EuroLeague

[theasfl]

Originally Posted by Sdpm100

Do you already have the players in your league, or let the computer randomly generate extra players, or rate them one-by-one?
If you do, how do you work out the ratings?

I have to make another file with 25-30 players each from 18 countries, all within the league...which just adds insult to injury.

http://www.theasfl.com/abl/worldcup06.html

[Sdpm100]

Originally Posted by theasfl

did you throw in Hee Seop Choi and Seung Yeop Lee? Cause those are really the only Koreans that matter besides Chan Ho Park.

Yes, no, yes. If you see what I mean. Yes to H-S Choi and Chan Ho Park, but no to S-Y Lee, because he's from the Korean League. But now you've reminded me, I will do so (and probably have him "defect" afterwards as well).

Here's the roster (ignore the Korean League bit):
Korea Roster (9)
Pitchers (1 SP, 4 MR)
Jung Bong (Korean League)
Byung-Hyun Kim (TOR)
Sun-Woo Kim (COL)
Chan Ho Park (STL)
Jae-Kuk Ryu (NYY)
Jae-Weong Seo (Korean League)
Seung Song (SF)

Infielders (1 1B)
Hee-Seop Choi (NYY)

Outfielders (1 CF)
Shin-Soo Choo (SEA)

Originally Posted by theasfl

Ive tried everything I can think of, I found one site, which gave little more than the teams. Looking back at that site and going through a few links, I came across this: http://www.beisbolcubano.cu/home/default.asp I dont know how much spanish you know, or if you haven't already come across it. Just looking through things quickly Im not seeing stats from the Serie Nacional, but I didnt look everywhere.

I have been there before but had forgotten about it. Although I quickly remembered going there a long time ago, as I remembered the pages loading so slowly.

And the Serie Nacional stats are there. Under XLV Serie Nacional on the right of the front page, click on Estadisticas.

[Sdpm100]

Originally Posted by theasfl

I have to make another file with 25-30 players each from 18 countries, all within the league...which just adds insult to injury.

http://www.theasfl.com/abl/worldcup06.html

To choose the players is really tough for me as well. Not only have I got to put any bias towards certain players (good and bad) to one side, for some of the teams they have barely enough players to fill a 28-man roster, so I have to go through the .csv file to hunt them down, by country, by position.

[theasfl]

Originally Posted by Sdpm100

To choose the players is really tough for me as well. Not only have I got to put any bias towards certain players (good and bad) to one side, for some of the teams they have barely enough players to fill a 28-man roster, so I have to go through the .csv file to hunt them down, by country, by position.

I let members of the league run each country...and I have each player and their age saved by country in an .xls file.

[Sdpm100]

Baseball World Cup 2008 rosters set!

As the title says, the inaugural Baseball World Cup rosters have been finalised and you can view them by going to the website: sdpm100.tripod.com/BWC2008

In the tests, it looks very competitive, and I'm not lying when I say any of the ten teams could qualify, although Cuba, Dominican Republic, and the USA are looking very strong.

Although having said that, in the final test, the Dominican played the US, and this was the result:

	 		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	 	R	H	E
Dominican Republic	0	1	6	0	0	2	8	0	0	 	17	16	1
United States		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	 	2	7	2
	 
 
Dominican Republic	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG	HR	RBI
J. Lugo SS		6	3	4	2	0	0	0	.500	0	2
A. Beltre 3B		5	2	2	4	1	0	2	.444	2	5
A. Pujols 1B		4	2	2	2	1	0	3	.375	0	2
V. Guerrero RF		5	1	1	0	0	0	3	.222	0	0
W. Pena CF		5	2	2	1	1	0	3	.444	0	1
A. Torres LF		3	2	1	1	3	1	0	.250	0	1
J. Uribe 2B		5	2	3	1	1	0	4	.429	0	1
D. Ortiz DH		4	2	1	4	2	2	4	.286	2	6
M. Olivo C 		4	1	0	1	1	0	7	.000	0	1
Totals			41	17	16	16	10	3	26	.343	4	19

BATTING
Doubles: A. Pujols 2 (2, 3rd inning off Lockwood, 0 on, 0 out, 7th inning off Lidge, 1 on, 1 out.)
J. Uribe (1, 5th inning off Newman, 0 on, 2 out.) 
Triples: J. Lugo (1, 6th inning off Newman, 1 on, 0 out.) 
Homeruns: A. Beltre (2, 3rd inning off Lockwood, 1 on, 0 out.) D. Ortiz (2, 3rd inning off Lockwood, 2 on, 2 out.) 
Runs Batted In: J. Lugo 2 (2), A. Beltre 4 (5), A. Pujols 2 (2), W. Pena (1), A. Torres (1), J. Uribe (1), D. Ortiz 4 (6),
M. Olivo (1) 
Sacrifice Flies: A. Pujols (1), M. Olivo (1) 
Team LOB: 7

FIELDING
Errors: A. Beltre (1) 
Double Plays: 3 (Beltre-Uribe-Pujols, Uribe-Lugo-Pujols, Uribe-Lugo-Pujols)

 
United States		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG	HR	RBI
J. Gomes DH		3	1	1	0	1	1	2	.125	0	0
C. Patterson RF		3	0	2	2	1	0	0	.375	0	2
J. McElroy LF		4	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	0	0
E. Chavez 3B		4	0	0	0	0	3	0	.250	0	0
M. Sweeney 1B		3	0	1	0	1	1	0	.429	1	2
A. Rodriguez SS		2	0	1	0	1	1	1	.400	0	0
V. Wells CF		4	0	0	0	0	2	5	.000	0	1
M. Young 2B		4	1	1	0	0	1	2	.333	0	0
B. Schneider C 		3	0	1	0	0	1	0	.167	0	0
Totals			30	2	7	2	4	11	13	.224	2	6

BATTING
Doubles: J. Gomes (1, 3rd inning off Cruceta, 0 on, 2 out.) C. Patterson (2, 8th inning off Cruceta, 1 on, 2 out.) 
Runs Batted In: C. Patterson 2 (2) 
Caught Stealing: C. Patterson (1) 
Team LOB: 7

