Baseball
The Italian baseball team tied for 7th in the preliminary round and did not advance to the semifinals.
- Team Roster
Manager: 30 - Giampiero Faraone.
Coaches: 8 - Claudio Corradi, 12 - Manuel Cortina, 27 - Salvatore Varriale.
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- 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 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||
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| Japan | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Italy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| WP: Koji Uehara (1-0) LP: Anthony Massimino (0-1) Home runs: JPN: N. Nakamura in 3rd, 2 RBIs; K. Fukudome in 4th, 1 RBI ITA: None |
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| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
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| Italy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Canada | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | x | 9 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||
| WP: Jason Dickson (1-0) LP: David Rollandini (0-1) Home runs: ITA: None CAN: P. L. Laforest in 2nd, 3 RBIs |
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| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
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| 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) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
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| Italy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Netherlands | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | x | 10 | 14 | 1 | |||||||||||
| WP: Patrick de Lange (1-0) LP: Kaseygarret Olenberger (0-1) Home runs: ITA: J. Ramos Gizzi in 4th, 1 RBI NED: S. Adriana in 3rd, 1 RBI |
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| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
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| Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Chinese Taipei | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||
| WP: Peter Nyari (1-0) LP: Yang Chien-Fu (0-1) Home runs: ITA: M. Chiarini in 4th, 1 RBI; J. Buccheri in 6th, 1 RBI; C. Liverziani in 9th, 2 RBIs TPE: Peng C. M. in 7th, 1 RBI |
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| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
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| Greece | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Italy | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 1 | |||||||||||
| WP: Panagiotis Sikaras (1-0) LP: W. E. Lucena (0-1) Home runs: GRE: C. Bellinger in 6th, 1 RBI; N. Markakis in 7th, 3 RBIs; C. A. Harris in 9th, 1 RBI ITA: J. Ramos Gizzi in 2nd, 1 RBI |
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| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
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| Cuba | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Italy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
| WP: Luis Borroto (2-0) LP: Michael Marchesano (0-2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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