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FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE
(BRNO, Czech Republic) - Hunter Morris (Auburn; Huntsville, Ala.) snapped a scoreless tie in the top of the 12th inning, and Kendal Volz (Baylor; Bulverde, Texas) got a game-ending ground out with the potential tying run at third base as the USA Baseball National Team defeated Japan 1-0 in Sunday’s gold medal game of the FISU World Championships at Mestsky Stadium. It was Team USA’s third consecutive FISU title. Read the rest of this entry »

USA and Japan are tied at 0-0 in the Bottom of the eighth inning. Live Stats are available here.

UPDATE #1: Still 0-0 into the Bottom of the Tenth. Japan is currently up to bat. Mike Minor is still on the mound for Team USA as he already has one out in the bottom of the tenth.

UPDATE #2: Hunter Morris gets a pinch hit single in the 12th inning to drive home Micah Gibbs with the first run of the game. Kendall Volz shut the door in the bottom of the 12th inning to complete a perfect summer for Team USA. A full recap will be posted as soon as we get it.

Team USA will look to end the summer with a perfect record on Sunday when they take on the Japanese team in the World University Games Final. Team USA has already picked up the Haarlem Baseball Week title with two victories over the Cuban Olympic Team and will have a perfect record this summer if they can beat Japan on Sunday. Mike Minor of Vanderbilt is expected to start on the mound for the United States as he knocked off Cuba a few weekends ago in the Haarlem Baseball Week championship game. Read the rest of this entry »

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE
(BRNO, Czech Republic) – Stephen Strasburg (San Diego State; San Diego, Calif.) struck out nine over 7.0 innings, and Kyle Gibson (Missouri; Greenfield, Ind.) and Kendal Volz (Baylor; Bulverde, Texas) completed the shutout at the USA Baseball National Team defeated the Chinese-Taipei National Team 3-0 in Saturday’s semifinal game of the 2008 FISU World Championships at Mestsky Stadium. Read the rest of this entry »

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE
(BRNO, Czech Republic) – Hunter Morris (Auburn; Huntsville, Ala.) blasted the first pitch he saw in the bottom of the 11th over the wall in right-center as the USA Baseball National Team defeated the Chinese-Taipei National Team 3-2 in the final FISU World Championships pool-play game for both teams Thursday at Mestsky Stadium. Team USA concludes FISU pool play 6-0 and will be the top seed in this weekend’s tournament portion of the World Championships. The U.S. team also improved to 22-0 on its 2008 summer tour. Read the rest of this entry »

Mark Hardy. Photo by Bob Broughton.

Team Canada, representing Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS), defeated the Czech Republic, 4-0, at AVG Draci Brno Field, in Brno, CZ. Team Canada improves to 2-3 at the 4th annual World University Baseball Championships while the Czech Republic falls to 1-4.

Team Canada came into tonight’s game knowing they needed a victory to keep their medal hopes alive. That is exactly what the team did; they played a complete game pitching, hitting and defense to eliminate the host Czech Republic from advancing to the medal round and now with a 2-3 record they can concentrate on their one game showdown with Korea, who currently sport a 3-2 tournament record.

Again tonight the story was starting pitching. Veteran British Columbia LHP Mark Hardy of Campbell River, BC pitched the game of his life. The Sophomore Thunderbird struck out 15 Czech Republic batters, while walking none and giving up only three hits over 8 innings. “Mark gave us a big time performance tonight when we needed it most,” said Head Coach Terry McKaig. “Our starting pitching has come around and now won two key games for us, giving our bullpen the needed rest for tomorrow’s game against Korea.” Read the rest of this entry »

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE
(BRNO, Czech Republic) – Team USA overcame an early deficit and scored multiple runs in three different innings en route to a 9-3 victory over Japan in Wednesday’s pool-play game at the FISU World Championships at Mestsky Stadium. Team USA improved to 5-0 in FISU pool play and 21-0 on the summer with the victory, with which the U.S. squad clinched the top seed in this weekend’s tournament portion of the FISU World Championships. Read the rest of this entry »

Jon Syrnyk. Photo by Bob Broughton.

