Saturday, March 11, 2017

Image result for usa baseballUSA played its first World Baseball Classic game yesterday against Columbia, kicking off its Pool C play. Columbia took a 2-0 lead in the 5th inning, but the U.S. came back, and the game went into extra innings. In the tenth, Adam Jones hit the game winning single, which you can see here. http://m.mlb.com/video/v1235162683/must-c-clutch-adam-jones-wins-it-for-team-usa/?affiliateId=clubMEGAMENU The U.S. will face a tough Dominican Republic team at 6:30 tonight. Columbia is beating Canada 3-1 right now. Both teams are 0-1 in Pool C. In Pool A, Israel, which is 3-0, and the Netherlands will advance to Pool E, along with Japan, who is also 3-0, and Cuba. In Pool D, Italy had an incredible rally on Thursday, when they scored 5 runs in the ninth. Italy and Puerto Rico would advance with the U.S and Dominican if Round 1 ended now, which it is not. Be sure to cheer on your country this year!

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