United States 6
(1-1)
Italy 2
(2-1)
Coverage: ESPN Dep
9:00 PM ET, March 9, 2013
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| USA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 0 |
| ITA | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| W: | R. Vogelsong (1-0) |
| L: | M. Grifantini (0-1) |
| SV: | R. Detwiler (1) |
 United States | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | ||
| J Rollins SS | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .444 | ||
| B Phillips 2B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .222 | ||
| R Braun LF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .375 | ||
| J Mauer DH | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .375 | ||
| D Wright 3B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .444 | ||
| G Stanton RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .000 | ||
| E Hosmer 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .125 | ||
| A Jones CF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .167 | ||
| J Lucroy C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .250 | ||
| Totals | 37 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 5 | - | |||
| BATTING 2B: J Mauer (1, M Grifantini) HR: D Wright (1, 5th inning off M Torra 3 on, 2 Out) RBI: J Mauer (1), B Phillips (1), D Wright 4 (5) 2-out RBI: D Wright 4 GIDP: R Braun Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: J Mauer 1, B Phillips 1, E Hosmer 2 Team LOB: 9 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: A Jones (1, 2nd base off T Crabbe/T LaTorre) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING PB: J Lucroy. | ||||||||||
| United States | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA | |
| R Vogelsong (W, 1-0) | 4.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 60-41 | 4.50 | |
| J Affeldt | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15-10 | 0.00 | |
| R Detwiler (S, 1) | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 51-36 | 0.00 | |
| Totals | 9.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 126-87 | ||
| PITCHING WP: R Vogelsong Batters faced: R Vogelsong 18; J Affeldt 3; R Detwiler 14 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: R Vogelsong 4-3; J Affeldt 2-0; R Detwiler 8-1 | ||||||||||
 Italy | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | ||
| N Punto 2B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .417 | ||
A Vaglio 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | ||
| C Denorfia CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .308 | ||
S Desimoni CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| A Rizzo 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .273 | ||
C Colabello 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .455 | ||
| A Liddi 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .400 | ||
J Infante 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | ||
| M Costanzo DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .273 | ||
| M Chiarini RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .273 | ||
| L Avagnina LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | ||
| T LaTorre C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .250 | ||
| A Granato SS | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .625 | ||
a-J Santora PH-SS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| Totals | 34 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 8 | - | |||
| a-walked for A Granato in the 7th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: A Granato (1, R Vogelsong) RBI: A Granato (1) 2-out RBI: A Granato Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: M Costanzo 2, A Rizzo 1, C Denorfia 1 Team LOB: 6 | ||||||||||
| FIELDING DP: 1 (A Granato-N Punto-A Rizzo). | ||||||||||
| Italy | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA | |
| L Panerati | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 37-24 | 0.00 | |
| M Grifantini (L, 0-1) | 1.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 24-15 | 27.00 | |
| M Torra | 1.0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20-12 | 13.50 | |
| D Serafini | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4-2 | 18.00 | |
| T Crabbe | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13-5 | 0.00 | |
| B Sweeney | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34-21 | 0.00 | |
| J Mariotti | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13-6 | 10.13 | |
| N Pugliese | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4-3 | 0.00 | |
| P Venditte | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10-7 | 0.00 | |
| Totals | 9.0 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 159-95 | ||
| PITCHING Batters faced: L Panerati 11; M Grifantini 7; M Torra 6; D Serafini 1; T Crabbe 4; B Sweeney 5; J Mariotti 4; N Pugliese 1; P Venditte 3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: L Panerati 3-4; M Grifantini 1-0; M Torra 1-1; D Serafini 1-0; T Crabbe 1-1; B Sweeney 0-1; J Mariotti 0-1; N Pugliese 0-1; P Venditte 2-0 | ||||||||||
Scoring Summary
| USA | ITA | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | N Punto scored, A Liddi to second on wild pitch by R Vogelsong. | 0 | 1 |
| 2nd | A Granato doubled to deep center, T LaTorre scored. | 0 | 2 |
| 4th | J Mauer doubled to deep left, R Braun scored. | 1 | 2 |
| 5th | B Phillips singled to right, A Jones scored, J Lucroy to third. | 2 | 2 |
| 5th | D Wright homered to left center (410 feet), J Lucroy, B Phillips and J Mauer scored. | 6 | 2 |
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Game Information
| Game Time: | 3:21 |
| Weather: | indoors |
| Umpires: | Home Plate - Jim Reynolds, First Base - Brian Knight, Second Base - Kwang-Nam Na, Third Base - Miguel Hernandez |