Brno, CZ - Team Canada, representing Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS), was defeated by Japan, 7-6, at AVG Draci Brno Stadium, in Brno, CZ. Team Canada falls to 0-2 at the 4th annual World University Baseball Championships while Japan improves to 2-0.

For the second straight night, Team Canada fell behind early as they spotted Japan four runs over the first three innings. However Team Canada, like it did on Friday Night, used the big inning to come from behind and tie the game at 4 all in the top of the 5th inning. Canada would then take a page out of Japan’s playbook and play “small ball” scoring once each in the 6th and 7th inning, on just one hit, to take a two run lead into the bottom of the 9th inning where Japan would score twice, on three hits, to send the game into extra innings. In the extra frames Team Canada reached base in both innings but was unable to score the go ahead run. Japan left two men on in the 10th inning and scored the winning run on a sacrifice fly by Takeshi Hosoyamada in the bottom of the 11th inning. Read the rest of this entry »

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE
(OSTRAVA, Czech Republic) – Micah Gibbs (LSU; Pflugerville, Texas), Hunter Morris (Auburn; Huntsville, Ala.) and Scott Woodward (Coastal Carolina; Markle, Ind.) hit two home runs each as the USA Baseball National Team defeated the Lithuania National Team 30-1 in seven innings Sunday in pool-play action of the FISU World Championships at Ostrava Field. Team USA improved to 3-0 in FISU pool play and 19-0 on its 2008 tour with the victory. Read the rest of this entry »

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE
(OSTRAVA, Czech Republic) – Jared Clark (Cal State Fullerton; Castaic, Calif.) went 3-for-4 with a home run, a double and three RBI Saturday night as the USA Baseball National Team defeated the Czech Republic National Team 8-2 in pool-play action of the 2008 FISU World Championships at Ostrava Field. Team USA improved to 2-0 in FISU pool-play action and 18-0 on its 2008 tour with the victory. Read the rest of this entry »

Team USA will be playing the Czech Republic at 2pm today in Pool Play action at the World University Games. Live stats  are available for the entire tournament including Team USA and Canada games. Click here to check them out.

UPDATE #1: I had the wrong link up. USA is down 1-0 in the first inning. Live Play by Play is available here.

UPDATE #2: USA and Czech Republic are tied at one in the fourth inning.

UPDATE #3: USA wins the game over the Czech Republic 8-2. Full Recap available here.

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE
(OSTRAVA, Czech Republic) – Micah Gibbs’ one-out, two-run single started a four-run ninth, and Stephen Strasburg (San Diego State; San Diego) notched 13 strikeouts in a no-decision Friday as the USA Baseball National Team defeated Korea 5-2 in pool-play action of the FISU World Championships at Ostrava Field. It was the first FISU pool-play game for Team USA, which improved to 17-0 on its 2008 tour with the victory. Read the rest of this entry »

Team USA opens play on Friday with a game against Korea at 4:30 am eastern time. They have a perfect record this summer of 16-0 after winning Haarlem Baseball Week. We will take a look at some of the top hitters on the team and top pitchers for the squad for the FISU tournament. Read the rest of this entry »

UBC/Team Canada Coach Terry McKaig. Photo by Dan Ashman.

Coach Terry McKaig has put together a team consisting mostly of Division I players, plus six members of his NAIA British Columbia team.

Key position players:

1B Marshall MacDonald (Dayton, Red Deer, AB) A Junior who started all 56 games for the Flyers. He hit .306, and led the Flyers with eight home runs and 42 RBI.

OF Ken Fuglerud (Saint Mary’s, Lethbridge, AB) hit .351 with three home runs and 25 RBI for the Gaels. He is a Senior.

OF Grant Kveder (Gonzaga, Lethbridge, AB) A Junior transfer from the College of Southern Idaho, where he was an Academic All-American. He hit .322 with 31 RBI.

C/1B Ryan Pilgrim (British Columbia, Pitt Meadows, BC) A Junior who hit .324 with four home runs and 31 RBI for the Thunderbirds. He has hit well in Team Canada’s pre-tournament exhibition games.

SS Sammie Starr (British Columbia, Toronto) Very good glove guy (.959 fielding), hit .268 with two home runs and 15 RBI. He is a Sophomore. Read the rest of this entry »