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GERMAN BACKS TENACIOUS KIKUCHI AS LIONS DOWN BUFFALOES Esteban German broke a scoreless deadlock with a two-run single in the sixth inning, Yusei Kikuchi threw seven gritty innings and the Seibu Lions beat the Orix Buffaloes 2-0 to resume league play with…
GERMAN BACKS TENACIOUS KIKUCHI AS LIONS DOWN ORIX BUFFALOES Esteban German broke a scoreless deadlock with a two-run single in the sixth inning, Yusei Kikuchi threw seven gritty innings and the Seibu Lions beat the Orix Buffaloes 2-0 to resume league play…
MAESTRI AND PANERATI IN JAPAN The Italian pitchers, Maestri and Panerati are both looking forward to 2013 baseball season in Japan. Maestri and his team, Orix Buffaloes, are already underway in the NPB as the young right-hander has already thrown…
MAESTRI DEMOTED TO MINORS IN JAPAN Italian right-hander Alessandro Maestri of the ORIX Buffaloes has been demoted to the Minors by the Japanese NPB club according to a report by GrandeSlam.net. The decision was made after a disappointing relief appearance of Maestri on…
PUERTO RICO RALLY A DO-OR-DIE GAME Puerto Rico rallied for three runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to overtake Italy for a 4-3, do-or-die victory in Miami that kept them alive in the World Baseball Classic on Wednesday.…
PUERTO RICO ELIMINATE ITALY By Gabriel Fidler It was a different night but the same story for Italy in the World Baseball Classic. After taking the lead on a big hit, this time by Anthony Rizzo, Italy wasted the efforts of…
PUERTO RICO ELIMINATES ITALY Team Italy was five outs away from another shocking upset in the World Baseball Classic, but Puerto Rico came storming back to score three runs in the bottom of the eighth as Puerto Rico beat Italy, 4-3.…
WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC RECAP: ITALY VS PUERTO RICO Even with only one game on the Mar. 13 schedule, the World Baseball Classic still managed to provide us with plenty of drama. Alex Maestri, Anthony Rizzo and Carlos Rivera can be thanked…
PUERTO RICO RALLIES AND STAY ALIVE MIAMI – Playing against established baseball powers like the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico in its last two games, Team Italy led by two runs going into the seventh inning. Both times it allowed…
PUERTO RICO’S LATE RALLY GIVES ITALY THE BOOT Three-run spurt in eighth inning helps stave off Classic elimination By Joe Frisaro MIAMI — Team Puerto Rico survived the hard way on Wednesday night. On the brink of elimination, Puerto Rico…
PUERTO RICO ENDS ITALY CLASSIC MIAMI-Anthony Rizzo took one Xavier Cedeno 88-mph fastball for a strike. He didn’t make the same mistake twice.Cedeno followed with the same pitch and Rizzo, a Fort Lauderdale native and Douglas High School star, laced…
PUERTO RICO RALLIES PAST ITALY 4-3 IN WBC By STEVEN WINE AP Sports Writer MIAMI (AP) – With the score tied and two outs, Puerto Rico’s Alex Rios kept running from second base. Rios scored the go-ahead run without a play,…
ITALIANS TAKE A LARGE STEP IN BASEBALL Early on, bacci were floating on a comfortable zephyr during Marlins Stadium. Italy was violence a Dominican Republic in a ball game. Which is same to observant a Dominican Republic was violence Italy in…
PUERTO RICO, ITALY MEET WITH ELIMINATION ON LINE By Joe Frisaro MIAMI — The time for urgency is now for Italy and Puerto Rico. Each squad lost on Tuesday night in their respective Round 2 opener of the World Baseball Classic…
SOUHAN: COLABELLO STICKING WITH BASEBALL? THAT’S AMORE Team Italy’s Chris Colabello hasn’t given up on his dream of making it with the Twins. Article by: JIM SOUHAN , Star Tribune MIAMI – Chris Colabello, the Twins minor leaguer slugging for Italy…