United States at The 2000 Summer Olympics - Baseball

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The United States nearly went undefeated in the preliminary round of their third Olympic baseball tournament. Their only loss was to two-time defending gold medallist Cuba in the sixth game. In the semifinals, the Americans scored the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning to defeat Korea 3-2. The final was a rematch between the United States and Cuba. In a 4-0 shutout, the Americans defeated Cuba, winning the gold medal and giving Cuba only its second loss in twenty-seven games.

Squad
USA Baseball Olympic Team roster
Players Coaches/Other

Pitchers

  • 20 Kurt Ainsworth
  • 31 Ryan Franklin
  • 32 Chris George
  • 36 Shane Heams
  • 33 Rick Krivda
  • 25 Roy Oswalt
  • 23 Jon Rauch
  • 27 Bobby Seay
  • 28 Ben Sheets
  • 29 Todd Williams
  • 30 Tim Young

Catchers

  • 14 Pat Borders
  • 15 Marcus Jensen

Infielders

  • 5 Brent Abernathy
  • 10 Sean Burroughs
  • 22 John Cotton
  • 7 Travis Dawkins
  • 8 Adam Everett
  • 18 Mike Kinkade
  • 16 Doug Mientkiewicz

Outfielders

  • 24 Mike Neill
  • 26 Anthony Sanders
  • 12 Brad Wilkerson
  • 19 Ernie Young

Manager

  • 2 Tommy Lasorda

Coaches

  • 9 Reggie Smith (Hitting)
  • 34 Phil Regan (Pitching)
  • 1 Eddie Rodríguez (Bench/3rd Base)
  • 35 Ray Tanner (Auxiliary Coach)
  • 4 Dick Cooke (Auxiliary Coach)
Results
Preliminary round
Qualified for the final round
Team W L PCT Tiebreaker
Cuba 6 1 .857 1–0
United States 6 1 .857 0–1
South Korea 4 3 .571 1–0
Japan 4 3 .571 0–1
Netherlands 3 4 .429 —
Italy 2 5 .286 1–0
Australia 2 5 .286 0–1
South Africa 1 6 .143 —
17 September United States 4 – 2 Japan Sydney Baseball Stadium
Attendance: 13,404
Boxscore

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