The following are the summaries of the 1st 10 games for each team in our Statis-Pro World Baseball Classic, as well as notes on what six games remain on their schedule. If the season ended today, the Dominican Republic would win the Multi-Coast Division with a 21-9 record, and they would face the Continental Division champion Venezuela with a 19-11 mark. We posted all scoresheets from games here.
ACC
13-17, 6 games behind Venezuela in Continental Division
2 games remaining against Big 12.
ACC 8, Cuba 3 (sweep credit): In the only offensive
explosion in the first set of games with all aces pitching, the ACC jumped on
Peacock (we let Cuba have Miami-born players) for 3 in the 1st and then a 3-run
homer by Brad Miller (Clemson-St. Louis) helped the ACC get the 1st sweep (win
after +5 lead after 8 innings). Starting Pitcher: Lewicki; Win Credit: 3 - 0
ACC 9, Cuba 3 (sweep credit): The lack of pitching for Cuba
became an alarm bell after a second straight sweep left them 0-6, having been
outscored 17-6 in the two games. They have two of the top relievers in Chapman
and Raisal Iglesias, but had to use them earlier in the game to get out of
jams, and ran out of arms as Smith's 2nd homer or the game, a 3-run homer, made
it 9-1 after 8 top secure the 5-run lead needed for a sweep. The other
Iglesias, shortstop Jose, hit a 2-run homer in the 9th to add to Alvarez
earlier homer, but they still fell short 9-3. Starting Pitcher: Thornton; Win
Credit: 3 - 0
Dominican Republic 6, ACC 1 (Sweep). The Dominican Republic
then scored 5 more in the first three innings of the second game, and held onto
the sweep 6-1 to improve to 9-3 and drop the ACC to 6-6. Starting Pitcher:
Hjelle; Win Credit: 0 - 3
Dominican Republic 15, ACC 7 (sweep, max runs recorded in
line is 10). After the ACC moved into 1st with a 6-0 mark by blitzing Cuba. The
scored 7 more runs against the defending champion Dominican Republic, but it
was not nearly enough. Ozuna hit 3 of the Champs 7 home runs - all in the first
5 innings, for the 15-7 win that gave them sweep credit and tied the two teams
at 6-3. Starting Pitcher: Weaver; Win Credit: 0 - 3
Japan 7, ACC 5 (10 inn). Score to left in both games shows
5-4 final, because we only record score after 9 innings plus 1 for winner.
Starting Pitcher: Hjelle; Win Credit: 1 - 2
Japan 8, ACC 5 (10 inn). 1st 5 batters in Japan's order hit
incredible .450 in 1st 9 innings of 2 games (18 of 40), but left tons of men on
base to go to extra innings both times with 4-4 ties. However, they wore out
ACC pitchers in the process and explodes in the 10th for an 8-5 win on Ohtani's
10th inning homer in the first game and 7-5 on Choi's double in the 10th of the
second game. Starting Pitcher: Weaver; Win Credit: 1 – 2
2 games left against Pac-12.
ACC 11, Mexico 1. The ACC pounded 4 HRs in the 4th through
6th (Miller, Smith, DuVal and Blackmon) to pull away. Starting Pitcher:
Thornton; Win Credit: 3 - 0
Puerto Rico 4, ACC 3 (10 Innings). Correa's 10th inning RBI
single scored Lindor, and then Rosario hit a sharp grounder that any of Puerto
Rico's 3 SS could have gotten to (Baez, Lindor or Correa) but Trea Turner could
not and it went through as the game-winning RBI. Starting Pitcher: Lewicki; Win
Credit: 1 – 2
2 games left against SEC.
Venezuela 7, ACC 3. Altuve hit 2 homers and Torres and E. Suerez added others
in hitter friendly National Park. Starting Pitcher: Lewicki; Win Credit: 1 - 2
Venezuela 8, ACC 3. Perez hit a grandslam homer and
Venezuela ended up with 7 homers in the 2-game series to open a wide lead with
a 19-11 mark. Carrasco gave 5 solid innings to lower the team's starters ERAs
to 1.78 for the year. Starting Pitcher: Thornton; Win Credit: 0 – 3
Big-12
12-18, 7 games behind Venezuela in Continental Division
2 games left against ACC.
