Venezuela 6 – Italy 0
LAKE BUENA VISTA – A mismatch more than a match-up, last night’s clash between Venezuela and Italy produced a predictable result.
In other words, there was no U.S.-style choke by Venezuela.
Freddy Garcia struck out seven over 3 2/3 innings of one-hit ball, and the torrid Miguel Cabrera drove in two runs in the 6-0 victory.
“It’s evident that they threw their best at us tonight,” said Mike Piazza, who was 0-for-4 with three strikeouts. “And they were on top of their game.”
After a disappointing loss to the Dominican on Tuesday, Venezuela will almost certainly cruise into the next round – considering its last game is tonight against Australia.
The Aussies were one-hit by Italy, 10-0, in a mercy-rule, seven-inning rout on Tuesday.
“There is no pressure,” Venezuela manager Luis Sojo said. “We won.”
Meanwhile, Italy’s hopes of advancing have virtually evaporated after getting two-hit.
The short-handed Italians need a victory today against a stacked Dominican team, and Triple-A righty Tony Fiore is scheduled to start against former All-Star Odalis Perez.
Not a promising match-up.
Neither was last night’s, which pitted World Series hero Garcia against Boston/Pawtucket lefty Lenny DiNardo, who allowed two runs over 2 2/3 frames.
Cabrera, who was 2-for-3 with a homer and three RBIs in Tuesday’s 11-5 loss, drove in the first run with an RBI single in the first. With two outs in the fifth, he smashed a solo shot to left-center off Kasey Olenberger that cut through the wind.
“Miguel is our main guy,” Sojo said. “This guy has got some bright future.
“He’s unbelievable. Every time he hits the ball, he hits it hard somewhere.
“I know pitchers from now on are going to be aware, they’re going to be careful with him. Because he can hit anybody.”
The Italians only had one real shot. Down 1-0 in the top of the third, Italy loaded the bases with one out. Frank Menechino and Frank Catalanotto – in what were the most important at-bats in the brief history of Italian baseball – whiffed on seven pitches against Garcia.
“You’ve gotta give Freddy credit,” Italy manager Matt Galante said. “If we did take advantage of that, sure, it could’ve been different.”
“We showed some intensity today,” Garcia said. “In terms of my preparation, I think I’m maybe 75-80 percent in terms of physical shape.”
With two outs and one on in the sixth, Piazza was frozen on a full-count, outside pitch by flamethrower Carlos Silva as a partisan crowd of 10,101 went nuts.
“As far as I’m concerned, I felt like the stuff that I saw tonight, personally, is the stuff I (usually) see in June, July and August,” Piazza said.
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Venezuela 6 – Italy 0
LAKE BUENA VISTA – A mismatch more than a match-up, last night’s clash between Venezuela and Italy produced a predictable result.
In other words, there was no U.S.-style choke by Venezuela.
Freddy Garcia struck out seven over 3 2/3 innings of one-hit ball, and the torrid Miguel Cabrera drove in two runs in the 6-0 victory.
“It’s evident that they threw their best at us tonight,” said Mike Piazza, who was 0-for-4 with three strikeouts. “And they were on top of their game.”
After a disappointing loss to the Dominican on Tuesday, Venezuela will almost certainly cruise into the next round – considering its last game is tonight against Australia.
The Aussies were one-hit by Italy, 10-0, in a mercy-rule, seven-inning rout on Tuesday.
“There is no pressure,” Venezuela manager Luis Sojo said. “We won.”
Meanwhile, Italy’s hopes of advancing have virtually evaporated after getting two-hit.
The short-handed Italians need a victory today against a stacked Dominican team, and Triple-A righty Tony Fiore is scheduled to start against former All-Star Odalis Perez.
Not a promising match-up.
Neither was last night’s, which pitted World Series hero Garcia against Boston/Pawtucket lefty Lenny DiNardo, who allowed two runs over 2 2/3 frames.
Cabrera, who was 2-for-3 with a homer and three RBIs in Tuesday’s 11-5 loss, drove in the first run with an RBI single in the first. With two outs in the fifth, he smashed a solo shot to left-center off Kasey Olenberger that cut through the wind.
“Miguel is our main guy,” Sojo said. “This guy has got some bright future.
“He’s unbelievable. Every time he hits the ball, he hits it hard somewhere.
“I know pitchers from now on are going to be aware, they’re going to be careful with him. Because he can hit anybody.”
The Italians only had one real shot. Down 1-0 in the top of the third, Italy loaded the bases with one out. Frank Menechino and Frank Catalanotto – in what were the most important at-bats in the brief history of Italian baseball – whiffed on seven pitches against Garcia.
“You’ve gotta give Freddy credit,” Italy manager Matt Galante said. “If we did take advantage of that, sure, it could’ve been different.”
“We showed some intensity today,” Garcia said. “In terms of my preparation, I think I’m maybe 75-80 percent in terms of physical shape.”
With two outs and one on in the sixth, Piazza was frozen on a full-count, outside pitch by flamethrower Carlos Silva as a partisan crowd of 10,101 went nuts.
“As far as I’m concerned, I felt like the stuff that I saw tonight, personally, is the stuff I (usually) see in June, July and August,” Piazza said.
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The text is a sports article describing a baseball game between Venezuela and Italy, with details about player performances and quotes from players and managers.

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