Team USA will play their final game of the summer today in the 2009 Enbridge Northern Gateway World Baseball Challenge in Prince George British Columbia. Team USA will take on the Germany National Team which picked up an upset victory over the United States team during the preliminary rounds (Full Recap). Team USA will send LHP Drew Pomeranz (Ole Miss) to the hill to face TBD pitcher from the German team. The game is set to begin at 7pm Eastern/4pm Pacific. You can check out full video of the game below.

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Cal-State Fullerton and current member of the United States Collegiate National Team was injured in the eighth inning on Friday night when Canadian Nic Lendvoy slid hard into second base to break up a double play. Both benches ended up clearing on the play but order was quickly restored. Colon was carried off the field as his current condition is unknown. This could be an injury which could affect Colon during Fall Ball but he has about six months to get ready for the regular season.

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FROM TEAM USA RELEASE

(PRINCE GEORGE, British Columbia) – Andy Wilkins hit an RBI triple in second inning and Gerrit Cole (UCLA) pitched a complete game two-hitter as Team USA beat Canada, 1-0, at the 2009 Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline World Baseball Challenge at Prince George Citizen Field.

Yasmani Grandal (Miami) hit a single to right field with two outs and Wilkins followed with an RBI triple off of the scoreboard in left center to put the U.S. (18-5; 5-1) up 1-0 in the bottom of the second inning.

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Team USA enters the playoff round tonight of the 2009 Enbridge Northern Gateway World Baseball Challenge tonight against Team Canada. The USA National team defeated Canada earlier in the tournament by a score of 5-2. Team USA is expected to send ace pitcher Gerritt Cole to the mound tonight while the Canadian pitcher is Jordan Rawlyk from Monterey Peninsula JC. The game is set to start at 10 PM Eastern/7 PM Pacific. You can check out Live Video from the game below.

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FROM USA BASEBALL

(PRINCE GEORGE, British Columbia) – Rick Hague (Rice), Bryce Brentz (Middle Tennessee State) and Michael Choice (UT Arlington) each hit a home run in the fifth inning and Team USA beat British Columbia 12-2 in eight innings at the 2009 Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline World Baseball Challenge at Prince George Citizen Field.

Devon Franklin hit a home run over the left field fence in the first inning and Mike Collins hit a homer in the fourth to lead 2-0 on Team USA starter Cody Wheeler (Coastal Carolina).

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The USA National Team continues their play in the 2009 Enbridge Northern Gateway World Baseball Challenge tonight with a game against British Columbia. Team USA enters the game with a 3-1 record after winning their opening game against Canada 5-2 (Recap), then losing to Germany 6-3 (Recap), picking up a victory over The Bahamas by a score of 8-1 (Recap) and finally a victory yesterday over The Prince George Axemen by a score of 10-2 (Recap). The British Columbia club enters the game with a 3-1 record in the tourney with a loss to Team Canada. The game is set to start tonight at 6 PM Eastern/3 PM Pacific time. You can check out the video below.

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FROM USA BASEBALL

PRINCE GEORGE, British Columbia — Rick Hague (Rice) went 3-4 with one of three U.S. home runs and Team USA defeated the host Prince George Axemen, 10-2, at the 2009 Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline World Baseball Challenge at Prince George Citizen Field.

The Axemen (2-2) got on the board in the bottom of the first inning with a double to right center by Darrin Doucette to take a short-lived one-run lead.

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The USA National Team continues their play in the 2009 Enbridge Northern Gateway World Baseball Challenge tonight with a game against the Prince George Axemen. Team USA enters the game with a 2-1 record after winning their opening game against Canada 5-2 (Recap), then losing to Germany 6-3 (Recap), and picking up a victory over The Bahamas by a score of 8-1 (Recap). The Prince George Axemen enter the game with a 2-1 record after defeating Germany 8-4 and The Bahamas 13-3 while picking up a loss to Team BC 10-4. The game is set to start tonight at 10 PM Eastern/7 PM Pacific time. You can check out the video below.

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FROM USA BASEBALL RELEASE

(PRINCE GEORGE, British Columbia) – Asher Wojciechowski (The Citadel) struck out nine batters in seven innings and Team USA beat Bahamas, 8-1, at the 2009 Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline World Baseball Challenge at Prince George Citizen Field.

Kolten Wong (Hawaii) hit a double down the right field line to score Tyler Holt (Florida State) in the first inning and Matt Newman (Arizona State) stole home in the second for a 2-0, Team USA lead.

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The USA National Team continues their play in the 2009 Enbridge Northern Gateway World Baseball Challenge. Team USA opened up play on Sunday with a 5-2 victory over the Canadian National Team. (FULL STORY). They followed that up with a surprise loss to the German National Team by a score of 6-3. (FULL STORY). The team from The Bahamas has struggled in this tournament as they have lost to Prince George Axemen by a score of 13-3 (Box Score), Germany 20-3 (Box Score), and got no-hit by the Canadian National Team in a 14-0 defeat. (Box Score). You can check out live video of the game which starts at 10pm Eastern/7pm Pacific below.

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FROM USA BASEBALL

(PRINCE GEORGE, British Columbia) – Team USA pitchers surrendered three home runs and German pitcher Tim Henkenjohann pitched 8.2 innings as Team Germany beat the U.S., 6-3, at the 2009 Enbridge Northern Pipeline World Baseball Challenge at Prince George Citizen Field.

USA starter T.J. Walz (Kansas) surrendered a solo home run to Jendrick Speer and a two-run shot to Simon Guerhing in the bottom of the fourth inning as Germany (2-1) went up 3-0 on the U.S.

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Team USA will be taking on the German National Team in their second game of the Enbridge Northern Gateway World Baseball Challenge in Prince George, British Columbia. Team USA opened up the tournament with a 5-2 victory over the host Canada on Sunday evening while Germany destroyed the Bahamas 20-3. The game is set to start at 10pm eastern time while starting at 7pm Pacific. You can check out Live Video with audio below. Read the rest of this entry »