Big-12 5, Cuba 3. Arrieta (TCU) won the second game with 1
run allowed in 7 innings. The weak Big-12 bullpen surrendered a 2-run homer to
Roberts in the 8th to cut it to 5-3, but that was the final. Starting Pitcher:
Arrieta; Win Credit: 2 - 1
Cuba 6, Big-12 3. Muncy (Baylor) led off the game with a
Homer to start a 3 run first for the Big 12, but Perez settled down to not
allow anything else, and Cuba's killer PB2-9s Iglesias and Chapman locked down
Cuba's 1st win, 5-3. Robert homered in both games. Starting Pitcher: Heaney;
Win Credit: 1 - 2
Dominican Republic 5, Big-12 2: McBroom's 2-run homer off
the defending champs ace Castillo gave the Big 12 a 2-0 lead. However Meija
proved the hero for the Dominican Republic, reaching all 4 times including
scoring the tying run after a single, and then delivering a 2-out, bases loaded
single in the 7th, though he did take a wrong turn at 1st base and was thrown
out. Starting Pitcher: Gray; Win Credit: 1 - 2
Big-12 5, Dominican Republic 4: The Big 12 used a 3-run
pinch hit HR by Orf and a 2-run homer by Mayfield and then clung to a 5-4 win
against the powerful defending champion Dominion Republic. Three DEEP drives by
the Dominican Republic were all caught for long outs (we play these games as
neutral batter-hitter parks, meaning each DEEP drive is a homer on a 11-48 or
caught by the wall on a 51-88). Ramirez started the 9th with a homer, and then
Marshall issued two walks to (like the SEC against Mexico in Game 2) but the
winning run on base in the 9th, but Marshall induced a ground out by Cano to
end the game. Starting Pitcher: z-Means; Win Credit: 2 - 1
Japan 4, Big12 2. Yates retired 5 straight for the save
(relievers can enter during an inning and finish the next one at full strength
only if they never allow a baserunner). Earlier Ohtani his a 2-run homer, and
later Japan scored with doubles by Choo and Kiner-Falefa followed by a triple
by Wong. Starting Pitcher: Arrieta; Win Credit: 1 - 2
Big12 4, Mexico 1. Cron and Carpenter homered to back Gray's
7 shout out innings. Starting Pitcher: Gray; Win Credit: 2 – 1
2 games left against Pac-12.
Puerto Rico 7, Big-12 3. Trailing 3-2 heading into the 9th,
Rosario had the 1st and 5th hit of a 5-run rally for the win. Starting Pitcher:
Heaney; Win Credit: 1 - 2
Puerto Rico 11, Big12 4. Winker and Vazquez both hit pinch
hit homers on the way to a route. Starting Pitcher: 1+Richards; Win Credit: 0 -
3
SEC 6, Big-12 0. Scherzer lowered his ERA to 1.38 and the SEC is credited with a 7-2 record
with him on the mound as they received credit for a sweep to pull within 3
games of 1st place Venezuela. Swanson's 2-run triple in the 8th delivered the
5-run margin for the sweep. Starting Pitcher: Arrieta; Win Credit: 0 - 3
Big-12 3, SEC 2. Buehler's 7 scoreless innings and a chance
to close in on Venezuela were wasted when closer Pomeranz blew the save, giving
up a 2-run double to Mayfield and then walk off single to Orf. Starting
Pitcher: Gray; Win Credit: 2 – 1
2 games left against Venezuela.
Cuba
12-18, 9 games behind Dominican Republic in Multi-Coast Division
ACC 9, Cuba 3 (sweep credit): The lack of pitching for Cuba
became an alarm bell after a second straight sweep left them 0-6, having been
outscored 17-6 in the two games. They have two of the top relievers in Chapman
and Raisal Iglesias, but had to use them earlier in the game to get out of
jams, and ran out of arms as Smith's 2nd homer or the game, a 3-run homer, made
it 9-1 after 8 top secure the 5-run lead needed for a sweep. The other
Iglesias, shortstop Jose, hit a 2-run homer in the 9th to add to Alvarez
earlier homer, but they still fell short 9-3. Starting Pitcher: Bolanos; Win
Credit: 0 - 3
ACC 8, Cuba 3 (sweep credit): In the only offensive
explosion in the first set of games with all aces pitching, the ACC jumped on
Peacock (we let Cuba have Miami-born players) for 3 in the 1st and then a 3-run
homer by Brad Miller (Clemson-St. Louis) helped the ACC get the 1st sweep (win
after +5 lead after 8 innings). Starting Pitcher: Peacock; Win Credit: 0 - 3
Cuba 6, Big-12 3. Muncy (Baylor) led off the game with a
Homer to start a 3 run first for the Big 12, but Perez settled down to not
allow anything else, and Cuba's killer PB2-9s Iglesias and Chapman locked down
Cuba's 1st win, 5-3. Robert homered in both games. Starting Pitcher: Perez; Win
Credit: 2 - 1
Big-12 5, Cuba 3. Arrieta (TCU) won the second game with 1
run allowed in 7 innings. The weak Big-12 bullpen surrendered a 2-run homer to
Roberts in the 8th to cut it to 5-3, but that was the final. Starting Pitcher:
Rodon; Win Credit: 1 - 2
Dominican Republic 3, Cuba 2. Embattled Cuba pitching
rotation entered with a 6.00 ERA against the dominant Dominicans line-up, but
Perez gave them their best start of the season (5 IP, 1 R) and when Luis
Roberts and Grandal homered in the 5th and 6th and Y. Gurriel delivered a hit
and run single with no outs in the 9th they almost pulled off the big upset,
but Neris closed it out. Starting Pitcher: Perez; Win Credit: 1 - 2
Dominican Republic 6, Cuba 4. Severino threw 7 shutout
innings for the 2nd straight start, allowing 1 hit ball and Soto homered for
second straight game for a 6-0 lead, but in the last 2 innings Luis Roberts
homered for the second straight game as one of 5 hits in the 8th and 9th to cut
it to 6-4 and put the tying run at the plate before a tiring Rodriguez (down to
PB: 2-7) retired 2 pinchhitters. Starting Pitcher: Rodon; Win Credit: 1 – 2
2 games left against Japan.
