Usssa baseball gold medal games 2012

He will be the third American athlete to do so, following Eddie Egan , and Lauryn Williams , , Fans and media are encouraged to visit USABaseball. Nick Martinez will start for the stars and stripes in the finale, which will begin at 7 p. Mark Kolozsvary got on base with a one-out walk and advanced to second on a stolen base. Two batters later, Jack Lopez picked up his first knock of the tournament, sending an RBI-single to center field to put the red, white, and blue ahead Team USA would double its lead in the bottom of the fourth thanks to Westbrook.

With two outs in the bottom half of the frame, Westbrook launched the first pitch of the at-bat into the second level of the left-field stands, squeezing just past the foul pole to go up An RBI-single in the fifth inning allowed Korea to scratch its first run across the plate and forced the U. Ryder Ryan came on in relief of starter Joe Ryan with runners on first and second and one out, and he immediately induced a double play to escape the jam and keep the narrow lead in favor of the stars and stripes.

Todd Frazier kickstarted the U. Westbrook followed with his second hit of the game to put runners on the corners with one out and Kolozsvary coming to the plate.

He followed with an RBI-single through the left side to score Frazier and put the red, white, and blue up A walk to Nick Allen extended the inning, loading the bases with one out and forcing Korea to call on its fourth pitcher of the inning. With Scott McGough on the bump for the U. But that was all the Korea offense could muster as Anthony Gose and Anthony Carter would combine to retire the last eight consecutive batters of the game, securing the victory and gold medal-game berth for Team USA.

Joe Ryan worked 4. He finished with three strikeouts and one walk and surrendered a run in a no-decision. Ryder Ryan was stellar in his relief appearance, pitching a perfect 1. McGough gave up three hits and a run in his 0. Austin, Westbrook, and Lopez led the team offensively, each finishing 2-for-4 on the night.

It will also mark the third time Japan and the U. The winner of tonight's semifinal match-up will advance to the gold medal game to face host-country Japan, which clinched its spot with a victory over Korea on Wednesday. The loser will be relegated to the bronze medal game to face the Dominican Republic.

First pitch is scheduled for 7 p. PDT and fans in the U. Joe Ryan will start on the mound for the U. Tyler Austin. They also currently lead the tournament in slugging percentage Austin. Saturday will mark the eighth all-time meeting against the defending gold medalists in an Olympic Games, and the stars and stripes hold a head-to-head record in the previous six meetings. In the last meeting on July 31, t he U. Nick Martinez was strong on the mound in his victory.

After giving up back-to-back singles and a run to start the game, he sat down 13 of the next 14 batters he faced, striking out the side in the top of the third. Martinez scattered four hits and no walks over five innings of work and struck out nine batters to get the win. Casas led the offense with a 1-for-4 day with a two-run home run in the fifth inning to take a lead.

Allen hit a solo shot in the sixth for the eventual game-winning run before Austin added an RBI-single to put the U. The gold medal game is set for Saturday, August 7, at 7 p. PDT and the bronze medal game is scheduled for Saturday, August 7, at 12 p. They will face the loser of the first semifinal between Japan and Korea with a spot in the gold medal game on the line.

With Austin on first base thanks to a one-out walk, he launched a hanging breaking ball to deep center-field to give the stars and stripes an early lead. After escaping a bases-loaded jam with one out in the top of the first inning, Kazmir retired 12 of the next 13 batters, including the last nine he faced, allowing just a lead-off double in the third inning.

Holding on to its two-run lead in the bottom half of the fifth inning, Austin came to the plate with two outs and laced the first pitch he saw to dead center, giving Team USA a cushion. The relievers took over from there and delivered in clutch moments.

Brandon Dickson survived two fielding errors to pitch a hitless sixth inning, and Scott McGough escaped giving up two hits in the top of the seventh to keep the U. Anthony Gose pitched a perfect eighth inning before handing the game over to David Robertson in the ninth. Robertson picked up the first two outs but surrendered a solo home run and a free pass in back-to-back at-bats to bring the tying run to the plate.

