole home as USA Baseball’s National Team walloped the Bahamas 8-1 in the World Baseball Challenge in Prince George, British Columbia.
The win, which improved the Americans to 2-1 in the event, came one day after they had dropped a 6-3 loss to Germany.
Desmond Russell pitched a complete game for the Bahamians, giving up rallies to the USA both early and late. Hawaii’s Kolten Wong hit an RBI double in the first and then Newman (Arizona State) stole home in the second for a 2-0 lead.
The Bahamians scored their run in the third on a Raymond Grant single.
The USA scored twice in the sixth on a ground out and a wild pitch, then had the knockout rally with four in the second on sacrifice flies from Tennessee’s Blake Forsythe and Rice’s Rick Hague before Florida State’s Tyler Holt ripped an RBI double.
Team USA’s next game is on Wednesday night at 10 p.m. (EDT) against the host Prince George Axemen, with Vanderbilt’s Sonny Gray getting the start.
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Mike Potter ·
16 Jul 2009, 5:22 PM ·
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It all ended in an extra-inning heartbreaker.
USA Baseball’s National Team came within a whisker of knocking off homestanding Japan in their 37th annual Collegiate Friendship Series, but a pair of errors in the 11th inning spelled doom in an 8-7 loss at Jingu Stadium in the deciding Game 5.
Vanderbilt’s Sonny Gray made an errant pickoff attempt to move Shota Kioke to third base with two outs. And then the team’s only returning player from last season, Cal State-Fullerton’s Christian Colon, kicked a ground ball at short to give the Japanese the victory.
The Americans seemed to have the game in hand through 8 ½ innings after scoring three times in the top of the ninth for a 7-4 lead. After Tomoyuki Sugano misplayed a sacrifice bunt to score Hawaii’s Kolten Wong (pictured), Clemson’s Brad Miller added insurance with a single to right and Florida State’s Tyler Holt followed with a sacrifice fly.
But Japan answered with three runs in the bottom of the frame off Texas Tech’s Chad Bettis. Masayoshi Kato hit a two-run triple to chase Bettis before Keiji Nakahara greeted Gray (2-1) with a single to right center.
Yusuke Nomura (1-0) got the win for Japan.
Rice’s Rick Hague led the USA with a homer and a single.
Team USA will travel to Prince George, British Columbia, for the Enbridge Northern Gateway World Baseball Challenge beginning Sunday at 10 p.m. (EDT) against Canada.
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Mike Potter ·
14 Jul 2009, 10:05 AM ·
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A three-run homer in the fourth inning from Christian Colon (pictured) of Cal State-Fullerton provided the big blow as USA Baseball’s National Team blew past Japan 8-4, giving the Americans a 2 games to 1 lead in their 37th annual best-of-5 Collegiate Friendship Series.
Vanderbilt’s Sonny Gray (2-0) pitched 5 1/3 innings of scoreless relief to hold down the Japanese, who scored three times in the first inning to delight the partisan crowd in Sendai. Takahiro Araki had an RBI triple and Masayoshi Kato a two-run triple in Japan’s big rally.
Team USA scored four runs in the second to take the lead for good. After Tennessee’s Blake Forsythe hit an RBI single to being in Yasmani Grandal of Miami, Florida State’s Tyler Holt, Clemson’s Brad Miller and Colon followed with RBI singles.
After Colon’s game-deciding heroics, Keiji Nakahara homered for the Japanese in the bottom of the frame.
Yusuke Nomura took the loss.
Game 4 is Wednesday at 5 a.m. (EDT) in Tsuruoka.
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Mike Potter ·
12 Jul 2009, 9:34 AM ·
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Score one for the Red, White and Blue.
USA Baseball’s National Team got the kind of pitching performance it was looking for, as UCLA’s Gerrit Cole (pictured) struck out nine in seven innings in a 3-0 victory over Japan in the opener of the college squads’ 37th annual Friendship Series in Matsuyama, Japan.
It was the opener of their best-of-5 series, in which all five games are set to be played even if someone clinches early.
Cole allowed just two hits and one walk in his stint before Vanderbilt’s Sonny Gray and Chad Bettis of Texas Tech each fired one inning of relief. Karuhito Futagami took the loss for the Japanese, who had only one runner reach third base.
The USA scored twice in the fourth inning. Florida State’s Tyler Holt singled, and then Christian Colon of Cal State-Fullerton tripled before Arizona State’s Matt Newman followed with a single.
Keiji Nakahara had a seventh-inning triple for the Japanese.
Andy Wilkins of Arkansas hit an RBI single in the ninth to add an insurance run.
Game 2 is Monday at 5 a.m. (EDT) at the Tokyo Dome, with Ole Miss’ Drew Pomeranz on the hill for the USA.
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Mike Potter ·
10 Jul 2009, 11:55 AM ·
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The 35-game winning streak for USA Baseball’s National Team is a thing of the past.
Takayuki Fujii hit a two-run triple, part of a three-run rally that got his team going as Budo University whipped the Red, White and Blue 7-1 on Friday in Chiba, Japan.
The game was the opener of a six-game tour of Japan, which includes the five games of the 37th annual Friendship Series with the Japanese National Team beginning late Saturday night (EDT).
