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MSUJet85 · Mar 10, 2006

Netherlands' Martis hurls no-hitter vs. Panama
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- San Francisco Giants minor leaguer Shairon Martis pitched the first no-hitter in the World Baseball Classic, leading the Netherlands over Panama 10-0 Friday in a game stopped after seven innings because of the tournament's mercy rule.

Martis ended the game with his 65th pitch -- the limit for starting pitchers in the first round -- when Cesar Quintero hit into a a double-play grounder. Martis walked one -- Olmedo Saenz with two outs in the first -- and struck out none. The only other he allowed was when Adolfo Rivera reached on fielding error by third baseman Ivanon Coffie leading off the seventh.

Martis, a right-hander who turns 19 on March 30, signed with the Giants as a free agent on Feb. 10, 2004. He was 2-1 with a 1.85 ERA in five starts and six relief appearances last season for the Giants' Arizona Rookie League team.

Dick Tidrow, San Francisco's vice president of player personnel, expects Martis to play this season for either Single-A Augusta in the Southern League or short-season A ball at Salem-Keizer in Oregon.

Tidrow gave a thumbs-up when reminded of what Martis had just accomplished.

"I looked at the box and he's a strike thrower," Tidrow said. "He's got good stuff. He's a young kid and still developing. He has average stuff but throws strikes. He's good."

Given a 5-0 lead before he threw a pitch, Martis had the first complete game and shutout in the tournament.

Randall Simon's RBI single off Miguel Gomez put the Dutch ahead, Dirk van Klooster had a two-run double, shortstop Orlando Miller made an error that allowed another run in and Hainley Statia hit an RBI single.

Gomez, who was the loser, allowed three runs and four hits in one-third of an inning.

Games in the tournament are stopped if a team is ahead by 10 runs after seven innings.
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Netherlands 10, Panama 0

A no-no, wow hmy:

MSUJet85 · Mar 10, 2006

USA 17, SOUTH AFRICA 0 (5 INNINGS, MERCY RULE)

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona (Ticker) -- After a day of uncertainty
about their future, Ken Griffey Jr. and the rest of Team USA
left nothing to chance.

Griffey homered twice and Roger Clemens struck out six in 4 1/3
innings as the United States clinched the final berth in the
second round of the World Baseball Classic with a 17-0 thrashing
of overmatched South Africa.

Derrek Lee also homered and Alex Rodriguez and Chase Utley had
three hits apiece for the Americans (2-1), who joined Mexico as
the qualifiers out of Pool B. Both countries will be joined by
Korea and Japan from Pool A in Anaheim, California in the second
round from March 12-16.

A heavy favorite in Pool B with a team comprised of major league
stars, Team USA was in danger of getting eliminated after
Wednesday's stunning 8-6 loss to Canada. However, the United
States controlled its own destiny after the Canadians dropped a
9-1 decision to the Mexicans on Thursday.

The Americans made sure that there would not be another upset
against South Africa (0-3) by scoring four runs in the first
inning and six in both the second and third.

Rodriguez opened the scoring with a two-run double off South
African starter Carl Michaels and Lee followed with a two-run
blast two batters later. Griffey hit three-run blasts in each
of the next two frames as Team USA broke open the game.

It was more than enough for Clemens, who extended his Hall of
Fame career by at least one game. The seven-time Cy Young Award
winner, who has not decided whether he will return for a 23rd
major league season, allowed just one hit. The South Africans
cheered "The Rocket" when he was removed from the game with one
out in the fifth.

Mike Timlin and Chad Cordero recorded the final two outs before
the mercy rule was invoked.
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USA 17, SOUTH AFRICA 0

MSUJet85 · Mar 10, 2006

Pool A
China
Chinese Taipei
*Japan
*Korea

Pool B
Canada
*Mexico
*United States
South Africa

Pool C
*Cuba
Netherlands
Panama
*Puerto Rico

Pool D
Australia
*Venezuela
Italy
*Dominican Republic

*advanced to 2nd round

MSUJet85 · Mar 11, 2006

Dominicans finish unbeaten in pool play
Associated Press

KISSIMMEE, Fla. -- Francisco Liriano flashed the nasty stuff that makes him one of the most prized pitching prospects in baseball, and the Dominican Republic held off Australia 6-4 Friday night to finish undefeated in the first round of the World Baseball Classic.

