Alessandro Maestri
ITALY CLAIM BRONZE MEDAL Great effort by the Champions of Europe, who beat (4-3) Chinese Taipei in front of a roaring crowd Italy makes history. For the first time in the baseball history of the country, the National team wins a medal in an IBAF competition. What makes the accomplishment even more important is the
ITALY KEEP CRUISING ICC 2010 Semi-Finals Day 1: Italy and Cuba keep cruising The defending champions win against The Netherlands coming from behind. The ‘azzurri’ beat Korea and are now a legit contender Phase 2 of the 2010 IBAF Intercontinental Cup commenced with the Netherlands taking on Cuba representing the two pool winners. Cuba received
CRUCIAL WIN FOR ITALY Intercontinental Cup Day 3: crucial wins for Italy and Cuba Italy clinches a spot in the medal round. Japan is too much for young Thai Team. Chinese Taipei overpowers Hong Kong. Cuba defeats South Korea with great pitching A walk off 3 run homer by third base man Infante (his first
LAKELAND TAKES FIRST TWO FROM DAYTONA Cubs Manage Just One Run The Flying Tigers struck in the first inning with an uncommon run-scoring play off the bat of third baseman Francisco Martinez. Cubs starter Oswaldo Martinez (3-7) had walked Pat McKenna and Jordan Lennerton with one out to set up the play. Martinez then blasted
D-CUBS RALLY TO 8-7 VICTORY Rebel Ridling Strikes Again With 12th Home Run The Daytona Cubs (64-52, 30-16) rallied from a 6-1 deficit to knock off the Dunedin Blue Jays (60-56, 19-27) 8-7 on Thursday night’s series opener. Rebel Ridling blasted another home run and tied the game with an RBI double in the seventh
CUBS SPLIT DOUBLEHEADER WITH MARAUDERS Win Streak Snapped at 14 Games DAYTONA BEACH, FL – The Daytona Cubs (59-46, 25-10) pushed their season high win streak to 14 games against the Bradenton Marauders (57-47, 17-16) with a 2-1 win in game one, but dropped game two, 4-3. The Cubs used a wild pitch to walk
CUBS SWEPT IN DOUBLEHEADER TO YANKEES Rusin and Siegfried Highlight Series First Two Games The Daytona Cubs (39-40, 5-4) got swept in Fridays doubleheader against the Tampa Yankees (42-33, 6-1). The series finale lasted 14 innings before Bradley Suttle hit a walk-off home run for Tampa in a 4-3 decision, and the D-Cubs offense never
ALESSANDRO MAESTRI SPOKEN BY IBAF Born on January 6th 1985 in Cesena. Righthanded pitcher, he is under contract with the Chicago Cubs and rated by Baseball America number 23 (and the best overall ‘slider’) amongst the prospects of the organization. In the 2007 season he played for the Peoria Chiefs (Class A). He was one
CHEN DELIVERS FOR SMOKIES IN WIN MONDAY NIGHT Series-clinching win over West Tenn puts Smokies 2.5 games ahead in first half division race KODAK, Tennessee – In arguably his biggest start to-date this season, Hung-Wen Chen came through with his most clutch performance. He kept hot-hitting West Tenn at bay over six scoreless innings to
SMOKIES RIDE CHEN’S ARM TO 4-2 WIN ON WEDNESDAY Chen strikes out eight in Tennessee’s 4-2 win over Huntsville KODAK, Tennessee – Another strong pitching performance by the Tennessee Smokies’ starting rotation propelled them to their second win in as many nights against the Huntsville Stars, 4-2. Hung-Wen Chen’s eight-strikeout performance helped give this week’s
EXTRAS UNKIND TO SMOKIES AGAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT Loss is team’s second extra-inning defeat this week; Carpenter solid in six-inning start KODAK, Tenn. – Free baseball has not been a good thing for the Tennessee Smokies in this week’s series with the Carolina Mudcats. A shaky bullpen and multiple errors late spelled doom for the Smokies
SMOKIES FALL IN EXTRAS TO CAROLINA ON MONDAY 8 – 3 Tennessee falls for the first time this year to Mudcats After Robinson Chirinos’ RBI-double in the eighth tied the game at three, the score would hold up until the 10th when Carolina put up five runs off the Smokies and reliever Alex Maestri (2-2).
SMOKIES REBOUND TO EARN SPLIT THURSDAY NIGHT Cashner dominates in Game 2 win over Mobile; Castro extends hit streak to six Andrew Cashner, the Chicago Cubs top pitching prospect and Game 2 starter for Tennessee, amassed eight strikeouts in 5.2 innings of work, allowing only two hits. He improved to 3-1 on the year and
SMOKIES REBOUND FROM DEFICIT TO WIN MONDAY Flaherty, Thomas lead Smokies with three hits apiece; Smokies now 15-3 on the year The Smokies momentum from a Game 2 win on Sunday mirrored that of the cold weather. While Tony Campana did score on a Ty Wright groundout off Barons starter Jhonny Nunez (0-2) to give
SMOKIES MAKE IT TWO IN A ROW OVER LOOKOUTS Chirinos’ 3-for-4 night included second home run in as many nights; Smokies now 6-1 Tennessee (6-1) struck early for the second consecutive night. Ty Wright, Russ Canzler and Chirinos delivered back-to-back-to-back doubles, with the latter two hits scoring Wright and Canzler to give the Smokies the