Australia at The 2004 Summer Olympics - Baseball

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Australia advanced into the final game after defeating a Japanese team made up of professional players in Semifinal 1–0. Lost to Cuba in Final 2–6.

Team Roster

Manager: 24 - Jon Deeble.

Coaches: 2 - Tony Harris, 33 - Paul Elliott, 34 - Philip Dale.

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Club
3 P Jeff Williams June 6, 1972 Hanshin Tigers
4 IF Gavin Fingleson August 5, 1976 New Haven County Cutters
5 OF Brett Tamburrino November 10, 1981 Fort Myers Miracle
6 IF Rodney van Buizen September 25, 1981 Vero Beach Dodgers
7 C Andrew Utting September 9, 1977 Surfers Paradise
8 OF Trent Oeltjen February 28, 1983 Swing of the Quad Cities
10 OF Nick Kimpton October 27, 1983 Rancho Cucamonga Quakes
11 P Ryan Rowland Smith January 26, 1983 Inland Empire 66ers
14 C David Nilsson December 14, 1969 Redcliffe Padres
16 C Ben Wigmore January 17, 1982 Kensignton Cardinals
17 OF Brett Roneberg February 5, 1979 Pawtucket Red Sox
18 IF Glenn Williams July 18, 1977 Syracuse Sky Chiefs
19 P Richard Thompson July 1, 1984 Rancho Cucamonga Quakes
20 P Wayne Ough November 27, 1973 Binghamton Mets
22 IF Brendan Kingman May 22, 1973 Brockton Rox
23 IF Paul Gonzalez April 22, 1969 Redcliffe Padres
25 OF Thomas Brice August 24, 1981 Kannapolis Intimidators
26 OF Craig Lewis December 30, 1976 Brockton Rox
27 P Graeme Lloyd April 9, 1967
28 P John Stephens November 15, 1979 Pawtucket Red Sox
31 P Craig Anderson October 30, 1980 Tacoma Rainiers
35 P Chris Oxspring May 13, 1977 Portland Beavers
39 P Phil Stockman January 25, 1980 Tucson Sidewinders
40 P Adrian Burnside March 15, 1977 Toledo Mud Hens
Preliminary Round
Team W L Tiebreaker
Japan 6 1 1-0
Cuba 6 1 0-1
Canada 5 2 -
Australia 4 3 -
Chinese Taipei 3 4 -
Netherlands 2 5 -
Greece 1 6 1-0
Italy 1 6 0-1

August 15

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 3
Cuba 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 x 4 10 1
WP: Adiel Palma (1-0) LP: Craig Anderson (0-1) Sv: Jonder Martinez (1S)
Home runs:
AUS: None
CUB: M. Enriquez in 1st, 1 RBI; O.Urrutia in 6th, 1 RBI

August 16

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chinese Taipei 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 8 2
Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
WP: Wang Chien-Ming (1-0) LP: John Stephens (0-1) Sv: Tsao Chin-Hui (1S)

August 17

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 6 12 0
Italy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
WP: Chris Oxspring (1-0) LP: Michael Marchesano (0-1)

August 18

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Australia 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 3 0 9 15 1
Japan 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 4 9 1
WP: Ryan Rowland Smith (1-0) LP: Daisuke Miura (0-1) Sv: Jeff Williams (1S)
Home runs:
AUS: D. Nilsson in 8th, 1 RBI
JPN: K. Fukudome in 5th, 3 RBIs

August 20

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Greece 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 6 14 0
Australia 0 0 3 0 0 2 5 1 x 11 10 0
WP: Ryan Rowland Smith (2-0) LP: Sean Spencer (0-1)
Home runs:
GRE: P. Maestrales in 2nd, 1 RBI; J. Kavourias in 8th, 1 RBI
AUS: B. Roneberg in 3rd; P. Gonzalez in 3rd, 2 RBIs; G. Roneberg in 6th, 1 RBI; 1 RBI; B. Kingman in 7th, 3 RBIs

August 21

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Australia 9 5 5 1 0 2 0 22 17 2
Netherlands 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 1
WP: Craig Lewis (1-0) LP: Calvin Maduro (0-2)
Home runs:
AUS: B. Roneberg in 1st, 2 RBIs; R. van Buizen in 3rd, 4 RBIs; G. Fingleson in 2nd, 3 RBIs; G. Williams in 6th, 2 RBIs
NED: Y. de Caster in 2nd, 1 RBI; R. Millard in 5th, 1 RBI

August 22

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Canada 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 6 11 12 0
Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2
WP: Phil Devey (1-0) LP: Adrian Burnside (0-1)
Home runs:
CAN: J. Ware in 9th, 3 RBIs; R. Radmanovich in 4th, 2 RBIs
AUS: None
Semifinals

August 24

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Australia 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 2
Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
WP: Chris Oxspring (2-0) LP: Daisuke Matsuzaka (1-1) Sv: Jeff Williams (2S)
Gold Medal Final

August 25

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Cuba 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 6 13 1
Australia 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 7 0
WP: Adiel Palma (3-0) LP: John Stephens (0-2) Sv: Danny Betancourt (1-0-2)
Home runs:
CUB: F. Cepeda in 4th, 2 RBIs
AUS: P. Gonzalez in 5th, 1 RBI
02 ! Won Silver Medal

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