The star-laden Dominicans (3-0) had already clinched first place in Pool D and a trip to San Juan for the second round. They will open with Angels ace Bartolo Colon on the mound Sunday night against Cuba.

Shut out in its first two games on a total of two hits, Australia brought the potential tying run to the plate in the ninth inning. But Glenn Williams, who hit .425 in 40 at-bats with the Minnesota Twins last season, popped up against Damaso Marte for the final out.

Luis Polonia pinch-hit for David Ortiz in the fourth inning and finished 2-for-2 with an RBI single for the Dominicans. The 42-year-old fan favorite played his last major league game in 2000.

Alberto Castillo hit a two-run double off loser Damian Moss, Wily Mo Pena had an RBI single and Miguel Tejada added a sacrifice fly to the delight of 11,083 mostly Dominican Republic fans who sang and bounced to a tambora beat as they did all week in The Ballpark at Disney.

Australia finished 0-3 but finally scored its first runs of the tournament. Held to one hit in each of their previous two games, the Aussies broke out for seven against the Dominican Republic.

Winning pitcher Daniel Cabrera of the Baltimore Orioles started and allowed one run on three hits in 3 1/3 innings.

The 22-year-old Liriano followed with 2 2/3 impressive innings, fanning six and throwing 27 of 36 pitches for strikes in his first outing of the tournament.

The Twins' left-hander struck out 33 batters and walked seven in 23 2/3 big league innings last season, going 1-2 with a 5.70 ERA in six appearances.

Marte earned a save after Australia scored twice in the ninth against Duaner Sanchez of the New York Mets.

Australia loaded the bases with none out on a single, an error and a walk, but Sanchez got Luke Hughes to bounce into a run-scoring double play.

Trent Durrington of the Boston Red Sox followed with an RBI single before Marte retired Williams, who was pinch-hitting.

Durrington drew a leadoff walk from Cabrera in the first inning, stole second and scored on Brett Roneberg's sacrifice fly.

Brendan Kingman hit an RBI single in the sixth for an unearned run against Liriano.

Moss went 12-6 with a 3.42 ERA in his 2002 rookie season with the Atlanta Braves and pitched in the playoffs that year against San Francisco. But he often struggled with his control, and spent last year with Triple-A Tacoma in the Seattle Mariners' organization.

Australia, which won a silver medal at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, was embarrassed in its WBC opener, a 10-0 loss to Italy that was stopped in the seventh inning because of the mercy rule. But the Aussies hung right in there the past two nights with effective pitching against Venezuela and the Dominican Republic, two of the strongest squads in the tournament.

Game notes
Ronnie Belliard started at 3B for the Dominican Republic instead of Adrian Beltre, who had three homers and eight RBI in the first two games. ... Phillies prospect Bradley Harman doubled, singled and finished the tournament with three hits for Australia. He also made a leaping grab at SS of Willy Taveras' line drive. ... Australia's Gavin Fingleson tried to beat out a double play with a headfirst slide toward first but never made it to the bag.
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Dominican Republic 6, Australia 4

MSUJet85 · Mar 11, 2006

Williams, Beltran homer in Puerto Rico's romp
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Bernie Williams and Carlos Beltran homered and Puerto Rico routed Cuba 12-2 in a World Baseball Classic game Friday night that was strictly for pride, with both teams having already secured spots in the second round.

Williams, named the best player in Pool C, hit a two-run homer to right in the second before a home crowd of 19,000 fans. Beltran hit a towering three-run homer right over the foul pole in right field and Cintron added a two-runs shot in the fourth.

Cuba walked eight hitters, allowed 10 hits and let the game wrap up early. The mercy rule went into effect and play was called after seven innings.

It's just the second time Cuba has lost a game by the mercy rule. The other was against Taiwan in 1983.

Cuba scored in the second and seventh innings.

Puerto Rico starter Dickie Gonzalez pitched four innings and gave up two hits and one unearned run for the win.

Puerto Rico's Jose Santiago was ejected from the game in the seventh inning for hitting Juan Carlos Moreno with a pitch on the back. Manager Jose Oquendo was also ejected. Both benches had received warnings from the home plate umpire.

