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www.worldbaseballclassic.com, @WBCBaseball, www.usabaseball.com, @USABaseball Rob Butcher, Team USA Press Officer, [email protected] Team USA (1-0) 2017 World Baseball Classic, Pool C at Fri, USA vs Colombia: USA 3, Colombia 2 (10), WP - Clippard, LP - Moscoso, SV - None Dominican Republic (1-0) Sat, USA at DR: RHP Marcus Stroman vs RHP Edinson Volquez MLB Network, 6:30et Marlins Park, Miami Sun, USA vs Canada: LHP Danny Duffy vs TBA MLB Network, 7:00et Monday, Tiebreaker: If necessary MLB Network, 6:00et Saturday, March 11, 2017 TONIGHT'S GAME: Teams USA and Dominican News & Notes USA vs Colombia (4-0) Republic tonight are meeting in the World Baseball Team USA gameday info can be found at 2005 World Cup Eindhoven, Holland W, 12-1 Classic for only the second time, including a 3-1 DR the usabaseball.com home page under 2010 Pan American Games Carolina, Puerto Rico W, 13-6 win here at Marlins Park in the 2013 event...USA is 4-5 the Latest News heading, USA Baseball 2015 Pan American Games Ajax, Ontario, Canada W, 5-3 vs DR since 1999, when professional players first were 2017 World Baseball Classic Miami, FL W, 3-2 (10) World Baseball Classic News & Notes. allowed to play in international competition. USA vs Dominican Republic (4-5) Saturday No pre-game interview room WELCOME BACK: Marlins Park, beautiful home of 2000 Pan American Cup Panama City, Panama L, 4-8 at Manager Jim Leyland to the National League East Division's Miami Marlins, is 2001 World Cup Koahsiung, Taiwan L, 4-6 DR be available TBD serving as a World Baseball Classic host site for the 2006 Olympic Qualifier Havana, Cuba W, 12-2 Game 2 Batting practice in the cages third time...the venue hosted Round 2 games in both 2010 Pan American Games Carolina, Puerto Rico W, 8-3 2009 and 2013...Team USA is 4-4 in its 8 WBC games 2010 Pan American Games San Juan, Puerto Rico L, 2-7 Sunday No pre-game interview room here, including last night's dramatic 10-inning, 3-2 victory 2011 Pan American Games Lagos de Moreno, Mexico W, 20-2 vs Manager Jim Leyland to vs Colombia. 2013 World Baseball Classic Miami, FL L, 1-3 Canada be available TBD 2015 Pan American Games Ajax, Ontario, Canada L, 4-6 Game 3 Batting practice in the cages ROSTER MOVES: Prior to the first round, RHP Jake 2015 Premier12 Taoyuan City, Taiwan W, 11-5 Odorizzi (TB) replaced RHP Sonny Gray (Oak) in the inactive designated pitcher pool (DPP)...IF/OF Josh USA vs Canada (9-6) 2017 World Baseball Classic 1999 Pan American Games Winnepeg, Canada L, 6-7 Harrison (Pit) replaced IF Matt Carpenter (StL)... Round 1, Miami 2005 World Cup Qualifier Bradenton, FL L, 4-9 RHP Danny Duffy (KC), who had been on the active USA Won, 3-2 (10) Colombia 2005 World Cup Qualifier Bradenton, FL W, 11-8 roster as part of the DPP, replaced C A.J. Ellis (Mia) WP - Clippard, LP - Moscoso 2005 Pre-Olympic Qualifier Phoenix, AZ W, 5-2 on the permanent roster...LHP Drew Smyly (Sea), 2006 World Baseball Classic Scottsdale, AZ L, 6-8 Att: 22,580; TOG: 3:25 who originally was an inactive designated pitcher, took 2006 Olympic Quailfier Havana, Cuba W, 9-3 USA Saturday, 6:30 D. Republic Duffy's spot as one of the roster's active designated 2008 Olympic Games Beijing, China W, 5-4 USA Sunday, 7:00 Canada pitchers...last night, RHP Mark Melancon (Wsh) and 2009 World Baseball Classic Toronto, Canada W, 6-5 RHP Jeff Samardzija (SF) were added to the inactive 2009 World Cup Reggio Emilia, Italy W, 8-0 2013 World Baseball Classic Results DPP, and RHP Michael Fulmer (Det) was removed 2010 Pan American Games San Juan, Puerto Rico W, 4-0 Round 1, Scottsdale from the inactive designated pitcher pool. 2011 World Cup Panama City, Panama L, 1-6 USA Lost, 5-2 Mexico 2011 Pan American Games* Lagos de Moreno, Mexico L, 1-2 : (3-0) and USA Won, 6-2 Italy POOL E NEWS Israel Kingdome of the 2013 World Baseball Classic Scottsdale, AZ W, 9-4 (2-1) of the will meet USA Won, 9-4 Canada Netherlands Seoul bracket 2015 Pan American Games Ajax, Ontario, Canada W, 4-1 (3-0) and (2-1) of the ... Round 2, Miami Japan Cuba Tokyo bracket 2015 Pan American Games* Ajax, Ontario, Canada L, 6-7 (10) USA Won, 7-1 Puerto Rico play at Tokyo Dome begins at 10:00 p.m. tonight, when * Gold Medal games USA Lost, 3-1 D. Republic Israel hosts Cuba...Netherlands hosts Japan tomorrow Records with professional players, since 1999 USA Lost, 4-3 Puerto Rico morning at 7:00 a.m. ET. POOL C NEWS: Pool C began here earlier today with Canada (0-1) hosting Colombia (0-1) and continues tonight 2009 World Baseball Classic Results with Dominican Republic (1-0) hosting USA...tomorrow's doubleheader has Colombia hosting Dominican Republic Round 1, Toronto at 12:30 p.m. ET and USA hosting