FIELDING
Errors: M. Sweeney (1), J. Newman (1) 
Double Plays: 2 (Newman-Young-Sweeney, Wells-Young)

 
Dominican Republic	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PI	PS	ERA	RECORD
F. Cruceta W		8.1	6	2	2	4	9	0	121	67	2.16	1-0
E. Rodriguez 		0.2	1	0	0	0	2	0	19	12	0.00	 

PITCHING
Batters Faced: F. Cruceta 31, E. Rodriguez 4 
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: F. Cruceta 6-6, E. Rodriguez 0-0 
Game Score: F. Cruceta 68 

 
United States		IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PI	PS	ERA	RECORD
B. Lockwood L		3	6	7	7	2	1	2	72	41	21.00	0-1
J. Newman 		3	2	2	2	2	0	0	41	23	10.39	 
L. Gronkiewicz 		0.1	2	6	6	4	0	0	27	9	162.16	 
B. Lidge 		2.1	6	2	2	2	2	0	51	29	6.75	 

PITCHING
Wild Pitches: B. Lockwood 
Batters Faced: B. Lockwood 18, J. Newman 13, L. Gronkiewicz 7, B. Lidge 16 
Inherited Runners-Scored: B. Lidge 1-1 
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: B. Lockwood 5-4, J. Newman 6-3, L. Gronkiewicz 0-1, B. Lidge 4-1 
Game Score: B. Lockwood 16

[theasfl]

thats a nice ass-kicking...

2 groups of 5, top 2 teams from each group to the semifinals? or are there quarterfinals?

[Sdpm100]

Originally Posted by theasfl

thats a nice ass-kicking...

2 groups of 5, top 2 teams from each group to the semifinals? or are there quarterfinals?

Top 3 qualify for the knockout round. 2nd in one group plays 3rd in the other in each quarter-final, with the winners playing the winners of each group in the semi-finals.

[theasfl]

Originally Posted by Sdpm100

Top 3 qualify for the knockout round. 2nd in one group plays 3rd in the other in each quarter-final, with the winners playing the winners of each group in the semi-finals.

you freaky bastard...

[Sdpm100]

Originally Posted by theasfl

you freaky bastard...

I know, I should have had it like the old Olympic hockey format where all the teams qualify.

But seriously, it rewards the team's who finish top of each group by giving them a bye to the semi-final.

[Sdpm100]

Baseball World Cup 2008 - Opening Day!
Venezuela 7, Mexico 6 (10 innings)
The opening day of the inaugural Baseball World Cup started at Cracker Jack Stadium in Orlando, with Pool A action between Mexico and Venezuela.
Oliver Perez took the mound for Mexico, whilst Carlos Zambrano pitched for Venezuela.

The Venezuelans took the lead in the bottom of the 1st, which was started by Jose Lopez singling, before he stole second with Magglio Ordonez at the plate, and then reached third on a throwing error by Mexican catcher Miguel Ojeda on a second steal attempt by the third baseman.
After Ordonez was issued a free pass by Perez, Bobby Abreu drove the ball into right for an RBI single, which scored Lopez for the historic first ever run at the BWC.
In the third, second baseman Ismael Salas got Mexico right into the game with a RBI triple off Zambrano, before scoring on Alfredo Amezaga’s sac-fly to give his team a 2-1 lead. But Venezuela stormed back into the lead by scoring two runs in the 4th inning on Luis Jimenez’s 2-RBI double, and after hitting a leadoff triple, Miguel Cabrera made it 4-2 in the 5th.

But even if they aren’t the strongest team, Mexico sure know how to fight, and they responded from falling behind, by coming up in the top of the 6th, and scored three runs of their own.
Erubiel Durazo’s single was followed by Nomar Garciaparra’s double, and after Zambrano intentional walked Cosme Arias to load up the bases, Adrian Gonzalez tied the game on a single to centerfield, which scored Durazo and Garciaparra.
And Mexico retook the lead when Arias tagged up from third on Ojeda’s fly-out to leave the score at 5-4.
After a hitless seventh inning, Mexico was getting ever closer to a surprise victory. But that was until Jose Lopez hit an 8th inning RBI single off reliever Arturo Lopez that scored Victor Martinez, which with a scoreless 9th inning meant the opening game went into extra innings at 5-5.

Mexico’s 10th inning looked like it might be enough. Durazo led off with a double, and although Arias drove into a double play, Adrian Gonzalez also hit a double off Francisco Rodriguez that scored pinch runner Manuel Lira to give the Mexicans a 6-5 lead.
But with two outs in the bottom of the 10th and one runner on, Cesar Izturis reached base on an infield-hit and when Magglio Ordonez clubbed an Antonio Osuna fastball almost over the fence in left-center, both Martin Prado and then Izturis came across the plate to give the Venezuelans a 7-6 win.

Mexico @ Venezuela, Friday, 3/7/2008

	 	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	 	R	H	E
Mexico		0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	 	6	11	1
Venezuela	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	2	 	7	15	0
	 
 
Mexico			AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG	HR	RBI
J. Monroy LF		4	0	0	0	0	3	2	.000	0	0
    1-D. Lopes LF	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0
D. Carballosa RF	5	0	0	0	0	3	1	.000	0	0
E. Durazo DH		5	1	2	0	0	1	0	.400	0	0
    2-M. Lira DH	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0	0
N. Garciaparra SS	4	1	2	0	1	0	0	.500	0	0
C. Arias CF		4	1	1	0	1	0	2	.250	0	0
A. Gonzalez 1B		5	0	2	3	0	1	2	.400	0	3
M. Ojeda C 		4	1	2	1	0	2	4	.500	0	1
I. Salas 2B		3	1	2	1	0	1	1	.667	0	1
A. Amezaga 3B		4	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	0	0
Totals			39	6	11	5	2	12	16	.282	0	5

Substitution Notes
1 - D. Lopes pinch hit for J. Monroy in the 9th
2 - M. Lira pinch ran for E. Durazo in the 10th

BATTING
Doubles: E. Durazo (1, 10th inning off Rodriguez, 0 on, 0 out.) N. Garciaparra (1, 6th inning off Zambrano, 1 on, 1 out.) 
A. Gonzalez (1, 10th inning off Rodriguez, 1 on, 2 out.) 
Triples: I. Salas (1, 3rd inning off Zambrano, 1 on, 0 out.) 
Runs Batted In: A. Gonzalez 3 (3), M. Ojeda (1), I. Salas (1) 
Sacrifice Flies: M. Ojeda (1) 
Team LOB: 12

