It’s all coming down to one last game. Japanese pitching combined for 14 strikeouts, leading the home team to an 8-3 win over USA Baseball’s National Team in Game 4 of their 37th annual Collegiate Friendship Series in Tsuruoka. The result meant Thursday’s Game 5, at 5 a.m. (EDT) at Tokyo’s Jungu Stadium, will determine […]
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Colon’s clout gives USA 2-1 series lead
A three-run homer in the fourth inning from Christian Colon (pictured) of Cal State-Fullerton provided the big blow as USA Baseball’s National Team blew past Japan 8-4, giving the Americans a 2 games to 1 lead in their 37th annual best-of-5 Collegiate Friendship Series. Vanderbilt’s Sonny Gray (2-0) pitched 5 1/3 innings of scoreless relief […]
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Wood, Ondrusek take hill in North’s All-Star whitewash of South
Starter Travis Wood (pictured) and Logan Ondrusek of the Carolina Mudcats each pitched a perfect inning for the North Division in a 7-0 rout over the homestanding South in the Southern League All-Star Game on Monday night at Birmingham. Ten pitchers appeared for the North in a four-hit shutout, in which no South Division player […]
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Unearned runs tie series for Japanese
Six unearned runs in one inning will do it every time. Japan rallied for a half-dozen in the third inning, and then held on for a 7-5 victory over USA Baseball’s National Team at the Tokyo Dome to tie the 37th Collegiate Friendship Series at one win apiece. It’s an annual best-of-5 series, and Game […]
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Pitching staff sizzles as USA wins opener
Score one for the Red, White and Blue. USA Baseball’s National Team got the kind of pitching performance it was looking for, as UCLA’s Gerrit Cole (pictured) struck out nine in seven innings in a 3-0 victory over Japan in the opener of the college squads’ 37th annual Friendship Series in Matsuyama, Japan. It was […]
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Pitching continues to dominate as Mudcats take a split
If you love pitchers’ duels, it’s too bad you probably haven’t been in Jacksonville, Fla., for the Carolina Mudcats’ last four games against the Suns. Neither team scored three runs in a game in their series that just ended, and that pattern continued perfectly tonight in a doubleheader at The Baseball Grounds. The Suns got […]
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Plunk! Mudcats drop extra-inning heartbreaker
The Carolina Mudcats played another nail-biter with the Jacksonville Suns Friday night, coming out on the short end in a very odd way. Ramon Geronimo nailed Jacksonville hitter Mike Stanton in the back with the bases loaded and one out in the 10th, giving the homestanding Suns a 2-1 win at the Baseball Grounds. With […]
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Ouch! Japanese college team smacks down USA Baseball guys
The 35-game winning streak for USA Baseball’s National Team is a thing of the past. Takayuki Fujii hit a two-run triple, part of a three-run rally that got his team going as Budo University whipped the Red, White and Blue 7-1 on Friday in Chiba, Japan. The game was the opener of a six-game tour […]
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Frazier’s blast gives Mudcats a late-night win before everyone calls it a night
It seemed like it took forever, but with the Carolina Mudcats apparently having their mojo back all they had to do was be patient. A two-run homer from Todd Frazier (pictured) in the 11th gave the Mudcats all their scoring in a 2-1 road victory over the host Jacksonville Suns on Thursday night at the […]
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Durham Bulls nearly pull off a miracle, but it all ends up in tears
DBAP/DURHAM It’s the finale of the short three-game homestand between the Durham Bulls and the Gwinnett Braves, and since each has won one it’s the “rubber game” of the series. It’s my last night in a three-game callup to pinch-hit for Adam. The Bulls lead the International League’s South Division by a scant one game […]