2 games left against Mexico.
Pac-12 5, Cuba 1. Gerritt Cole threw another 8 innings
allowing only an unearned run, but it was still tied 0-0 in the 7th. Chapman
entered in the 7th with 2 outs and runners on first and third only to have
Calhoun greet him with the homer. Starting Pitcher: Bolanos; Win Credit: 1 - 2
Cuba 13, Pac-12 4 (sweep). Cuba launched 6 home runs in the
hitting-friendly Great American Park to deal a severe blow to the Pac-12s
chances to catch Venezuela. World Series hero Arozarena hit a pinch-hit 3-run
homer, Abreu hit 2 HRs, and the three batters in front of him in the order all
homered as well (Luis Robert Iglesias and Alvarez). Starting Pitcher: Peacock;
Win Credit: 3 – 0
2 games left against Puerto Rico.
Cuba 4, SEC 3. After Chapman came in to close out the 8th,
Anderson shocked him with a homer to start the 9th, meaning Chapman had to drop
a PB for each of the last three batters, but retired them as a PB2-8, 2-7 then
4-7. He was the 6th pitcher of the game and last pitcher available in the
2-game series. Starting Pitcher: Bolanos; Win Credit: 2 - 1
Venezuela 3, Cuba 1. Perez hit a key double, and Contreras
pinch hit and was hit by a pitch to bring in a run, and Vazquez recordded teh
save. Starting Pitcher: Peacock; Win Credit: 1 – 2
Dominican
Republic 21-9, 6 games ahead of Japan and Mexico to lead Multi-Coast Division
Dominican Republic 15, ACC 7 (sweep, max runs recorded in
line is 10). After the ACC moved into 1st with a 6-0 mark by blitzing Cuba. The
scored 7 more runs against the defending champion Dominican Republic, but it
was not nearly enough. Ozuna hit 3 of the Champs 7 home runs - all in the first
5 innings, for the 15-7 win that gave them sweep credit and tied the two teams
at 6-3. Starting Pitcher: Lamet; Win Credit: 3 - 0
Dominican Republic 6, ACC 1 (Sweep). The Dominican Republic
then scored 5 more in the first three innings of the second game, and held onto
the sweep 6-1 to improve to 9-3 and drop the ACC to 6-6. Starting Pitcher:
Severino; Win Credit: 3 - 0
Dominican Republic 5, Big-12 2: McBroom's 2-run homer off
the defending champs ace Castillo gave the Big 12 a 2-0 lead. However Meija
proved the hero for the Dominican Republic, reaching all 4 times including
scoring the tying run after a single, and then delivering a 2-out, bases loaded
single in the 7th, though he did take a wrong turn at 1st base and was thrown
out. Starting Pitcher: Castillo; Win Credit: 2 - 1
Big-12 5, Dominican Republic 4: The Big 12 used a 3-run
pinch hit HR by Orf and a 2-run homer by Mayfield and then clung to a 5-4 win
against the powerful defending champion Dominion Republic. Three DEEP drives by
the Dominican Republic were all caught for long outs (we play these games as
neutral batter-hitter parks, meaning each DEEP drive is a homer on a 11-48 or
caught by the wall on a 51-88). Ramirez started the 9th with a homer, and then
Marshall issued two walks to (like the SEC against Mexico in Game 2) but the
winning run on base in the 9th, but Marshall induced a ground out by Cano to
end the game. Starting Pitcher: Valdez; Win Credit: 1 - 2
Dominican Republic 3, Cuba 2. Embattled Cuba pitching
rotation entered with a 6.00 ERA against the dominant Dominicans line-up, but
Perez gave them their best start of the season (5 IP, 1 R) and when Luis
Roberts and Grandal homered in the 5th and 6th and Y. Gurriel delivered a hit
and run single with no outs in the 9th they almost pulled off the big upset,
but Neris closed it out. Starting Pitcher: Lamet; Win Credit: 2 - 1
Dominican Republic 6, Cuba 4. Severino threw 7 shutout
innings for the 2nd straight start, allowing 1 hit ball and Soto homered for
second straight game for a 6-0 lead, but in the last 2 innings Luis Roberts
homered for the second straight game as one of 5 hits in the 8th and 9th to cut
it to 6-4 and put the tying run at the plate before a tiring Rodriguez (down to
PB: 2-7) retired 2 pinchhitters. Starting Pitcher: Severino; Win Credit: 2 – 1
2 games left against Japan.
