Italy 4
(0-1)
Dominican Republic 5
(1-0)
Coverage: ESPN2
1:00 PM ET, March 12, 2013
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| ITA | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| DOM | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | X | 5 | 10 | 0 |
| W: | P. Strop (2-0) |
| L: | P. Venditte (0-1) |
| SV: | F. Rodney (3) |
 Italy | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | ||
| N Punto 2B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .467 | ||
| C Denorfia CF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .313 | ||
| A Rizzo 1B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .214 | ||
| A Liddi 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .308 | ||
| C Colabello DH | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .429 | ||
| M Costanzo LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .214 | ||
| M Chiarini RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .214 | ||
a-T LaTorre PH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 | ||
S Desimoni PR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| D Butera C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .167 | ||
| A Granato SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .455 | ||
| Totals | 28 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | - | |||
| a-walked for M Chiarini in the 9th | ||||||||||
| BATTING HR: C Colabello (2, 1st inning off E Volquez 2 on, 1 Out) RBI: A Liddi (3), C Colabello 3 (7) SF: A Liddi GIDP: M Costanzo, D Butera Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: A Liddi 1 Team LOB: 4 | ||||||||||
| FIELDING DP: 1 (A Rizzo-A Granato-A Rizzo). | ||||||||||
| Italy | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA | |
| T Da Silva | 5.1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 73-49 | 3.12 | |
| N Pugliese (H, 1) | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18-9 | 0.00 | |
| P Venditte (L, 0-1; H, 1) | 0.2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20-12 | 11.57 | |
| L Panerati | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4-0 | 0.00 | |
| B Sweeney (B, 1) | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23-16 | 0.00 | |
| Totals | 8.0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 138-86 | ||
| PITCHING Batters faced: T Da Silva 21; N Pugliese 4; P Venditte 5; L Panerati 1; B Sweeney 6 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: T Da Silva 6-7; N Pugliese 0-0; P Venditte 0-2; L Panerati 0-0; B Sweeney 0-3 | ||||||||||
 Dominican Republic | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | ||
| J Reyes SS | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .316 | ||
| E Aybar DH | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .231 | ||
| R Cano 2B | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .632 | ||
| E Encarnacion 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .308 | ||
| H Ramirez 3B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .182 | ||
| N Cruz RF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .412 | ||
| C Santana C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | .182 | ||
| R Nanita LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .091 | ||
a-M Tejada PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .429 | ||
M Sierra LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| A De Aza CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .308 | ||
| Totals | 33 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 6 | - | |||
| a-flied out to right for R Nanita in the 6th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: R Cano (4, T Da Silva) HR: J Reyes (1, 3rd inning off T Da Silva 0 on, 0 Out); R Cano (2, 6th inning off T Da Silva 0 on, 1 Out) RBI: J Reyes (1), R Cano (6), E Encarnacion (3), H Ramirez (2), N Cruz (6) SF: H Ramirez 2-out RBI: N Cruz GIDP: C Santana Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: M Tejada 2, C Santana 1, E Encarnacion 1, A De Aza 1 Team LOB: 8 | ||||||||||
| FIELDING DP: 2 (E Encarnacion-J Reyes-L Barcelo, J Reyes-R Cano-E Encarnacion). | ||||||||||
| Dominican Republic | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA | |
| E Volquez | 4.1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 64-38 | 6.75 | |
| J Cedeno | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4-3 | 0.00 | |
| L Barcelo | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16-11 | 2.08 | |
| P Strop (W, 2-0) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16-10 | 0.00 | |
| S Casilla (H, 2) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11-6 | 0.00 | |
| F Rodney (S, 3) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11-7 | 0.00 | |
| Totals | 9.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 122-75 | ||
| PITCHING Batters faced: E Volquez 20; J Cedeno 1; L Barcelo 4; P Strop 4; S Casilla 3; F Rodney 3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: E Volquez 6-4; J Cedeno 0-0; L Barcelo 4-0; P Strop 2-1; S Casilla 2-1; F Rodney 2-0 | ||||||||||
Scoring Summary
| ITA | DOM | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | A Liddi hit sacrifice fly to right, N Punto scored, C Denorfia to third. | 1 | 0 |
| 1st | C Colabello homered to right center (437 feet), C Denorfia and A Rizzo scored. | 4 | 0 |
| 3rd | J Reyes homered to right (417 feet). | 4 | 1 |
| 6th | R Cano homered to right (435 feet). | 4 | 2 |
| 7th | E Encarnacion walked, J Reyes scored, E Aybar to third, R Cano to second. | 4 | 3 |
| 7th | H Ramirez hit sacrifice fly to center, E Aybar scored, R Cano to third. | 4 | 4 |
| 7th | N Cruz singled to shallow right, R Cano scored, E Encarnacion to third. | 4 | 5 |
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Game Information
| Game Time: | 3:17 |
| Weather: | 80 degrees, partly cloudy |
| Wind: | 6 mph |
| Umpires: | Home Plate - Angel Hernandez, First Base - Katsumi Manabe, Second Base - Mark Wegner, Third Base - Paul Hyham |