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Miller, who entered the game with a two-run lead, was unable to summon the mastery that made him a postseason magician for Cleveland last October. However, after just those 28 pitches, Albers was lifted from the game. I really did soak it all in.
Roark wasn’t almost as sharp as Stroman, and he gave up two runs in the sixth. A win like that could do one of two things, drain your club mentally or help them ride the wave of momentum. He easily could’ve pitched another inning and still been available for use today or tomorrow.
The Dominicans, looking to defend their WBC title from 2013, pounded Canada 9-2 as Castillo hit a two-run homer off Dempster and Bautista crushed a long three-run homer to left field as part of a 3-for-4 game.
The U.S. fell to 1-1 and is in jeopardy of being eliminated in the first round.
That is exactly what the Colombians set out do in this tournament. “I’m always a person that pays a lot of attention to his work, and I always try to prepare to give 100 percent every five days for each game”. According to MLB.com’s Manny Randhawa, it marked Team USA’s third walk-off win in World Baseball Classic history, preceded by game-winning knocks by Alex Rodriguez in 2006 and David Wright in 2009. This time, the American pitchers, led by Roger Clemens, did their job, but the American lineup – which included Michael Young, Derek Jeter, Ken Griffey Jr., Chipper Jones, Rodriguez, Vernon Wells, Mark Teixeira, Jeff Francoeur and Michael Barrett – was stymied by an octet of Mexican hurlers led by Oliver Perez and Oscar Villareal.
Atlanta Braves pitcher Julio Teheran was dominant for five innings for Colombia, retiring the final 13 batters he faced. He’s aware that, with national pride at stake, emotions in this tournament run high, and getting an early sense of what that feels like may pay off later in the WBC. He started seven of the games he appeared in. This obviously comes with endless caveats. Jhonatan Solana grabbed the ball and fired it to first. He is a bitter small man, who is clearly just a troll.
“We know that the lineup obviously that the Dominican has, it’s unbelievable”, Leyland said. Aside from the aforementioned relay throw, Malo reached on an error, and scored later via a balk by Dominican starter Carlos Martinez. “So to keep both of them together, to start for the first time, to wear this uniform, it is very special for me”.
The two teams headed into their match fresh from having earned victories in their opening match of the tournament. “But it’s the challenge of going out there in the WBC and pitching against the best hitters in the world”.