FIELDING
Errors: M. Ojeda (1) 
Double Plays: 2 (Amezaga-Salas-Gonzalez, Amezaga-Salas-Gonzalez)

 
Venezuela		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG	HR	RBI
J. Lopez 3B		6	1	2	1	0	0	3	.333	0	1
C. Izturis SS		5	1	1	0	1	0	3	.200	0	0
M. Ordonez CF		5	0	1	2	1	2	4	.200	0	2
M. Cabrera LF		4	1	2	0	1	0	0	.500	0	0
B. Abreu RF		4	0	2	2	1	2	1	.500	0	2
M. Scutaro 2B		5	1	2	0	0	0	3	.400	0	0
E. Chavez DH		4	0	0	0	1	0	3	.000	0	0
V. Martinez C 		3	2	2	0	2	0	0	.667	0	0
    1-M. Prado PR	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0	0
L. Jimenez 1B		3	0	2	2	0	0	2	.667	0	2
    2-R. Hidalgo PH	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	0	0
    3-G. Arce 1B	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0
Totals			41	7	15	7	7	4	20	.366	0	7

Substitution Notes
1 - M. Prado pinch ran for V. Martinez in the 10th
2 - R. Hidalgo pinch hit for L. Jimenez in the 8th
3 - G. Arce substituted for R. Hidalgo in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: M. Ordonez (1, 10th inning off Osuna, 2 on, 2 out.)
L. Jimenez 2 (2, 2nd inning off Perez, 0 on, 2 out, 4th inning off Perez, 2 on, 1 out.) 
Triples: M. Cabrera (1, 5th inning off Perez, 0 on, 0 out.) 
Runs Batted In: J. Lopez (1), M. Ordonez 2 (2), B. Abreu 2 (2), L. Jimenez 2 (2) 
Stolen Bases: J. Lopez (1) 
Caught Stealing: M. Ordonez (1) 
Team LOB: 8

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Scutaro-Izturis-Arce)

 
Mexico		IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PI	PS	ERA	RECORD
O. Perez 	5.1	9	4	3	5	1	0	111	57	5.06	 
L. Ayala 	2	1	1	1	0	2	0	33	20	4.50	 
A. Lopez 	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	23	14	0.00	 
A. Osuna L	1.1	3	2	2	1	0	0	25	15	13.50	0-1

PITCHING
Batters Faced: O. Perez 28, L. Ayala 7, A. Lopez 6, A. Osuna 7 
Inherited Runners-Scored: A. Lopez 1-1, A. Osuna 1-0 
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: O. Perez 8-5, L. Ayala 3-1, A. Lopez 2-0, A. Osuna 1-2 
Game Score: O. Perez 32 

 
Venezuela	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PI	PS	ERA	RECORD
C. Zambrano 	7.1	8	5	5	1	8	0	109	63	6.14	 
J. Rincon 	0.2	1	0	0	0	2	0	11	7	0.00	 
F. Rodriguez W	2	2	1	1	1	2	0	27	14	4.50	1-0

PITCHING
Wild Pitches: C. Zambrano 
Intentional BB: C. Zambrano, F. Rodriguez 
Batters Faced: C. Zambrano 32, J. Rincon 3, F. Rodriguez 8 
Inherited Runners-Scored: J. Rincon 2-0, F. Rodriguez 1-0 
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: C. Zambrano 4-10, J. Rincon 0-0, F. Rodriguez 2-1 
Game Score: C. Zambrano 49 

 
GAME INFO
Time: 4:16
Attendance: 9479 (9500, 99.8%) at Cracker Jack Stadium
Weather: Clear skies (64 degrees), wind blowing out to left at 2 mph
PLAYER OF THE GAME: Luis Jimenez

Game Notes:
Jose Lopez sets a new single Extra-Inning Game PA-Record for At-Bats with 6.

[Sdpm100]

(continued)
Cuba 5, Puerto Rico 2
A Cuban team that was picked without any political pressures won a tough opening game against Puerto Rico.

However, with the game going into the 8th inning, PR actually led as Michel Enriquez’s double that drove in Frederich Cepeda in the 3rd, had been overhauled by back-to-back homers off Cuban starter Yadel Marti in the 6th from Felipe Lopez and Cesar Crespo.

However, Yuliesky Gourriel’s double to lead off the inning finally ended PR starter JC Romero, and the Cubans got stuck into reliever Joel Pineiro.
First Osmani Urrutia singled into left field and scored Gourriel to tie the game at 2, much to the Cuban bench’s relief.
Urrutia tagged up on a fly-out to reach third, and after Yoennis Cespedes was intentional walked, Pineiro faced what would be his last batter, as catcher Eriel Sanchez dispatched a pitch a long way over the centerfield wall at Cracker Jack Stadium, counting three runs and giving Cuba a winning lead at 5-2.

Cuba @ Puerto Rico, Friday, 3/7/2008
  
	 	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	 	R	H	E
Cuba		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	 	5	10	0
Puerto Rico	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	 	2	4	2
	 
 
Cuba			AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG	HR	RBI
F. Cepeda LF		5	1	2	0	0	1	2	.400	0	0
M. Enriquez 3B		5	0	3	1	0	0	1	.600	0	1
Y. Gourriel 2B		4	1	1	0	1	0	2	.250	0	0
J. Pedroso 1B		2	0	0	0	1	1	1	.000	0	0
    1-O. Urrutia PH	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	1
    2-L. Anderson 1B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0	0
A. Ramirez SS		4	0	1	0	0	0	4	.250	0	0
Y. Cespedes CF		2	1	1	0	2	1	0	.500	0	0
E. Sanchez C 		3	1	1	3	1	1	2	.333	1	3
K. Morales DH		3	0	0	0	1	0	2	.000	0	0
Y. Garlobo RF		4	0	0	0	0	2	2	.000	0	0
Totals			33	5	10	5	6	6	16	.303	1	5