He would respond by striking out Yefri Perez to close out the game and securing the victory and a spot in the semifinals. Kazmir earned the win for the stars and stripes, giving up just two hits, one walk, and striking out five batters in five innings. Robertson 2 was credited with his second save of the Olympic Games. Offensively, the U. Casas finished the day 1-for-3 with his two-run homer, and Austin picked up the other RBI on a 1-for-3 day with a solo shot and two runs scored.

Eric Filia 1-for-2 was the only other American batter to collect a hit in the game with a single in the fourth inning. The Dominican Republic was relegated into the bronze medal game follow the loss and will await the loser of the second semifinal.

PDT with a spot in the second semifinal on the line at the Tokyo Olympic Games baseball tournament. Fans in the U. The winner of this matchup will advance to face the loser of Japan and Korea on Thursday, August 5, at 7 p. The loser will advance directly into the bronze medal game on Saturday. Scott Kazmir will make his Olympic debut starting on the mound for the U. The Dominican Republic will give the ball to Denyi Reyes Wednesday's matchup will be the third all-time meeting in Olympic Games history between the two countries, with Team USA holding a advantage.

The last match-up was during the Barcelona games when lefty Jeff Alkire hurled a complete game, two-hit shutout for Team USA in a game that was called due to run-rule in the seventh inning.

Alkire faned six in the effort, his second win of the Olympic Games. Jason Varitek chipped-in two hits and scored twice. Dominican starter Felix Noval suffered the loss. Through three games in the Tokyo baseball tournament, Tyler Austin leads the team in batting average. Triston Casas leads the team in homers 2 and RBIs 6. The pitching staff holds a collective 2.

Three-time World Series champion Scioscia leads a roster laden with major league and international baseball experience. Of the 24 players on the roster, 19 have previously suited up for the red, white, and blue, and seven have won a gold medal.

Despite the loss, the U. A loss in either of its next two games would relegate Team USA into the bronze medal game. Back-to-back walks loaded the bases and an infield single put Japan ahead before Brandon Dickson came on and got out of the jam. But Team USA would respond immediately.

Triston Casas worked a one-out walk off Japan starter Masahiro Tanaka and Todd Frazier drove the first pitch he saw into the left-center gap to score Casas from first base. Eric Filia was hit by a pitch to put runners on the corners with one out before Mark Kolozsvary followed with an RBI-single to tie the game at two. Nick Allen then placed a double down the right-field line to score Filia from second to push the U.

Japan tied the game in the bottom of the fourth on a two-out RBI-double; but, the stars and stripes, again, wasted no time responding. Back-to-back singles by Eddy Alvarez and Tyler Austin led off the top of the fifth to put runners on first and second with no outs and Casas coming to the plate.

He connected in a big way, slamming an opposite-field three-run home run over the left-field fence to put Team USA ahead A solo shot to left field and an RBI-single put Japan back within one after five complete, with the red, white, and blue leading The bullpens took over from there, exchanging outs until the bottom of the ninth.

The stars and stripes turned to Scott McGough to close out the game but a walk, a single, and a tough groundout tied the game at to force extra-innings. Japan, however, got the job done, sacrificing both runners to second and third on a bunt before Takuya Kai came up with the walk-off single to right field to finish the game, Baz worked 2.

He gave up five hits, two earned runs, walked three batters, and struck out one in his first appearance in the Olympic Games. Dickson was first out of the bullpen and gave up one run in his 1. Ryder Ryan struck out two batters in 1. David Robertson pitched a scoreless eighth, striking out two batters before McGough suffered the blown save in the bottom of the ninth inning.

Edwin Jackson was tagged with the loss, giving up the unearned run in the bottom of the 10th inning. Austin continued his hot hitting in the tournament, finishing the day 2-for-5 with a run scored and Frazier had his first multi-hit game of the Olympics, going 2-for-5 with an RBI and a run scored. The first pitch is scheduled for 7 p. Shane Baz will get the start on the mound for the U. Japan will turn to Masahiro Tanaka Team USA holds a record over Japan in the previous contests and has won the last three meetings, including their last matchup in the Beijing Olympic Games bronze medal game.

Trailing in the bronze medal game, Matthew Brown three-run home run to tie the game in the bottom half of the third inning. Brown doubled and Nate Schierholtz walked to put runners on with one out in the bottom of the fifth, Taylor Teagarden followed with a double off the right-field wall, and Jason Donald hit a two-run bomb to double-up Japan, PDT in the first of two semifinals. The loser will advance into the elimination bracket and play on Wednesday, August 4, at 12 p.