Puerto Rico opens the second round against the Dominican Republic and Cuba plays Venezuela on Sunday at Hiram Bithorn Stadium.

Tournament organizers said that approximately 75,000 fans attended the six-game series between the Netherlands, Puerto Rico, Cuba and Panama.
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Puerto Rico 12, Cuba 2

Cakes · Mar 11, 2006

Beltran has blonde hair now.

MSUJet85 · Mar 11, 2006

Round 2

Pool 1: Anaheim, Calif.
Date Time (ET) Matchup Stadium
Sun. March 12 4 p.m. Japan vs. USA Angel Stadium
Sun. March 12 11 p.m. Mexico vs. Korea Angel Stadium
Mon. March 13 10 p.m. USA vs. Korea Angel Stadium
Tue. March 14 7 p.m Japan vs. Mexico Angel Stadium
Wed. March 15 10 p.m Korea vs. Japan Angel Stadium
Thu. March 16 7:30 p.m. USA vs. Mexico Angel Stadium

Pool 2: San Juan, P.R.
Date Time (ET) Matchup Stadium
Sun. March 12 1 p.m. Cuba vs. Venezuela Hiram Bithorn
Sun. March 12 8 p.m. Puerto Rico vs. Dominican Republic Hiram Bithorn
Mon. March 13 1 p.m. Dominican Republic vs. Cuba Hiram Bithorn
Mon. March 13 7 p.m Venezuela vs. Puerto Rico Hiram Bithorn
Tue. March 14 7 p.m Venezuela vs. Dominican Republic Hiram Bithorn
Wed. March 15 7 p.m. Cuba vs. Puerto Rico Hiram Bithorn

2nd Round schedule

ShadeTree#55 · Mar 11, 2006

Take it to Japan. I like Chipper as the DH. Wright should have made it over Jeter. Arod to short. Its a cold hard fact, Wright is a far better offensive player than Clutch-master Clutch.

USA! USA! USA!

Jonathan_Vilma · Mar 11, 2006

Cakes said:

Beltran has blonde hair now.
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Must be a trend in Mets players.

Cakes · Mar 11, 2006

Jonathan_Vilma said:

Must be a trend in Mets players.
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Roger Clemens (with the Blue Jays) was the first guy who I remember dying his hair blonde.

Learn To Swim · Mar 12, 2006

Cuba is pummeling powerhouse Venezuela, 6-0 in the 6th.

Drew · Mar 12, 2006

1-0 Japan.

Learn To Swim · Mar 12, 2006

Jeter bunts for hit in the first inning and one of the annoncers starts spieling about how he always comes up with the big play.

A-Rod soon grounds into an inning ending double play.

It's baseball season!

poiu · Mar 12, 2006

Can someone explain to me why on earth 4 of the best 5 teams are in the same pool???

Learn To Swim · Mar 12, 2006

poiu said:

Can someone explain to me why on earth 4 of the best 5 teams are in the same pool???
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So the US has a smoother road

Learn To Swim · Mar 12, 2006

HR for Larry Jones to put USA on the board.

3-1 Japan

The Dark Knight · Mar 12, 2006

3-1 Japan.

Tough begining.

Out for the Season · Mar 12, 2006

amazing Puerto Rico defeated the Dominican Republic 7-1, I am shocked

MSUJet85 · Mar 13, 2006

Cuba capitalizes on miscues to stun Venezuela

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Cuba proved its point that it could hold its own against teams with major league star power.

Ten-time Gold Glove winner Omar Vizquel missed a double play opportunity and gave up an additional out on a fielder's choice, and Cuba capitalized with a five-run sixth inning in a 7-2 victory over Venezuela on Sunday in the second round of the World Baseball Classic.

Eduardo Paret
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Cuban shortstop Eduardo Paret scored two of Cuba's seven runs.

Frederich Cepeda hit a three-run homer and Ariel Pestano followed with a solo shot as the underdog Cubans broke out after Johan Santana departed.

"Both teams played great baseball," Cuban manager Higinio Velez said. "Two days ago we told everyone to wait patiently for today's game. ... This is what Cuban baseball is all about. Our players wanted to come back strong after losing in a mercy rule game and they came through."

The Cubans were routed by Puerto Rico 12-2 in their final game of the first round, but had already clinched a berth in this round along with the powerful Dominican Republic, Venezuela and Puerto Rico.