That is the most important series of the year for Team USA, which committed three errors against Budo.
The USA, batting in the bottom of the innings, scored its run in the first. Florida State’s Tyler Holt (pictured), who finished with two hits, reached on a two-base error and scored on a grounder from Tennessee’s Blake Forsythe.
Asher Wojciechowski of The Citadel took the loss.
UCLA’s Gerrit Cole is the scheduled starter for the USA in the opener of the Friendship Series.
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Mike Potter ·
28 Jun 2009, 10:22 PM ·
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DBAP/DURHAM OK baseball fans, today I’m “Safe at Home in Durham” (although I live in Brier Creek now) for Game 4 of the USA National Team’s five-game set with Canada.
The Red, White and Blue, which has won all three by comfortable scores, will be favored once again. Not just because the U.S. is just better than Canada in baseball at the amateur level, but also because the Canucks have sent an 18U team. Good for the young boys from Canada to get some experience - I mean every golfer would like to play a round with Tiger Woods, right? - but for competitive balance, not so much.
When I get to the press box I learn there will be a total of two keyboard journalists in the house, and that we will be the first to cover any game in the series, which started on Thursday night in Cary. Kudos to the News & Observer for getting to the game, and I’m not going to take shots at the papers in Burlington or Greensboro or any of the smaller surrounding cities for not being here. I’m just not. I would have been around for the first three myself, but I couldn’t be in Zebulon and Durham at the same time.
Today the buffet menu includes both your standard meat-and-tomato sauce lasagna along with a vegetable alternative and Caesar salad.
Canada scored five runs in the first inning on Saturday night before losing 14-5, and today it’s competitive early. After the USA, which is the designated “visiting” team, scratches out two in the first, the Canadians tie it in the bottom of the frame.
But when veteran Christian Colon of Cal State-Fullerton - the only school for which somehow game ops does not have the fight song - blasts a two-out, 0-1 offering over the Blue Monster wall in left in the second, the tricolor boys are off to the races. USA scores two in the third, two in the fifth, five in the sixth, four in the seventh and it’s a challenge to stay engaged in the process.
The homeboys eventually win it 20-3, with 11 different players hitting safely and Coastal Carolina’s Cody Wheeler (pictured) getting the win. In other USA Baseball action on Sunday, Babe Ruth beat Bryce Harper and the American Legion team 8-7 for the championship of the Tournament of Stars.
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Mike Potter ·
27 Jun 2009, 11:18 PM ·
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Maybe it was the managerial skills of “Trader Jack” McKeon that inspired a Red, White and Blue comeback on Saturday night at Durham Bulls Athletic Park.
Canada burst out to a 5-0 lead after half an inning, but the USA National Team pounded out 14 hits to claim a 14-5 victory and win its third straight to start the five-game series. Florida State’s Tyler Holt (pictured) reached safely six times with three hits including a pair of doubles with two RBI.
It was also another big day at the 18U Tournament of Stars at the National Training Complex in Cary, as uberprospect Bryce Harper and his American Legion team advanced to today’s 4 p.m. title game against the Babe Ruth team.
In the National Team’s win, Cal State-Fullerton’s Christian Colon had two hits including a triple with two RBI, while Rice’s Rick Hague added two hits including a double with two RBI.
T.J. Walz of Kansas got the win in relief, tallying nine strikeouts and allowing only one hit.
Cody Wheeler of Coastal Carolina is scheduled to pitch for the USA in Game 4 today at 5:05 at DBAP.
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Mike Potter ·
27 Jun 2009, 12:07 AM ·
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Rick Hague of Rice (pictured) had three hits including a pair of doubles with three RBI, leading a 19-hit attack as Team USA blasted Canada 8-1 at Durham Bulls Athletic Park.
Friday night’s win gave the USA victories in the first two games of the five-game set, which began with a 12-4 victory on Thursday night at the National Training Complex in Cary.
The NTC was also the site Friday of the fourth day of the 18U Tournament of Stars, which will see crossover action today.
Team USA will have a special guest manager for tonight’s 7:05 p.m. National Team contest against Canada, as “Trader Jack” McKeon - former manager of the Florida Marlins, Cincinnati Reds, San Diego Padres, Oakland A’s and Kansas City Royals - will be running the show.
Gerrit Cole of UCLA was the winning pitcher in Friday’s game, striking out 12 against one walk and allowing just three hits in 6 2/3 shutout innings.
Florida State’s Tyler Holt had three hits including a double and scored three runs from the leadoff spot.
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Mike Potter ·
24 Jun 2009, 11:39 PM ·
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Shortstop Christian Colon of Cal State-Fullerton is the only returnee from last season’s undefeated club, while three ACC players join him on the 22-man roster of USA Baseball’s National Team announced Wednesday night.
Clemson infielder Brad Miller (pictured), Florida State outfielder Tyler Holt and Miami catcher Yasmani Grandal also made the cut.
The team will play its first game against outside opposition tonight at 7 at the National Training Complex in Cary, where the Red, White and Blue will open a five-game series against Canada that will be played in Cary and Durham.
The main events on the team’s schedule will be the annual Friendship Series against Japan - this time on the road - and the World Baseball Challenge in British Columbia, both in July.
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