And the United States Loses
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by user 71.249.2.70
What an embarassment. The United State's less-than-impressive stay in the WBC came to end on Thursday night as Team Mexico beat the Americans 2-1 to send Japan into the semifinals. Roger Clemens took the loss, allowing both runs, as the U.S. finished 3-3 in the inaugural event.
USA (1) VS MEXICO (2) - FINAL
USA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
M Young 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .267
D Jeter ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .450
K Griffey Jr cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 .524
C Jones 3b 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 .353
A Rodriguez dh 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 .333
J Damon pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143
V Wells rf 3 0 0 1 0 0 3 .250
M Teixeira 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
J Francoeur lf 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 .167
M Barrett c 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000
a-J Varitek ph-c 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286
Totals 28 1 3 1 3 4 9
a-lined out to second for M Barrett in the 8th.
BATTING: 2B - C Jones (1, F Campos); J Francoeur (1, E Gonzalez). SF - V Wells.
RBI - V Wells (1). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - D Jeter 1, M
Barrett 1. GIDP - V Wells. Team LOB - 5.
BASERUNNING: CS - J Francoeur (1, 2nd base by E Gonzalez/M Ojeda).
FIELDING: DP: 1 (M Barrett-M Teixeira).
MEXICO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
A Amezaga ss 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 .250
J Cantu 2b 4 0 1 2 0 1 3 .333
V Castilla 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .292
E Durazo dh 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .182
L Garcia lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .222
A Gonzalez 1b 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 .188
M Ojeda c 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 .273
M Valenzuela rf 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 .250
L Garcia cf 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 .143
Totals 27 2 6 2 1 8 13
BATTING: 2B - M Valenzuela (1, R Clemens); E Durazo (2, R Clemens). S - M
Valenzuela , L Garcia. RBI - J Cantu 2 (8). 2-out RBI - J Cantu. Runners left
in scoring position, 2 out - A Amezaga 1, V Castilla 1, M Ojeda 1. Team LOB -
5.
BASERUNNING: SB - A Amezaga (2, 2nd base off S Shields/M Barrett).
FIELDING: E - A Amezaga (1, ground ball). DP: 1 (A Amezaga-J Cantu-A
Gonzalez).
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USA - 000 100 000 -- 1
MEXICO - 001 010 00x -- 2
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USA ip h r er bb so hr era
R Clemens (L, 1-1) 4 1/3 6 2 2 0 4 0 2.08
S Shields 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
B Fuentes 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
H Street 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.00
J Nathan 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.00
MEXICO ip h r er bb so hr era
O Perez 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.00
F Campos 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 7.20
E Gonzalez (W, 1-0) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.50
R Rincon (H, 1) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
O Villarreal (H, 1) 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 3.37
J De La Rosa (H, 1) 1/3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.00
L Ayala (H, 1) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6.75
D Cortes (S, 1) 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
L Ayala pitched to 1 batter in the 9th.
HBP - A Amezaga (by R Clemens); M Barrett (by E Gonzalez). Pitches-strikes: R
Clemens 73-46; S Shields 9-6; B Fuentes 13-7; H Street 18-11; J Nathan 10-9; O
Perez 36-21; F Campos 18-10; E Gonzalez 17-11; R Rincon 7-4; O Villarreal
16-15; J De La Rosa 11-4; L Ayala 6-2; D Cortes 1-1. Ground balls-fly balls: R
Clemens 4-4; S Shields 1-1; B Fuentes 1-1; H Street 1-1; J Nathan 0-1; O Perez
4-5; F Campos 0-3; E Gonzalez 2-0; R Rincon 2-1; O Villarreal 2-1; J De La Rosa
0-0; L Ayala 0-0; D Cortes 2-0. Batters faced: R Clemens 19; S Shields 2; B
Fuentes 3; H Street 4; J Nathan 3; O Perez 12; F Campos 4; E Gonzalez 4; R
Rincon 3; O Villarreal 6; J De La Rosa 2; L Ayala 1; D Cortes 1.
UMPIRES: HP--Brian Knight. 1B--Bob Davidson. 2B--Ramon Armendariz. 3B--Neil
Poulton.
T--2:50. Att--38,284. Weather: 63 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 8 mph, out to
center.
Date
Thu 03/16/06, 10:27 pm EST <pageTools></pageTools>