Substitution Notes
1 - O. Urrutia pinch hit for J. Pedroso in the 8th
2 - L. Anderson substituted for O. Urrutia in the 8th

BATTING
Doubles: M. Enriquez (1, 3rd inning off Romero, 1 on, 1 out.) Y. Gourriel (1, 8th inning off Romero, 0 on, 0 out.) 
Y. Cespedes (1, 4th inning off Romero, 0 on, 0 out.) 
Homeruns: E. Sanchez (1, 8th inning off Pineiro, 2 on, 1 out.) 
Runs Batted In: M. Enriquez (1), O. Urrutia (1), E. Sanchez 3 (3) 
Stolen Bases: M. Enriquez (1), A. Ramirez (1), Y. Cespedes (1) 
Caught Stealing: M. Enriquez (1) 
Team LOB: 4

 
Puerto Rico		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG	HR	RBI
F. Lopez 3B		4	1	1	1	0	1	0	.250	1	1
C. Crespo 2B		4	1	1	1	0	1	0	.250	1	1
C. Beltran CF		3	0	1	0	1	1	0	.333	0	0
L. Matos LF		4	0	0	0	0	2	2	.000	0	0
C. Delgado 1B		4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0
J. Cruz Jr. RF		2	0	0	0	1	1	0	.000	0	0
M. Lowell DH		3	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	0	0
Y. Molina C 		3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	0	0
R. Egea SS		3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0
Totals			30	2	4	2	2	7	5	.133	2	2

BATTING
Doubles: Y. Molina (1, 5th inning off Marti, 0 on, 2 out.) 
Homeruns: F. Lopez (1, 6th inning off Marti, 0 on, 0 out.) C. Crespo (1, 6th inning off Marti, 0 on, 0 out.) 
Runs Batted In: F. Lopez (1), C. Crespo (1) 
Caught Stealing: C. Beltran (1) 
Team LOB: 0

FIELDING
Errors: R. Egea (1), C. Crespo (1) 
Double Plays: 2 (Lopez, Lopez-Crespo-Delgado)

 
Cuba		IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PI	PS	ERA	RECORD
Y. Marti W	8	4	2	2	2	6	2	110	68	2.25	1-0
D. Baez S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	9	6	0.00	1 SV

PITCHING
Batters Faced: Y. Marti 29, D. Baez 3 
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Y. Marti 7-10, D. Baez 2-0 
Game Score: Y. Marti 70 

 
Puerto Rico	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PI	PS	ERA	RECORD
J. Romero 	7	7	2	1	5	6	0	110	60	1.29	 
J. Pineiro L	0.1	2	3	3	1	0	1	17	6	81.08	0-1
J. Lopez 	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	13	9	0.00	 

PITCHING
Wild Pitches: J. Romero 
Intentional BB: J. Pineiro 
Batters Faced: J. Romero 30, J. Pineiro 4, J. Lopez 5 
Inherited Runners-Scored: J. Pineiro 1-1 
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J. Romero 9-4, J. Pineiro 0-1, J. Lopez 3-1 
Game Score: J. Romero 58 

 
GAME INFO
Time: 3:15
Attendance: 9456 (9500, 99.5%) at Cracker Jack Stadium
Weather: Partly cloudy (58 degrees), wind blowing out to center at 3 mph
PLAYER OF THE GAME: Yadel Marti

Game Notes:
Eriel Sanchez hit the longest homer of his career, it went 417 feet.

Standings

Pool A			W	L	Pct.	GB	RS	RA	ERA	AVG
Cuba			1	0	1.000	-	5	2	2.00	.303
Venezuela		1	0	1.000	-	7	6	5.40	.366
Japan			0	0	.000	.5	0	0	0.00	.000
Mexico			0	1	.000	1.0	6	7	5.59	.282
Puerto Rico		0	1	.000	1.0	2	5	4.00	.133

Pool B			W	L	Pct.	GB	RS	RA	ERA	AVG
Canada			0	0		-
Dominican Republic	0	0		-
Korea			0	0		-
Netherlands		0	0		-
United States		0	0		-

Tomorrow
Pool B commences play tomorrow in Arizona, with two of the tournament favourites playing in a double header at Scottsdale Stadium.
First the USA takes on Korea, with St. Louis ace Adam Wainwright taking on Chan Ho Park, before in the evening the Dominican Republic face Canada with New York Mets’ Cy Young winner Pedro Martinez duelling with Ryan Dempster.

[theasfl]

Originally Posted by Sdpm100

I know, I should have had it like the old Olympic hockey format where all the teams qualify.

But seriously, it rewards the team's who finish top of each group by giving them a bye to the semi-final.

I like the format, I thought youd conform to the OOTP ways, but you didnt and thats a good thing.

[Sdpm100]

Originally Posted by theasfl

I like the format, I thought youd conform to the OOTP ways, but you didnt and thats a good thing.

TY.
The only problem is that the standings page will look a bit odd when we get to the knockout round, but at least all the stats will be counted through all the rounds like in a RL tournament.

[theasfl]

Originally Posted by Sdpm100

Baseball World Cup 2008 - Opening Day!
Venezuela 7, Mexico 6 (10 innings)
The opening day of the inaugural Baseball World Cup started at Cracker Jack Stadium in Orlando, with Pool A action between Mexico and Venezuela.
Oliver Perez took the mound for Mexico, whilst Carlos Zambrano pitched for Venezuela.

The Venezuelans took the lead in the bottom of the 1st, which was started by Jose Lopez singling, before he stole second with Magglio Ordonez at the plate, and then reached third on a throwing error by Mexican catcher Miguel Ojeda on a second steal attempt by the third baseman.
After Ordonez was issued a free pass by Perez, Bobby Abreu drove the ball into right for an RBI single, which scored Lopez for the historic first ever run at the BWC.
In the third, second baseman Ismael Salas got Mexico right into the game with a RBI triple off Zambrano, before scoring on Alfredo Amezaga’s sac-fly to give his team a 2-1 lead. But Venezuela stormed back into the lead by scoring two runs in the 4th inning on Luis Jimenez’s 2-RBI double, and after hitting a leadoff triple, Miguel Cabrera made it 4-2 in the 5th.

