The second round of the Baseball World Cup starts Sunday. You can use the Pittsburgh Pirates Winter League Tracker to follow all of the individual players playing in the World Cup from the Pirates’ system.
The Pirates have five players remaining in the World Cup:
Pedro Alvarez – USA
Brad Lincoln – USA
Dustin Molleken – Canada
RJ Rodriguez – Puerto Rico
Tom Boleska – Great Britain
Here is the schedule for those players in the second round of the World Cup, which runs from Sunday 9/13 to Sunday 9/20:
9/13
Great Britain plays Cuba at 2:00 PM EST (Live Streaming)
Puerto Rico plays Spain at 2:00 PM EST (Live Streaming)
USA plays Canada at 2:00 PM EST
9/14
Great Britain plays South Korea at 7:00 AM EST (Live Streaming)
Puerto Rico plays Netherlands at 1:00 PM EST (Live Streaming)
Canada plays Australia at 2:00 PM EST
USA plays Netherlands Antilles at 2:00 PM EST
9/15
USA plays Japan at 2:00 PM EST (Live Streaming)
Canada plays Mexico at 2:00 PM EST (Live Streaming)
9/16
Puerto Rico plays Great Britain at 7:00 AM EST (Live Streaming)
USA plays Chinese Taipei at 2:00 PM EST
Canada plays Japan at 2:00 PM EST
9/17
Puerto Rico plays South Korea at 7:00 AM EST (Live Streaming)
Great Britain plays Nicaragua at 1:00 PM EST (Live Streaming)
9/18
Puerto Rico plays Cuba at 1:00 PM EST (Live Streaming)
Great Britain plays Netherlands at 1:00 PM EST (Live Streaming)
Canada plays Netherlands Antilles at 2:00 PM EST
USA plays Australia at 2:00 PM EST
9/19
Great Britain plays Spain at 7:00 AM EST (Live Streaming)
Puerto Rico plays Venezuela at 1:00 PM EST
Canada plays Italy at 2:00 PM EST (Live Streaming)
USA plays Mexico at 2:00 PM EST
9/20
Puerto Rico plays Nicaragua at 7:00 AM EST
Great Britain plays Venezuela at 7:00 AM EST
Canada plays Chinese Taipei at 2:00 PM EST
USA plays Italy at 2:00 PM EST (Live Streaming)
The official World Cup site offers live streaming for certain games (marked above). The fees are ridiculous (like $10 a game), but you can go here to check that out if you’re interested.
You can also go to this page and find the play by play trackers for each game (click on the round, then go to schedule).