Canada at 7:00. USA Won, 6-5 Canada USA Won, 15-6 Venezuela POOL D NEWS: Today's doubleheader includes Italy (1-0) hosting Venezuela (0-1) at 3:00 p.m. ET and Mexico USA Lost, 5-3 Venezuela (0-1) hosting Puerto Rico (1-0) at 9:30...tomorrow's DH includes Puerto Rico hosting Italy (2:30et) and Venezuela Round 2, Miami hosting Mexico (9:00et). USA Lost (7), 11-1 Puerto Rico USA Won, 9-3 Netherlands DESIGNATED PITCHER POOL: Depending on the construction of the roster, each team can have up to 10 designated USA Won, 6-5 Puerto Rico pool pitchers, including up to 2 on the active roster...up to 2 designated pitchers can be removed after each round USA Lost, 10-6 Venezuela and replaced by 2 pitchers from the designated pool...USA designated pool pitchers RHP Tanner Roark (Wsh) and Championship Round, Los Angeles LHP Drew Smyly (Sea) are active in the first round...the remaining designated pitcher pool includesLHP Brett Cecil USA Lost, 9-4 Japan (StL), RHP Michael Fulmer (Det), LHP J.A. Happ (Tor), RHP Jake Odorizzi (TB) and RHP Alex Wilson (Det)...RHP Sonny Gray (Oak) originally was on the list of inactive designated pitchers but was replaced by Odorizzi...Smyly 2006 World Baseball Classic Results originally was an inactive designated pitcher but was added to the active roster when RHP Danny Duffy replaced C Round 1, Phoenix A.J. Ellis on the roster's active list. USA Won, 2-0 Mexico : Pitchers are limited to per game in Round 1, per game in Round 2 and USA Lost, 8-6 Canada PITCH COUNTS 65 pitches 80 pitches 95 pitches per game in the Championship Round...pitchers are allowed to exceed the limits to finish a batter...pitchers USA Won (5), 17-0 S. Africa who throw more than 50 pitches in any game cannot pitch again until a minimum of 4 days have passed...pitchers who Round 2, Anaheim throw more than 30 pitches in any game cannot pitch again until a minimum of 1 day has passed...pitchers cannot USA Won, 4-3 Japan pitch 3 consecutive days. USA Lost, 7-3 Korea USA Lost, 2-1 Mexico DETERMINING WINNING PITCHER: Official Baseball Rules 9.17(a)(1) and 9.17(b) shall not apply to WBC tournament games...per Rule 9.17(e), in a non-championship game "the official scorer shall credit as the winning World Baseball Classic pitcher that pitcher whose team assumes a lead while such pitcher is in the game, or during the inning on offense in Champions & Most Valuable Players which such pitcher is removed from the game, and does not relinquish such lead, unless such pitcher is knocked out 2006.......................Japan defeated Cuba after the winning team has attained a commanding lead and the official scorer concludes that a subsequent pitcher is MVP, RHP Daisuke Matsuzaka entitled to credit as the winning pitcher." 2009........... Japan defeated South Korea MVP, RHP Daisuke Matsuzaka THE MANAGER: Team USA is led by Jim Leyland, who served as a Major League manager for 22 seasons for the 2013...........D. Republic defeated P. Rico Pirates (1986-1996), Marlins (1997-1998), Rockies (1999) and Tigers (2006-2013)...ranks 15th on the all-time list MVP, 2B Robinson Cano among MLB managers with 1,769 wins...was named NL Manager of the Year in 1990 and 1992 and the Manager of the Year in 2006...led the Marlins to a World Series championship in 1997 and the Tigers to American League in and ...he was preceded as Team USA's manager by Team USA's Professional pennants 2006 2012 World Baseball Classic Buck Martinez (2006), Davey Johnson (2009) and Joe Torre (2013), who as MLB's Chief Baseball Officer currently is serving as International Championships the team's general manager. 2009................ IBAF Baseball World Cup 2007................ IBAF Baseball World Cup CREDENTIAL DISTRIBUTION, MARLINS PARK, MIAMI, WEST PLAZA TICKET WINDOWS 1-3 2006...............Regional Olympic Qualifier Today ................ 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Sunday ............ 8:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. 2000................................Olympic Games Monday .................. noon to 6:30 p.m. Team USA Starters & Relievers TEAM USA opp w-l era g cg sv ip h ab r er bb so hr avg Starters 0-0 0.00 1 0 0 4.0 0 12 0 0 0 3 0 .000 ON THE MOUND Relievers 1-0 3.00 1 0 0-0 6.0 5 22 2 2 3 8 0 .227 most in the American League last season...ranked among the AL relief leaders in WHIP DR batters vs Stroman DR batters vs Stroman (5th, 0.89), apps (T7th, 71) and opponents' batting average (T11th, .191)...didn't allow Beltre 2-6 .333 0 HR Machado 4-15 .267 1 HR a run in 56 of his 71 apps and didn't allow a hit in 39 apps...22 times recorded at least Castillo 0-3 .000 0 HR Ramirez 2-8 .250 0 HR 2 strikeouts...in his career, lefthanded batters hit just .199 and righthanded batters .251.