But even if they aren’t the strongest team, Mexico sure know how to fight, and they responded from falling behind, by coming up in the top of the 6th, and scored three runs of their own.
Erubiel Durazo’s single was followed by Nomar Garciaparra’s double, and after Zambrano intentional walked Cosme Arias to load up the bases, Adrian Gonzalez tied the game on a single to centerfield, which scored Durazo and Garciaparra.
And Mexico retook the lead when Arias tagged up from third on Ojeda’s fly-out to leave the score at 5-4.
After a hitless seventh inning, Mexico was getting ever closer to a surprise victory. But that was until Jose Lopez hit an 8th inning RBI single off reliever Arturo Lopez that scored Victor Martinez, which with a scoreless 9th inning meant the opening game went into extra innings at 5-5.

Mexico’s 10th inning looked like it might be enough. Durazo led off with a double, and although Arias drove into a double play, Adrian Gonzalez also hit a double off Francisco Rodriguez that scored pinch runner Manuel Lira to give the Mexicans a 6-5 lead.
But with two outs in the bottom of the 10th and one runner on, Cesar Izturis reached base on an infield-hit and when Magglio Ordonez clubbed an Antonio Osuna fastball almost over the fence in left-center, both Martin Prado and then Izturis came across the plate to give the Venezuelans a 7-6 win.

Mexico @ Venezuela, Friday, 3/7/2008

	 	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	 	R	H	E
Mexico		0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	 	6	11	1
Venezuela	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	2	 	7	15	0
	 
 
Mexico			AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG	HR	RBI
J. Monroy LF		4	0	0	0	0	3	2	.000	0	0
    1-D. Lopes LF	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0
D. Carballosa RF	5	0	0	0	0	3	1	.000	0	0
E. Durazo DH		5	1	2	0	0	1	0	.400	0	0
    2-M. Lira DH	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0	0
N. Garciaparra SS	4	1	2	0	1	0	0	.500	0	0
C. Arias CF		4	1	1	0	1	0	2	.250	0	0
A. Gonzalez 1B		5	0	2	3	0	1	2	.400	0	3
M. Ojeda C 		4	1	2	1	0	2	4	.500	0	1
I. Salas 2B		3	1	2	1	0	1	1	.667	0	1
A. Amezaga 3B		4	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	0	0
Totals			39	6	11	5	2	12	16	.282	0	5

Substitution Notes
1 - D. Lopes pinch hit for J. Monroy in the 9th
2 - M. Lira pinch ran for E. Durazo in the 10th

BATTING
Doubles: E. Durazo (1, 10th inning off Rodriguez, 0 on, 0 out.) N. Garciaparra (1, 6th inning off Zambrano, 1 on, 1 out.) 
A. Gonzalez (1, 10th inning off Rodriguez, 1 on, 2 out.) 
Triples: I. Salas (1, 3rd inning off Zambrano, 1 on, 0 out.) 
Runs Batted In: A. Gonzalez 3 (3), M. Ojeda (1), I. Salas (1) 
Sacrifice Flies: M. Ojeda (1) 
Team LOB: 12

FIELDING
Errors: M. Ojeda (1) 
Double Plays: 2 (Amezaga-Salas-Gonzalez, Amezaga-Salas-Gonzalez)

 
Venezuela		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG	HR	RBI
J. Lopez 3B		6	1	2	1	0	0	3	.333	0	1
C. Izturis SS		5	1	1	0	1	0	3	.200	0	0
M. Ordonez CF		5	0	1	2	1	2	4	.200	0	2
M. Cabrera LF		4	1	2	0	1	0	0	.500	0	0
B. Abreu RF		4	0	2	2	1	2	1	.500	0	2
M. Scutaro 2B		5	1	2	0	0	0	3	.400	0	0
E. Chavez DH		4	0	0	0	1	0	3	.000	0	0
V. Martinez C 		3	2	2	0	2	0	0	.667	0	0
    1-M. Prado PR	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0	0
L. Jimenez 1B		3	0	2	2	0	0	2	.667	0	2
    2-R. Hidalgo PH	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	0	0
    3-G. Arce 1B	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0
Totals			41	7	15	7	7	4	20	.366	0	7

Substitution Notes
1 - M. Prado pinch ran for V. Martinez in the 10th
2 - R. Hidalgo pinch hit for L. Jimenez in the 8th
3 - G. Arce substituted for R. Hidalgo in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: M. Ordonez (1, 10th inning off Osuna, 2 on, 2 out.)
L. Jimenez 2 (2, 2nd inning off Perez, 0 on, 2 out, 4th inning off Perez, 2 on, 1 out.) 
Triples: M. Cabrera (1, 5th inning off Perez, 0 on, 0 out.) 
Runs Batted In: J. Lopez (1), M. Ordonez 2 (2), B. Abreu 2 (2), L. Jimenez 2 (2) 
Stolen Bases: J. Lopez (1) 
Caught Stealing: M. Ordonez (1) 
Team LOB: 8

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Scutaro-Izturis-Arce)

 
Mexico		IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PI	PS	ERA	RECORD
O. Perez 	5.1	9	4	3	5	1	0	111	57	5.06	 
L. Ayala 	2	1	1	1	0	2	0	33	20	4.50	 
A. Lopez 	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	23	14	0.00	 
A. Osuna L	1.1	3	2	2	1	0	0	25	15	13.50	0-1

PITCHING
Batters Faced: O. Perez 28, L. Ayala 7, A. Lopez 6, A. Osuna 7 
Inherited Runners-Scored: A. Lopez 1-1, A. Osuna 1-0 
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: O. Perez 8-5, L. Ayala 3-1, A. Lopez 2-0, A. Osuna 1-2 
Game Score: O. Perez 32 

 
Venezuela	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PI	PS	ERA	RECORD
C. Zambrano 	7.1	8	5	5	1	8	0	109	63	6.14	 
J. Rincon 	0.2	1	0	0	0	2	0	11	7	0.00	 
F. Rodriguez W	2	2	1	1	1	2	0	27	14	4.50	1-0

PITCHING
Wild Pitches: C. Zambrano 
Intentional BB: C. Zambrano, F. Rodriguez 
Batters Faced: C. Zambrano 32, J. Rincon 3, F. Rodriguez 8 
Inherited Runners-Scored: J. Rincon 2-0, F. Rodriguez 1-0 
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: C. Zambrano 4-10, J. Rincon 0-0, F. Rodriguez 2-1 
Game Score: C. Zambrano 49 

 
GAME INFO
Time: 4:16
Attendance: 9479 (9500, 99.8%) at Cracker Jack Stadium
Weather: Clear skies (64 degrees), wind blowing out to left at 2 mph
PLAYER OF THE GAME: Luis Jimenez

Game Notes:
Jose Lopez sets a new single Extra-Inning Game PA-Record for At-Bats with 6.