2 games left against Mexico.
Dominican Republic 9, Pac-12 3. The 4th through 7th batters
in the order - Ozuna, Sano, Sanchez and Cano - all homered. Starting Pitcher:
Castillo; Win Credit: 2 - 1
Dominican Republic 8, Puerto Rico 3. DR hammered Hoffman for
3 homers and 7 runs in the first 2 innings (Tatis, Soto and Ozuna) on their way
to a 5-run rule sweep to improve to 21-9 - a .700 winning mark to stretch their
lead in the Multi-Coast Division. Starting Pitcher: Castillo; Win Credit: 3 - 0
Dominican Republic 9, Puerto Rico 7. DR's No. 4 starter
Valdez (6 IP, 1R) easily outdueled Puerto Rico's ace Corbin (4,5). PR chose the
best pitchers park in baseball (CitiField) and held DR without a homer, but Lindor
reached and scored in the 1st, 3rd, and 5th to chase Corbin and make it 6-1
before PR arllied late on homers by Molina and Bader to avoid the sweep.
Starting Pitcher: Valdez; Win Credit: 2 – 1
2 games left against SEC.
Venezuela 5, Dominican Republic 4. Altuve homered and Torres
3rd hit of the game was a 2-run single to make it 5-0 Venezuela. However, DR's
furious rally in the 8th and 9th fell just short. Starting Pitcher: Valdez; Win
Credit: 1 – 2
Japan
15-15, 6 games behind Dominican Republic in Multi-Coast Division
Japan 7, ACC 5 (10 inn). Score to left in both games shows
5-4 final, because we only record score after 9 innings plus 1 for winner.
Starting Pitcher: Ryu; Win Credit: 2 - 1
Japan 8, ACC 5 (10 inn). 1st 5 batters in Japan's order hit
incredible .450 in 1st 9 innings of 2 games (18 of 40), but left tons of men on
base to go to extra innings both times with 4-4 ties. However, they wore out
ACC pitchers in the process and explodes in the 10th for an 8-5 win on Ohtani's
10th inning homer in the first game and 7-5 on Choi's double in the 10th of the
second game. Starting Pitcher: Uehara; Win Credit: 2 - 1
Japan 4, Big12 2. Yates retired 5 straight for the save
(relievers can enter during an inning and finish the next one at full strength
only if they never allow a baserunner). Earlier Ohtani his a 2-run homer, and
later Japan scored with doubles by Choo and Kiner-Falefa followed by a triple
by Wong. Starting Pitcher: 1+Anderson; Win Credit: 2 – 1
2 games left against Cuba.
2 games left against Dominican Republic.
Mexico 8, Japan 2. After topping 2 runs only once in 7
games, Mexico winning 8-2 in a 2nd straight game behind 3 hits by R. Urias and
four more with Cuthbert. Japanese starter Anderson was injured in the 1st
inning. Starting Pitcher: 1+Anderson; Win Credit: 0 - 3
Japan 4, Mexico 3. R. Urias shocked Darvish with a 3-run HR
in the 2nd, but Japan fought back and in the 9th Ohtani singled, stole second,
went to 3rd on a clutch defense passed ball, and scored on a wild pitch for the
4-3 win. Starting Pitcher: Darvish; Win Credit: 2 - 1
Japan-S. Korea 2, Pac-12 0: Darvish no-hit the Pac-12, and
only missed a perfect game due to hitting Conforto with a pitch in the 4th.
Cole had a duel no-hitter into the 6th despite terrible fielding, until Ohtani
homered. Later in the inning Tsutsugo hit a grounder down the line that third
baseman Lamb misplayed into an RBI double for the 2-0 final. Under the new
stamina system Darvish PB dropped to a PB: 2-8 for the 8th and PB: 2-7 for the
9th (averages 5-6 innings per appearance, so his remaining SR is eliminated at
the end of the next inning, the 7th). Starting Pitcher: Darvish; Win Credit: 2
- 1
Japan 11, Pac-12 3 (sweep, record max of 10). A rare
offensive explosion from Japan was led by homers by Tsutsugo, Choi and Choo.
Starting Pitcher: Uehara; Win Credit: 3 – 0
2-games left against Puerto Rico.
sec 3, japan 2. coming off a no-hitter, Darvish was tagged
for three straight sec singles in the 1st inning (Yaz, anderson, mccann) and
fell behind 3-0. japan finally chased scherzer in the 8th with singles by wong
and Tsutgago, and then brought in those 2 runs once Roger relieved, on an rbi
single by choi and then a wild pickoff attempt by rogers. Starting Pitcher:
Darvish; Win Credit: 1 - 2
Venezuela 17, Japan 3 (max 10 runs recorded on line).