With Cuba ahead 1-0, right-hander Giovanni Carrara replaced Santana, the Minnesota Twins ace who threw 67 pitches, 13 short of the 80-pitch limit for this round.

Leadoff hitter Eduardo Paret sparked the rally with a four-pitch walk and a stolen base, his second of the tournament. Michel Enriquez rolled a single over second base to score the speedy Paret, and Yulieski Gourriel popped out to left for the first out.

Designated hitter Osmani Urrutia hit a grounder to the left of Vizquel, who was unable to step on second before Enriquez reached safely, and it was too late to throw out the runner at first.

Carrara got a groundball to second from Yoandri Garlobo that looked like an inning-ending double play. Second baseman Edgardo Alfonzo tossed the ball to Vizquel for the first out, but the crafty shortstop could not get a grip on the ball to throw to first, and Cepeda followed with his three-run drive.

"Clutch hitting has been the missing ingredient for us," Venezuela manager Luis Sojo said. "The Cubans are very good fastball hitters and they showed they were ready whenever they got that pitch."

Venezuela scored its only two runs in the seventh on Endy Chavez's home run to right with Alfonzo on second.

Cuba took an early 1-0 lead in the second. Designated hitter Yoandri Garlobo doubled down the first-base line, moved to third on a grounder to short by Pestano, and scored on Ariel Borrero's single to left field.

Detroit Tigers right fielder Magglio Ordonez got Venezuela's first hit of the game in the fifth with a liner to left. Pedro Lazo replaced starter Yadel Marti after Ramon Hernandez singled to center. Lazo bobbled Alfonzo's grounder to load the bases with no outs.

But Chavez and Vizquel hit fly balls that were too shallow to score the slow Ordonez, and Carlos Guillen struck out swinging on a 97 mph pitch.

Venezuela's chance to move on to the semifinals will hang the shoulders of a pair of Chicago starters, hard-throwing Carlos Zambrano of the Cubs and White Sox veteran Freddy Garcia.

Zambrano will pitch for Venezuela against Puerto Rico on Monday, and Cuba meets the Dominican Republic.

"We have Carlos on the mound tomorrow and Freddy comes next, and we'll have to work hard to get to San Diego," Sojo said.

Santana, the unanimous American League Cy Young award winner in 2004, struck out five in five innings and gave up two hits and one earned run.

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Cuba 7, Venezuela 2

MSUJet85 · Mar 13, 2006

Korea beats Mexico to stay unbeaten in Classic
Associated Press

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Jae Seo pitched 5 1/3 strong innings, Seung Yeop Lee hit a two-run homer, and Korea beat Mexico 2-1 Sunday night for its fourth straight win in the inaugural World Baseball Classic.

The game was played before an announced crowd of 42,979 at Angel Stadium, where 32,896 watched the United States beat Japan 4-3 in the opener of a day-night doubleheader to begin Round 2. Alex Rodriguez drove in the winning run for the Americans with a two-out single in the ninth.

Single games will be played Monday through Thursday to complete the second round. Korea, 3-0 in the opening round, plays Team USA on Monday night.

Seo allowed only two baserunners, giving up a solo homer to Luis Alfonso Garcia leading off the third and a one-out single to Vinny Castilla in the fourth.

Seo, who threw 61 pitches and struck out four, was relieved by Dae Sung Koo after retiring Juan Castro to start the sixth. In two WBC outings, Seo has given up four hits and one run in nine innings.

Koo worked 1 1/3 scoreless innings before Tae Hyon Chong struck out all three batters he faced. Chan Ho Park, Korea's fifth pitcher, worked a scoreless ninth for his third save in as many chances in the WBC, striking out Geronimo Gil with a runner at third to end the game.

Lee lined a full-count pitch from Rodrigo Lopez over the fence in right field in the first for his fourth homer, tying him with Adrian Beltre for the WBC lead. The 29-year-old Lee is 6-of-14 with nine RBIs in Korea's four games. Jong Beom Lee singled before Lee's homer.

Lopez gave up only one baserunner after Lee's homer, but left after three innings after having thrown 72 pitches -- eight shy of the maximum allowed in the second round. Elmer Dessens followed with two shutout innings.
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Korea 2, Mexico 1

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