I thought you said no Miggy?

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Originally Posted by theasfl

I thought you said no Miggy?

Uh no, you were the one that did and I corrected you in post 622.
I said he didn't play for the Marlins in my world, but the Rockies, and he was on the Venezuelan team list as an outfielder.

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Baseball World Cup, Day 2
United States 9, Korea 1
The “All-Star” USA line-up got off to the best possible start by easing to a 9-1 defeat of Korea as Pool B play got underway in Scottsdale.
Vernon Wells drove in both Kevin Mench and Alex Rodriguez on a double in the 2nd, before James McElroy’s double in the 3rd scored Jonny Gomes and Eric Chavez to make it 4-0.
Mike Sweeney’s homer in the 5th, was added to by Wells again driving in Rodriguez in the 6th, which came after A-Rod had hit a triple off Korean starter Chan Ho Park.
Park gave up six runs on seven hits in 5.1 innings of work.

Jin-Hyung Kim did get Korea on the board in the 7th when USA starter Adam Wainwright gave up his only run of the day (on seven hits with five strikeouts) as Nun-Hel Bak drove a double down the left field line. But the Americans made the score even more comfortable in the 9th, when they scored three more runs through Brian Schneider on a Chavez bases loaded force-out, and McElroy taking his RBI tally for the day to four when his double over the shortstop counted both Gomes and Chavez to make it 9-1.
The confident Americans get off to the best start possible, but they face another favourite in the Dominican Republic next, whilst the Netherlands, playing their first game, will be the opponent for the Koreans.

United States @ Korea, Saturday, 3/8/2008
 
	 	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	 	R	H	E
United States	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	3	 	9	11	1
Korea		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	 	1	7	0
	
 
United States		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG	HR	RBI
J. Gomes RF		3	2	0	0	2	1	1	.000	0	0
M. Young 2B		4	0	0	0	1	1	1	.000	0	0
M. Sweeney 1B		5	1	2	1	0	0	4	.400	1	1
E. Chavez 3B		3	2	1	1	2	0	2	.333	0	1
J. McElroy DH		5	0	2	4	0	0	3	.400	0	4
K. Mench LF		5	1	2	0	0	1	1	.400	0	0
A. Rodriguez SS		2	2	1	0	1	1	1	.500	0	0
V. Wells CF		4	0	2	3	0	0	2	.500	0	3
B. Schneider C	 	4	1	1	0	0	0	3	.250	0	0
Totals			35	9	11	9	6	4	18	.314	1	9

BATTING
Doubles: E. Chavez (1, 5th inning off Park, 0 on, 2 out.) J. McElroy 2 (2, 3rd inning off Park, 2 on, 2 out, 9th inning off Lee, 2 on, 2 out.) 
K. Mench (1, 2nd inning off Park, 0 on, 2 out.) V. Wells (1, 2nd inning off Park, 2 on, 2 out.) 
Triples: A. Rodriguez (1, 6th inning off Park, 0 on, 1 out.) 
Homeruns: M. Sweeney (1, 5th inning off Park, 0 on, 2 out.) 
Runs Batted In: M. Sweeney (1), E. Chavez (1), J. McElroy 4 (4), V. Wells 3 (3) 
Stolen Bases: V. Wells (1) 
Team LOB: 7

FIELDING
Errors: A. Wainwright (1) 
Double Plays: 1 (Rodriguez-Young-Sweeney)

 
Korea			AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG	HR	RBI
M. Park 2B		4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000	0	0
Y. Son C 		4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.250	0	0
S. Lee 1B		4	0	1	0	0	0	2	.250	0	0
K. Yun LF		4	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	0	0
J. Sin RF		4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.250	0	0
H. Choi DH		3	0	1	0	1	0	0	.333	0	0
J. Kim SS		3	1	2	0	1	0	2	.667	0	0
N. Bak 3B		4	0	1	1	0	1	4	.250	0	1
S. Choo CF		3	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	0	0
Totals			33	1	7	1	2	5	12	.212	0	1

BATTING
Doubles: Y. Son (1, 8th inning off Wainwright, 0 on, 1 out.) J. Kim (1, 9th inning off Wainwright, 1 on, 1 out.) 
N. Bak (1, 7th inning off Wainwright, 1 on, 2 out.) 
Runs Batted In: N. Bak (1) 
Team LOB: 6

FIELDING
Double Plays: 2 (Bak-Park-Lee, Kim-Park-Lee)

 
United States	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PI	PS	ERA	RECORD
A. Wainwright W	8.2	7	1	1	2	5	0	113	69	1.04	1-0
L. Gronkiewicz 	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0.00	 

PITCHING
Batters Faced: A. Wainwright 34, L. Gronkiewicz 1 
Inherited Runners-Scored: L. Gronkiewicz 1-0 
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: A. Wainwright 13-7, L. Gronkiewicz 0-1 
Game Score: A. Wainwright 69 

 
Korea		IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PI	PS	ERA	RECORD
C. Park L	5.1	7	6	6	3	1	1	83	46	10.13	0-1
D. Jeong 	2.2	3	2	2	3	2	0	50	27	6.75	 
M. Lee 		1	1	1	1	0	1	0	15	9	9.00	 

PITCHING
Batters Faced: C. Park 26, D. Jeong 12, M. Lee 4 
Inherited Runners-Scored: D. Jeong 1-0, M. Lee 3-2 
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: C. Park 8-6, D. Jeong 2-2, M. Lee 1-1 
Game Score: C. Park 28 

 
GAME INFO
Time: 3:21
Attendance: 10480 (10500, 99.8%) at Scottsdale Stadium 
Weather: Clear skies (76 degrees), wind blowing right to left at 3 mph
PLAYER OF THE GAME: Adam Wainwright

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(continued)
Canada 4, Dominican Republic 1
One of the pre-tournament favourites found their path to Baseball World Cup glory temporarily blocked in their first game.
Canada took the lead in the 2nd inning through Scott Thorman’s RBI double that scored Thomas Zalcberg, before the Dominican Republic tied up the game in the 3rd when Vladimir Guerrero hit a two out single off Canadian starter Ryan Dempster which allowed Wily Mo Pena to race home from second base to make it 1-1.