Peralta hit two 3-run homers and Venezuela's .432 batting average and 6 HRs
were both the best batting marks of the 1st 2 series for any team (20 total
games). Starting Pitcher: Ryu; Win Credit: 0 - 3
Venezuela 2, Japan-S. Korea 0. Lopez shut down Japan for 7
strong innings with 9 Ks, the turned it over to the dominant closers Castillo
and Vazquez to complete the shutout, as Peralta's RBI double and Aguilar's
homer provided the 2-0 wins. Starting Pitcher: z-Yates; Win Credit: 1 – 2
Mexico
15-15, 6 games behind Dominican Republic in Multi-Coast Division.
ACC 10, Mexico 1 Starting Pitcher: 1+Cessa; Win Credit: 0 -
3
Big12 4, Mexico 1. Cron and Carpenter homered to back Gray's
7 shout out innings. Starting Pitcher: Gonzalez; Win Credit: 1 – 2
2 games left against Cuba.
2 games left against Dominion Republic.
Japan 4, Mexico 3. R. Urias shocked Darvish with a 3-run HR
in the 2nd, but Japan fought back and in the 9th Ohtani singled, stole second,
went to 3rd on a clutch defense passed ball, and scored on a wild pitch for the
4-3 win. Starting Pitcher: 1+Cessa; Win Credit: 1 - 2
Mexico 8, Japan 2. After topping 2 runs only once in 7
games, Mexico winning 8-2 in a 2nd straight game behind 3 hits by R. Urias and
four more with Cuthbert. Japanese starter Anderson was injured in the 1st
inning. Starting Pitcher: Gonzalez; Win Credit: 3 - 0
Pac-12 5, Mexico 1. Bauer dominated for 8 innings except for
a HR by Kirk, but had to wait until he was pinch-hit for in the bottom of the
8th to go ahead, with his pinchhitter Semien delivering the key 2-run double.
The normally dominant Osuna allowed 4 runs in the 8th without retiring an
opposing batter. Starting Pitcher: Loasiga; Win Credit: 1 - 2
Pac-12 7, Mexico 6 (10 innings). The normally light-hitting
Mexican team exploded in the 1st two innings with 2-run homers by L. Urias,
Paredes and Kirk to take a 6-2, but the team's normal strength, the bullpen,
let it slip away for a 2nd straight game. Healy went 4 for 4 including the RBI
single in the bottom of the 9th to force extra innings and an earlier homer.
Starting Pitcher: Urquidy; Win Credit: 1 – 2
2 games left against Puerto Rico.
SEC 2, Mexico 1: Light-hitting Mexico led most of the way on
a third inning homer by Arauz off of Schweizer (Mizzou), and the game ended
with Camargo driving a clutch batting (BD) drive just foul that would have made
it 3-2 Mexico. However two Red Sox came though for the SEC with Bradley
delivering one of his 3 hits to load the bases with 2 outs in the 6th then
pinch hitter Benintendi drawing and RBI-walk to break the shutout. J. McCann
the led off the 8th with a Homer for the 2-1 win. Starting Pitcher: Gonzalez;
Win Credit: 1 - 2
Mexico 1, SEC 0: The Mexican pictures continued to look like
Fernando Valenzuela, with four pitchers combining for a 3-hits shutout against
the powerful SEC line-up. Second inning singles by R. Urias, R. Urias and then
Arauz (whose grounder got past the 1st baseman) gave Mexico their only run to
secure a surprise split. Gallego dodged a bullet in the 9th when Bradley and
Alonso singled to put the winning run on base, and then Yastrzemski blasted a
clutch batting foul home run, before striking out. Starting Pitcher: z-Agrazal;
Win Credit: 2 - 1
mexico 1, venezuela 0. mexico shocked venezuela, breaking a
1-1 tie in the 10th on Arauz third hit if the game to put paredes (who started
on 2nd base), and then pinch hitter pena grounded to first but venezuela's aguilar
bobbled the ball to end the game. Starting Pitcher: Loasiga; Win Credit: 2 - 1
mexico 8, venezuela 2. in the most shocking series to date,
Mexico got sweep credit to win the series over heavily favored Venezuela 8-2.
it was only the second time in 8 games mexico scored more than two runs, but L
Urias hit 2 homers and dodgers world
series hero Urias came in long relief to make the sweep hold up. Starting
Pitcher: Urquidy; Win Credit: 3 – 0
Pac-12
15-15, 4 games behind Venezuela in Continental Division
2 games left against ACC.
2 games left against Big 12.