Through two games, Tyler Austin leads the team in batting average. The pitching staff has been stout on the mound, holding a collective 1. The previous two starting pitchers for the red, white, and blue have struck out 14 batters and surrendered no walks in The stars and stripes will have an off day on Sunday before facing the Group A winner, Japan , on Monday, August 2, at 7 p.

The winner of that match-up will advance to the first of two semifinals. The name of the game on Saturday night was pitching. In their two games in the Olympic Games baseball tournament, the U. Scott McGough was first out of the pen for the Team USA in the sixth and promptly struck out two batters in his lone inning of work.

Edwin Jackson struck out another two in the seventh before giving way to Anthony Gose , who faced the minimum in his 1. David Robertson 1 came on to close the game in the ninth inning and, after giving up a run on a sacrifice fly, picked up a strikeout and cashed in on a Jack Lopez web gem to secure the victory and tally his first save of the tournament.

The 14 strikeouts tied the U. Olympic team record for strikeouts in a game. Trailing , Eddy Alvarez got things started offensively for the U. Casas strolled up to the plate two batters later and lifted a breaking ball down in the zone over the right field fence to give Team USA a lead.

The stars and stripes tacked on another two runs in the fifth inning to extend their lead to three. Allen crushed the first pitch he saw over the left field wall with two outs to put the U. Casas led the offense on the day, going 1-for-4 with a home run, two RBIs, and scoring a run. Through two games, Austin leads the team in batting average. Nick Martinez will start on the mound for the U. Saturday will mark the seventh all-time meeting against the defending gold medalists in an Olympic Games and the stars and stripes hold a head-to-head record in the previous six meetings.

The two countries last met to open the Beijing Olympic Games, a narrow victory for Korea. They are fundamentally sound. We are going to have to play very, very good defense. Those guys have a lot of very talented left-handed hitters in particular on that club, so we are going to have to make some pitches. Austin, who plays professionally in Yokohama, tagged three extra-base hits a home run and two doubles in the win over Israel on Friday. Japan and Mexico face-off in the afternoon game today.

The two countries will meet tomorrow, Saturday, July 31, to determine the Group B winner. After exchanging base runners in the opening two frames, Nick Allen kick-started the U. With two outs, Eddy Alvarez stepped up and brought in the first run of the Tokyo Olympic Games with an RBI-double perfectly placed down the left-field line.

Austin then followed with an absolute rocket over the centerfield fence for a two-run shot to put the U. After Israel scratched a run across the plate in the bottom of the fourth inning on a solo home run, the stars and stripes padded their lead by scoring runs in each of the final four innings of the game.

Todd Frazier started the offense in the sixth inning thanks to an error, and a two-out, four-pitch walk to Mark Kolozsvary put runners on first and second for Bubba Starling. Starling followed with an RBI-single on a bloop hit over the outstretched hands of the shortstop in shallow left to score Frazier from second and regain the U. Another error proved costly for Israel after Jamie Westbrook ended up on second base to lead off the seventh courtesy of a dropped fly ball in the outfield and Team USA followed with back-to-back doubles from Alvarez and Austin to push ahead Eric Filia led off the eighth inning with a single and advanced to third base on a stolen base and a groundout.

The eight runs scored by the stars and stripes were the most scored in an Olympic opening in USA Baseball history, and more than enough for the pitching staff on Friday night. Over his six innings of work, he struck out the side in the bottom of the second and cruised through a four-pitch bottom of the fifth. Brandon Dickson , Anthony Carter , and Ryder Ryan combined in relief to toss the final three innings, striking out four batters and allowing just two hits.

Austin, who plays professionally in Yokohama, Japan, paced the offense in his home stadium with a home run and two doubles. Alvarez 2-for-5 also tallied two doubles on the night and he and Starling 1-for-3 each contributed a pair of RBIs in the win. Filia 2-for-4 was the third U. Youngpyo Ko gets the nod for South Korea. Fans can once again tune in by watching the stream on NBCOlympics. EDT and fans in the U.

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