That’s how it stayed all the way through to the 7th inning, where Canadian third baseman Matt Rogelstad became the hero for the Canucks, when he clubbed a two out, two on fastball from Cy Young winner Pedro Martinez down the right field line for a homerun, to leave the Dominican’s shocked, and his fellow Canadian teammates amazed.
DR went 1-2-3 to Dempster in the bottom of the 7th, and after reliever Jesse Crain repeated the punishment in the 8th, Eric Gagne came out in the 9th to close the game, and although gave up a leadoff hit to Adan Torres, got Carlos Pena to ground out, before David Ortiz and Adrian Beltre hit back-to-back fly-outs to end the game.
An amazing win for Canada over one of the pre-tournament favourites, and with it they now already have one foot in the knockout round. For DR, they should still qualify with ease from the group, but the loss shows some weaknesses that the other teams didn’t think they had.

Canada @ Dominican Republic, Saturday, 3/8/2008
 
	 		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	 	R	H	E
Canada			0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	 	4	7	1
Dominican Republic	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	 	1	6	1
	 
 
Canada			AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG	HR	RBI
M. Rogelstad 3B		4	1	1	3	1	0	3	.250	1	3
P. Laforest C 		4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.250	0	0
J. Bay LF		3	0	1	0	1	0	2	.333	0	0
B. Van Iderstine RF	4	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	0	0
R. Balan CF		4	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	0	0
R. Crotin 2B		3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000	0	0
T. Zalcberg SS		4	1	1	0	0	1	1	.250	0	0
S. Thorman 1B		3	0	2	1	0	1	0	.667	0	1
    1-S. Boucher PR	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0	0
    2-J. Morneau 1B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0	0
    3-C. Koskie PH	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	0	0
    4-J. Votto 1B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0	0
M. Motes DH		3	1	1	0	1	0	3	.333	0	0
Totals			32	4	7	4	4	6	14	.219	1	4

Substitution Notes
1 - S. Boucher pinch ran for S. Thorman in the 7th
2 - J. Morneau substituted for S. Boucher in the 7th
3 - C. Koskie pinch hit for J. Morneau in the 9th
4 - J. Votto substituted for C. Koskie in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: S. Thorman 2 (2, 2nd inning off Martinez, 1 on, 2 out, 7th inning off Martinez, 0 on, 2 out.) 
Homeruns: M. Rogelstad (1, 7th inning off Martinez, 2 on, 2 out.) 
Runs Batted In: M. Rogelstad 3 (3), S. Thorman (1) 
Team LOB: 4

FIELDING
Errors: M. Rogelstad (1) 

 
Dominican Republic	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG	HR	RBI
W. Pena CF		3	1	0	0	1	1	0	.000	0	0
J. Lugo SS		3	0	1	0	1	0	1	.333	0	0
A. Pujols 1B		3	0	0	0	1	0	2	.000	0	0
V. Guerrero RF		4	0	2	1	0	1	1	.500	0	1
A. Torres LF		4	0	1	0	0	0	2	.250	0	0
J. Uribe 2B		3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000	0	0
    1-C. Pena PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0
D. Ortiz DH		4	0	1	0	0	1	1	.250	0	0
A. Beltre 3B		4	0	1	0	0	0	2	.250	0	0
M. Olivo C 		3	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	0	0
Totals			32	1	6	1	3	6	11	.188	0	1

Substitution Notes
1 - C. Pena pinch hit for J. Uribe in the 9th

BATTING
Runs Batted In: V. Guerrero (1) 
Caught Stealing: V. Guerrero (1) 
Team LOB: 4

FIELDING
Errors: J. Uribe (1) 
Double Plays: 2 (Lugo-Uribe-Pujols, Pujols-Lugo-Pujols)

 
Canada		IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PI	PS	ERA	RECORD
R. Dempster W	7.1	5	1	1	3	5	0	103	58	1.23	1-0
J. Crain H	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	4	0.00	 
E. Gagne S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	11	9	0.00	1 SV

PITCHING
Batters Faced: R. Dempster 29, J. Crain 2, E. Gagne 4 
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: R. Dempster 5-11, J. Crain 0-1, E. Gagne 1-2 
Game Score: R. Dempster 66 

 
Dominican Rep.	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PI	PS	ERA	RECORD
P. Martinez L	7.2	7	4	4	3	5	1	116	66	4.70	0-1
H. Almonte 	1.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	18	9	0.00	 

PITCHING
Batters Faced: P. Martinez 31, H. Almonte 5 
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: P. Martinez 14-2, H. Almonte 2-2 
Game Score: P. Martinez 51 

 
GAME INFO
Time: 3:10
Attendance: 10461 (10500, 99.6%) at Scottsdale Stadium 
Weather: Clear skies (67 degrees), wind blowing left to right at 10 mph
PLAYER OF THE GAME: Ryan Dempster

Game Notes:
Matt Rogelstad hit the longest homer of his career, it went 387 feet.

Standings

Pool A			W	L	Pct.	GB	RS	RA	ERA	AVG
Cuba			1	0	1.000	-	5	2	2.00	.303
Venezuela		1	0	1.000	-	7	6	5.40	.366
Japan			0	0	.000	.5	0	0	0.00	.000
Mexico			0	1	.000	1.0	6	7	5.59	.282
Puerto Rico		0	1	.000	1.0	2	5	4.00	.133

Pool B			W	L	Pct.	GB	RS	RA	ERA	AVG
United States		1	0	1.000	-	9	1	1.00	.314
Canada			1	0	1.000	-	4	1	1.00	.219
Netherlands		0	0	.000	.5	0	0	0.00	.000
Dominican Republic	0	1	.000	1.0	1	4	4.00	.188
Korea			0	1	.000	1.0	1	9	9.00	.212

Tomorrow
Pool A games at Cracker Jack Stadium continue with the two losing teams from Friday, Puerto Rico and Mexico, playing in the opener, before the night game sees Japan take the field for the first time against Venezuela, who needed extra innings to defeat the Mexicans.