Pac-12 5, Cuba 1. Gerritt Cole threw another 8 innings
allowing only an unearned run, but it was still tied 0-0 in the 7th. Chapman
entered in the 7th with 2 outs and runners on first and third only to have
Calhoun greet him with the homer. Starting Pitcher: Cole; Win Credit: 2 - 1
Cuba 13, Pac-12 4 (sweep). Cuba launched 6 home runs in the
hitting-friendly Great American Park to deal a severe blow to the Pac-12s
chances to catch Venezuela. World Series hero Arozarena hit a pinch-hit 3-run
homer, Abreu hit 2 HRs, and the three batters in front of him in the order all homered
as well (Luis Robert Iglesias and Alvarez). Starting Pitcher: Kelly; Win
Credit: 0 - 3
Dominican Republic 9, Pac-12 3. The 4th through 7th batters
in the order - Ozuna, Sano, Sanchez and Cano - all homered. Starting Pitcher:
Cole; Win Credit: 1 - 2
Japan-S. Korea 2, Pac-12 0: Darvish no-hit the Pac-12, and
only missed a perfect game due to hitting Conforto with a pitch in the 4th.
Cole had a duel no-hitter into the 6th despite terrible fielding, until Ohtani
homered. Later in the inning Tsutsugo hit a grounder down the line that third
baseman Lamb misplayed into an RBI double for the 2-0 final. Under the new
stamina system Darvish PB dropped to a PB: 2-8 for the 8th and PB: 2-7 for the
9th (averages 5-6 innings per appearance, so his remaining SR is eliminated at
the end of the next inning, the 7th). Starting Pitcher: Cole; Win Credit: 1 - 2
Japan 11, Pac-12 3 (sweep, record max of 10). A rare
offensive explosion from Japan was led by homers by Tsutsugo, Choi and Choo.
Starting Pitcher: Kelly; Win Credit: 0 - 3
Pac-12 5, Mexico 1. Bauer dominated for 8 innings except for
a HR by Kirk, but had to wait until he was pinch-hit for in the bottom of the
8th to go ahead, with his pinchhitter Semien delivering the key 2-run double.
The normally dominant Osuna allowed 4 runs in the 8th without retiring an
opposing batter. Starting Pitcher: Bauer; Win Credit: 2 - 1
Pac-12 7, Mexico 6 (10 innings). The normally light-hitting
Mexican team exploded in the 1st two innings with 2-run homers by L. Urias,
Paredes and Kirk to take a 6-2, but the team's normal strength, the bullpen,
let it slip away for a 2nd straight game. Healy went 4 for 4 including the RBI
single in the bottom of the 9th to force extra innings and an earlier homer.
Starting Pitcher: Canning; Win Credit: 2 - 1
Pac-12 2, Puerto Rico 0. Kelly not only threw 6 scoreless
innings, but his sac bunt led to a run. However, Puerto Rico put runners on 1st
and 2nd in the 9th to send Lindor to the plate as the potential game-winning
run, but Melancon induced a double play grounder to give the Pac-12 the win.
Starting Pitcher: Kelly; Win Credit: 2 - 1
SEC 3, Pac-12 2. The Pac-12 wasted 7 scoreless innings by
Bauer, when Anderson and Alonso doubled and the Yaz homered to give the SEC the
win. Starting Pitcher: Bauer; Win Credit: 1 - 2
Pac-12 7, SEC 4. Conforto doubled and scored then homered in
his 2nd at bat to lead the Pac-12 to a sweep (leading by 5 after 8 innings
before SEC cut it to 7-4 in the 9th.) Starting Pitcher: Canning; Win Credit: 3 –
0
2-games left against Venezuela.
Puerto
Rico 13-17, 8 games behind Dominican Republic in Multi-Coastal Division
Puerto Rico 4, ACC 3 (10 Innings). Correa's 10th inning RBI
single scored Lindor, and then Rosario hit a sharp grounder that any of Puerto
Rico's 3 SS could have gotten to (Baez, Lindor or Correa) but Trea Turner could
not and it went through as the game-winning RBI. Starting Pitcher: Corbin; Win
Credit: 2 - 1
Puerto Rico 11, Big12 4. Winker and Vazquez both hit pinch
hit homers on the way to a route. Starting Pitcher: Berrios; Win Credit: 3 - 0
Puerto Rico 7, Big-12 3. Trailing 3-2 heading into the 9th,
Rosario had the 1st and 5th hit of a 5-run rally for the win. Starting Pitcher:
Stroman; Win Credit: 2 – 1
2 games left against Cuba.
Dominican Republic 9, Puerto Rico 7. DR's No. 4 starter
Valdez (6 IP, 1R) easily outdueled Puerto Rico's ace Corbin (4,5). PR chose the
best pitchers park in baseball (CitiField) and held DR without a homer, but
Lindor reached and scored in the 1st, 3rd, and 5th to chase Corbin and make it
6-1 before PR arllied late on homers by Molina and Bader to avoid the sweep.
