U.S. NATIONAL TEAM FINAL NOTES FOR SUMMER OF 2007 contact: Niall Adler | c: (714) 331-6412 |
[email protected] | www.usabaseball.com A LOOK AT THE SUMMER USA BASEBALL SCHEDULE (25-12) Battered and bruised near the end, Team USA (25-12) finished off a 37-game, 57- June 19 vs. Oil Can Boyd All-Stars day summer in third place at the World Port Tournament. They also received a sil- *Pittsfield, MA (Wahconah Park) W 9-1 June 20 @ North Adams Steeplecats ver medal at the Pan American Games. Both time they were defeated by Cuba, North Adams, MA (Joe Wolfe) W 9-1 who took home top honors at both tournaments. The Americans traveled through June 21 @ Keene Swamp Bats 16 cities, three continents (in a span of two weeks), and played 10 countries, from Keene, NH (Alumni Field) W 5-0 the mountains of Siberia in Russia to the rain forests of Brazil. The team met for June 22 @ Vermont Mountaineers Montpelier, VT (MRF) W 5-0 the first time on June 19 and without trials, played that night and finished up a six- June 23 @ Torrington Twisters day New England swing at 5-1. They went on to play 10-straight days starting on- Torrington, CT (Fuessenich Park) L 3-4 June 29 against Chinese Taipei and Japan. They took four of five from Taipei, and June 24 @ Newport Gulls Newport, RI (Cardines Field) W 5-4 lost 3-2 to Japan, for the first time on American soil in the annual collegiate series. Two of those losses were by a single run.