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Canada with a big upset? What is this, the real WBC?

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Originally Posted by theasfl

Canada with a big upset? What is this, the real WBC?

I didn't see it coming either. I think the USA may be the team that DR takes the loss out on.

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Baseball World Cup, Day 3
Puerto Rico 5, Mexico 3
Four runs in the first three innings proved enough for Puerto Rico to win their first game of the Baseball World Cup, 5-3 over Mexico.

Cesar Crespo’s home run off Mexican starter Edgar Gonzalez started the ball rolling in the 1st, and after Carlos Beltran backed it up by following with a triple, tagged up on Luis Matos fly-out to make it 2-0 after one.

Yadier Molina went round three bases on Ramon Egea’s two out double in the 2nd, and although Cosme Arias and Adrian Gonzalez hit back-to-back doubles in the bottom half (scoring Arias for 3-1), Crespo hit his second homer in two at bats, when he hit a leadoff blast down the left field line off Gonzalez to give Puerto Rico what proved the game winning run, and a 4-1 lead.

Gonzalez hit a second double in the 4th to score Nomar Garciaparra, but no sooner had Mexico cut the deficit to two runs had Puerto Rico extended the lead back up to three runs when Beltran hit an RBI single which scored Egea on second.

Garciaparra hit out of the park in the 8th off reliever Pedro Diaz – after PR starter Orlando Roman had got nine strikeouts and gave up just two runs on four hits in 6 ⅓ innings, but it was all too late for Nomar and Mexico, who at 0-2 are staring first round elimination in the face, especially with games against Cuba and Japan ahead – the two tournament favourites from Pool A.

Puerto Rico @ Mexico, Sunday, 3/9/2008
 
	 	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	 	R	H	E
Puerto Rico	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	 	5	10	0
Mexico		0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	 	3	7	0
	 
 
Puerto Rico		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG	HR	RBI
F. Lopez 3B		3	0	0	0	0	2	1	.143	1	1
C. Crespo 2B		3	2	3	2	1	0	0	.571	3	3
C. Beltran CF		4	1	2	1	0	1	1	.429	0	1
L. Matos LF		3	0	0	1	0	0	2	.000	0	1
C. Delgado 1B		4	0	1	0	0	1	2	.125	0	0
J. Cruz Jr. RF		4	0	1	0	0	1	1	.167	0	0
M. Lowell DH		4	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	0	0
Y. Molina C 		4	1	1	0	0	0	0	.286	0	0
R. Egea SS		4	1	2	1	0	0	0	.286	0	1
Totals			33	5	10	5	1	6	8	.222	4	7

BATTING
Doubles: R. Egea (1, 2nd inning off Gonzalez, 1 on, 2 out.) 
Triples: C. Beltran (1, 1st inning off Gonzalez, 0 on, 1 out.) 
Homeruns: C. Crespo 2 (3, 1st inning off Gonzalez, 0 on, 1 out, 3rd inning off Gonzalez, 0 on, 0 out.) 
Runs Batted In: C. Crespo 2 (3), C. Beltran (1), L. Matos (1), R. Egea (1) 
Stolen Bases: C. Crespo (1) 
Sacrifice Hits: F. Lopez (1) 
Sacrifice Flies: L. Matos (1) 
Team LOB: 7

 
Mexico			AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG	HR	RBI
D. Lopes LF		4	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	0	0
D. Carballosa RF	4	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	0	0
E. Durazo DH		4	0	0	0	0	3	0	.222	0	0
N. Garciaparra SS	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	.500	1	1
C. Arias CF		4	1	1	0	0	2	1	.250	0	0
A. Gonzalez 1B		4	0	2	2	0	1	0	.444	0	5
M. Ojeda C 		4	0	1	0	0	2	2	.375	0	1
I. Salas 2B		3	0	0	0	1	2	2	.333	0	1
A. Amezaga 3B		3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.143	0	0
Totals			34	3	7	3	1	13	9	.247	1	8

BATTING
Doubles: C. Arias (1, 2nd inning off Roman, 0 on, 1 out.) A. Gonzalez 2 (3, 2nd inning off Roman, 1 on, 1 out, 
4th inning off Roman, 1 on, 2 out.) 
Homeruns: N. Garciaparra (1, 8th inning off Diaz, 0 on, 2 out.) 
Runs Batted In: N. Garciaparra (1), A. Gonzalez 2 (5) 
Team LOB: 2

FIELDING
Double Plays: 2 (Amezaga-Salas-Gonzalez, Salas-Garciaparra-Gonzalez)

 
Puerto Rico	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PI	PS	ERA	RECORD
O. Roman W	6.1	4	2	2	1	9	0	93	56	2.84	1-0
P. Diaz H	1.2	3	1	1	0	3	1	31	18	5.40	 
S. Rivera S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	10	5	0.00	1 SV

PITCHING
Batters Faced: O. Roman 24, P. Diaz 8, S. Rivera 3 
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: O. Roman 4-5, P. Diaz 2-0, S. Rivera 1-1 
Game Score: O. Roman 65 

 
Mexico		IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PI	PS	ERA	RECORD
E. Gonzalez L	5.2	8	5	5	1	4	2	88	53	7.94	0-1
L. Ayala 	3	2	0	0	0	2	0	35	24	1.69	 

PITCHING
Batters Faced: E. Gonzalez 25, L. Ayala 11 
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: E. Gonzalez 6-5, L. Ayala 4-3 
Game Score: E. Gonzalez 36 

 
GAME INFO
Time: 3:16
Attendance: 9476 (9500, 99.7%) at Cracker Jack Stadium
Weather: Partly cloudy (66 degrees), wind blowing out to center at 3 mph
PLAYER OF THE GAME: Cesar Crespo

Game Notes:
Orlando Roman sets a career high for K's in a game!