Starting Pitcher: Corbin; Win Credit: 1 - 2
Dominican Republic 8, Puerto Rico 3. DR hammered Hoffman for
3 homers and 7 runs in the first 2 innings (Tatis, Soto and Ozuna) on their way
to a 5-run rule sweep to improve to 21-9 - a .700 winning mark to stretch their
lead in the Multi-Coast Division. Starting Pitcher: Hoffman; Win Credit: 0 – 3
2 games left against Japan.
2 games left against Mexico.
Pac-12 2, Puerto Rico 0. Kelly not only threw 6 scoreless
innings, but his sac bunt led to a run. However, Puerto Rico put runners on 1st
and 2nd in the 9th to send Lindor to the plate as the potential game-winning
run, but Melancon induced a double play grounder to give the Pac-12 the win.
Starting Pitcher: Hoffman; Win Credit: 1 - 2
SEC 5, Puerto Rico 3. Puerto Rico jumped to a 3-0 lead in
the nightcap, but Alonso (Florida) hit 2 homers to tie it, and then in the 9th
Renfroe, who hit a massive homer for the Rays in the real world series game,
blasted a 9th inning walk off homer off closer Diaz. Based on the line-ups ops
and starting rotations era, the loaded SEC was picked 2nd of 10 teams behind
the Dominican Republic and just ahead of Venezuela. The series made them 7-5 in
third place and expecting to contend - 2 games behind those two teams after 12
games. Starting Pitcher: Berrios; Win Credit: 1 - 2
SEC 4, Puerto Rico 0. The SEC road Gray's 7 innings if 3 hit
ball to a 4-0 win, but Correa threw Yaz out at home on a grounder to third in
the bottom of the 8th to prevent them from recording a 5-0 sweep. Because
Puerto Rico has three Clutch Defense 5, gold glove nominees at shortstop,
Lindor playa SS, Baez plays 2b and Correa plays 3b. Starting Pitcher: Stroman;
Win Credit: 1 - 2
Puerto Rico 4, Venezuela 3 (10 innings): Puerto Rico won on
2 pinch hits. Rosario's pinch hit homer in the 5th tied the game 3-3, and after
2 great defensive plays by Lindor kept it tied, Panik delivered a pinch hit
single in the 10th for the win Starting Pitcher: Corbin; Win Credit: 2 - 1
Venezuela 7, Puerto Rico 0 (sweep). Flores hit 2 HRs, and
Suarez went 4 innings and combined with four relievers on a shutout. Starting
Pitcher: Hoffman; Win Credit: 0 – 3
SEC
15-15, 4 games behind Venezuela in Continental Division
2 games left against the ACC.
Big-12 3, SEC 2. Buehler's 7 scoreless innings and a chance
to close in on Venezuela were wasted when closer Pomeranz blew the save, giving
up a 2-run double to Mayfield and then walk off single to Orf. Starting
Pitcher: Buehler; Win Credit: 1 - 2
SEC 6, Big-12 0. Scherzer lowered his ERA to 1.38 and the SEC is credited with a 7-2 record
with him on the mound as they received credit for a sweep to pull within 3
games of 1st place Venezuela. Swanson's 2-run triple in the 8th delivered the
5-run margin for the sweep. Starting Pitcher: Scherzer; Win Credit: 3 - 0
Cuba 4, SEC 3. After Chapman came in to close out the 8th,
Anderson shocked him with a homer to start the 9th, meaning Chapman had to drop
a PB for each of the last three batters, but retired them as a PB2-8, 2-7 then
4-7. He was the 6th pitcher of the game and last pitcher available in the
2-game series. Starting Pitcher: Buehler; Win Credit: 1 – 2
2 games left against Dominican Republic.
