Saturday, 10 November 2007
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see relatedAussies victorious again
Former Clearwater Thresher Josh Outman gave up 3 runs, none of which were earned on 5 hits and 2 walks while striking out 2 in 3 innings. In fact, only one of Italy's 6 runs were earned. A pair of errors by shortstop Brian Bixler (Pittsburgh) did in Team USA who fell to Team Italy, 6-2. (Recap)
In other Group A action, Spain downed South Africa 7-4, host Chinese Taipei took a 6-1 win over Japan, and Panama slipped past Mexico, 3-2.
Team Australia continued to roll, taking a 7-4 win over Venezuela in Group B play. Former Miracle Josh Hill took the start for the boys from down under, giving up 4 earned runs on 4 hits and 4 walks while striking out 4 in 3 innings worth of work. Glenn Williams was 2-for-4 with a walk and Luke Hughes was 1-for-2 with 3 RBIs.
Hill struggled with his fast ball, hitting Luis Alen with a pitch to start the 2nd inning then advancing him to 2nd on a wild pitch. After getting Saul Torres to strike out, Hill then walked Jean Centeno. Following a Jose Aponte fly out, Hill issued another walk, this time to Dirimo Chavez to load the bases. Liu Rodriguez drove a 2-1 pitch deep into right centerfield for a 3-run triple, then came home on Lino Connell's single for the 4-0 lead.
Back-to-back doubles by Brett Roneberg and Tom Brice got Team Australia on the board in the fourth. Williams hit a double start off the sixth then came home on a throwing error by Chavez to cut the Venezuelan lead in half. Tom Brice's single-shot home run gave the Aussies another point.
Another former Thresher, Brad Harman, hit a double to start off the 7th and then came in when Justin Huber hit a double to tie up the game.
In the 11th inning, Brett Roneberg lead off with a double. With one out, Mathew Kent was intentionally walked. New Britain's Luke Hughes, who came into the game as a late inning defensive replacement, then crushed a 2-0 pitch over the left field bleachers to give the Aussies their second consectutive walk off win.
Trent Oeltjen continued his offensive onslaught, going 3-for-4 at the plate with a walk, but he did not figure into any of the scoring.
Former Miracle Tristan Crawford pitched part of the 8th inning for the Aussies, walking Jose Labraton.
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Baseball AustraliaIn other Group B play, Team Korea took a 18-2 mercy rule win over Thailand, Cuba defeated Team Canada 6-3, and Team Netherlands fell Team Germany 15-5.
Tom Stuifbergen's brother Nick pitched 2 innings for the Netherlands, giving up 1 earned run on 2 hits and 1 walk while striking out 2.
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