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World Baseball Classic Recap: Team USA Wins Opener

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Yesterday was the busy day of the tournament with eight scheduled games, with a large group of teams playing their first game. Today is the second busiest day on the schedule, with seven games all day. Recap of yesterday below, followed by today’s schedule.

Duane Underwood Jr helped Puerto Rico to a 9-1 win over Nicaragua by throwing a scoreless inning, with no hits or walks, and one strikeout.

Team USA took on Great Britain. David Bednar closed out the 6-2 win for USA with a scoreless ninth. He allowed a hit, but struck out three batters. Chavez Young started for Great Britain. He went 1-for-4 with a single.

Tsung-Che Cheng went 0-for-3 with a walk, leaving him 5-for-15 in four games. Chinese Taipei lost 7-1 to Cuba.

Colombia beat Mexico 5-4. Venezuela won 5-1 over the Dominican Republic. Korea won 7-3 over Czech Republic.

Today’s Schedule

All times are Eastern

Japan vs Australia 6 AM

Netherlands vs Italy 7 AM

Nicaragua vs Israel 12 PM

Great Britain vs Canada 3 PM

Venezuela vs Puerto Rico 7 PM

USA vs Mexico 10 PM

Australia vs Czech Republic 11 PM

Here’s a preview of the tournament, so you know which players/teams to follow. Here’s yesterday’s recap of WBC action.

John Dreker
John Dreker
John started working at Pirates Prospects in 2009, but his connection to the Pittsburgh Pirates started exactly 100 years earlier when Dots Miller debuted for the 1909 World Series champions. John was born in Kearny, NJ, two blocks from the house where Dots Miller grew up. From that hometown hero connection came a love of Pirates history, as well as the sport of baseball. When he didn't make it as a lefty pitcher with an 80+ MPH fastball and a slider that needed work, John turned to covering the game, eventually focusing in on the prospects side, where his interest was pushed by the big league team being below .500 for so long. John has covered the minors in some form since the 2002 season, and leads the draft and international coverage on Pirates Prospects. He writes daily on Pittsburgh Baseball History, when he's not covering the entire system daily throughout the entire year on Pirates Prospects.

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