sec 3, japan 2. coming off a no-hitter, Darvish was tagged
for three straight sec singles in the 1st inning (Yaz, anderson, mccann) and
fell behind 3-0. japan finally chased scherzer in the 8th with singles by wong
and Tsutgago, and then brought in those 2 runs once Roger relieved, on an rbi
single by choi and then a wild pickoff attempt by rogers. Starting Pitcher:
Scherzer; Win Credit: 2 - 1
Mexico 1, SEC 0: The Mexican pictures continued to look like
Fernando Valenzuela, with four pitchers combining for a 3-hits shutout against
the powerful SEC line-up. Second inning singles by R. Urias, R. Urias and then
Arauz (whose grounder got past the 1st baseman) gave Mexico their only run to
secure a surprise split. Gallego dodged a bullet in the 9th when Bradley and
Alonso singled to put the winning run on base, and then Yastrzemski blasted a
clutch batting foul home run, before striking out. Starting Pitcher: Buehler;
Win Credit: 1 - 2
SEC 2, Mexico 1: Light-hitting Mexico led most of the way on
a third inning homer by Arauz off of Schweizer (Mizzou), and the game ended
with Camargo driving a clutch batting (BD) drive just foul that would have made
it 3-2 Mexico. However two Red Sox came though for the SEC with Bradley
delivering one of his 3 hits to load the bases with 2 outs in the 6th then
pinch hitter Benintendi drawing and RBI-walk to break the shutout. J. McCann
the led off the 8th with a Homer for the 2-1 win. Starting Pitcher: Scherzer;
Win Credit: 2 - 1
SEC 3, Pac-12 2. The Pac-12 wasted 7 scoreless innings by
Bauer, when Anderson and Alonso doubled and the Yaz homered to give the SEC the
win. Starting Pitcher: Gray; Win Credit: 2 - 1
Pac-12 7, SEC 4. Conforto doubled and scored then homered in
his 2nd at bat to lead the Pac-12 to a sweep (leading by 5 after 8 innings
before SEC cut it to 7-4 in the 9th.) Starting Pitcher: Woodruff; Win Credit: 0
- 3
SEC 4, Puerto Rico 0. The SEC road Gray's 7 innings if 3 hit
ball to a 4-0 win, but Correa threw Yaz out at home on a grounder to third in
the bottom of the 8th to prevent them from recording a 5-0 sweep. Because
Puerto Rico has three Clutch Defense 5, gold glove nominees at shortstop,
Lindor playa SS, Baez plays 2b and Correa plays 3b. Starting Pitcher: Gray; Win
Credit: 2 - 1
SEC 5, Puerto Rico 3. Puerto Rico jumped to a 3-0 lead in
the nightcap, but Alonso (Florida) hit 2 homers to tie it, and then in the 9th
Renfroe, who hit a massive homer for the Rays in the real world series game,
blasted a 9th inning walk off homer off closer Diaz. Based on the line-ups ops
and starting rotations era, the loaded SEC was picked 2nd of 10 teams behind
the Dominican Republic and just ahead of Venezuela. The series made them 7-5 in
third place and expecting to contend - 2 games behind those two teams after 12
games. Starting Pitcher: Woodruff; Win Credit: 2 – 1
2 games left against Venezuela.
Venezuela
19-11, 4 games ahead of SEC and Pac-12 for 1st place in Continental
Division
Venezuela 8, ACC 3. Perez hit a grandslam homer and
Venezuela ended up with 7 homers in the 2-game series to open a wide lead with
a 19-11 mark. Carrasco gave 5 solid innings to lower the team's starters ERAs
to 1.78 for the year. Starting Pitcher: Carrasco; Win Credit: 3 - 0
Venezuela 7, ACC 3. Altuve hit 2 homers and Torres and E. Suerez added others
in hitter friendly National Park. Starting Pitcher: Suarez; Win Credit: 2 - 1
Venezuela 3, Cuba 1. Perez hit a key double, and Contreras
pinch hit and was hit by a pitch to bring in a run, and Vazquez recordded teh
save. Starting Pitcher: Carrasco; Win Credit: 2 - 1
Venezuela 5, Dominican Republic 4. Altuve homered and Torres
3rd hit of the game was a 2-run single to make it 5-0 Venezuela. However, DR's
furious rally in the 8th and 9th fell just short. Starting Pitcher: Suarez; Win
Credit: 2 - 1
Venezuela 2, Japan-S. Korea 0. Lopez shut down Japan for 7
strong innings with 9 Ks, the turned it over to the dominant closers Castillo
and Vazquez to complete the shutout, as Peralta's RBI double and Aguilar's
homer provided the 2-0 wins. Starting Pitcher: Lopez; Win Credit: 2 - 1
Venezuela 17, Japan 3 (max 10 runs recorded on line).
Peralta hit two 3-run homers and Venezuela's .432 batting average and 6 HRs
were both the best batting marks of the 1st 2 series for any team (20 total
games). Starting Pitcher: z-Perez; Win Credit: 3 - 0
mexico 1, venezuela 0. mexico shocked venezuela, breaking a
1-1 tie in the 10th on Arauz third hit if the game to put paredes (who started
on 2nd base), and then pinch hitter pena grounded to first but venezuela's
aguilar bobbled the ball to end the game. Starting Pitcher: Lopez; Win Credit:
1 - 2
mexico 8, venezuela 2. in the most shocking series to date,
Mexico got sweep credit to win the series over heavily favored Venezuela 8-2.
it was only the second time in 8 games mexico scored more than two runs, but L
Urias hit 2 homers and dodgers world
series hero Urias came in long relief to make the sweep hold up. Starting
Pitcher: 1+Rodriguez; Win Credit: 0 - 3
Puerto Rico 4, Venezuela 3 (10 innings): Puerto Rico won on
2 pinch hits. Rosario's pinch hit homer in the 5th tied the game 3-3, and after
2 great defensive plays by Lindor kept it tied, Panik delivered a pinch hit
single in the 10th for the win Starting Pitcher: Carrasco; Win Credit: 1 - 2
Venezuela 7, Puerto Rico 0 (sweep). Flores hit 2 HRs, and
Suarez went 4 innings and combined with four relievers on a shutout. Starting
Pitcher: Suarez; Win Credit: 3 - 0
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