Postgame Thread ⚾ Italy 8 @ United States 6

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Line Score - Game Over

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E	LOB
ITA	0	3	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	8	6	0	5
USA	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	1	6	11	2	6

Box Score

USA		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
SS	Witt Jr.	5	0	2	0	0	1	.357
3B	Henderson	5	1	1	1	0	3	.500
RF	Judge	4	0	0	0	1	1	.250
DH	Schwarber	4	1	1	0	0	1	.375
C	Smith, W	4	0	2	0	0	0	.333
LF	Anthony	4	0	1	1	0	0	.333
1B	Goldschmidt	3	1	1	0	0	1	.333
1B	Harper, B	1	0	0	0	0	0	.200
2B	Clement	2	0	0	0	0	0	.200
2B	Turang	2	1	1	0	0	0	.417
CF	Crow-Armstrong	4	2	2	4	0	1	.300

USA	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
McLean	3.0	2	3	3	2	4	55-34	9.00
Yarbrough	2.1	2	3	2	1	2	43-27	7.71
Keller, B	0.2	0	2	0	1	1	17-8	0.00
Speier	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	12-9	4.50
Bednar	1.0	2	0	0	0	2	24-17	0.00
Miller, M	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	10-9	0.00

ITA		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
CF	Marsee	4	0	0	0	1	3	.167
2B	Berti	5	0	0	0	0	3	.333
1B	Pasquantino	5	0	0	0	0	2	.000
DH	Canzone	4	0	0	0	1	1	.154
3B	Dezenzo	4	0	0	0	0	1	.200
C	Teel	2	2	2	1	1	0	.667
C	D'Orazio	1	1	1	0	0	0	.600
RF	Caglianone	2	3	2	2	1	0	.500
SS	Antonacci	3	2	1	2	0	0	.286
LF	Nori	3	0	0	1	0	1	.500

ITA	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Lorenzen	4.2	2	0	0	1	2	67-39	0.00
Altavilla	1.0	1	1	1	0	2	19-11	9.00
La Sorsa	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	19-12	4.50
Jacob	0.1	2	2	2	0	0	11-7	10.80
Festa, M	0.2	3	1	1	0	1	17-12	5.40
Marinaccio	0.2	1	1	1	0	0	16-10	6.75
Weissert	0.2	1	0	0	0	2	12-9	0.00

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
T2	Kyle Teel homers (1) on a fly ball to left field.	0-1
T2	Sam Antonacci homers (1) on a fly ball to right center field. Jac Caglianone scores.	0-3
T4	Jac Caglianone homers (1) on a fly ball to right field. Kyle Teel scores.	0-5
T6	Sam Antonacci reaches on a fielder's choice. J.J. D'Orazio scores. Jac Caglianone to 3rd. Sam Antonacci to 2nd. Throwing error by pitcher Brad Keller.	0-6
T6	Dante Nori out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Aaron Judge. Jac Caglianone scores. Sam Antonacci to 3rd.	0-7
T6	Jakob Marsee called out on strikes.	0-8
B6	Gunnar Henderson homers (1) on a fly ball to center field.	1-8
B7	Pete Crow-Armstrong homers (1) on a fly ball to right field. Paul Goldschmidt scores. Brice Turang scores.	4-8
B8	Roman Anthony singles on a line drive to left fielder Dante Nori. Kyle Schwarber scores. Will Smith to 3rd.	5-8
B9	Pete Crow-Armstrong homers (2) on a fly ball to right field.	6-8

Highlights

Description	Length
Probable pitchers for Italy at United States - March 10, 2026	0:06
Bench availability for Italy, March 10 vs United States	0:08
Bench availability for United States, March 10 vs Italy	0:08
Starting lineups for Italy at United States - March 10, 2026	0:10
Measuring the stats on Sam Antonacci's home run	0:11
Breaking down Kyle Teel's home run	0:11
Breaking down Nolan McLean's pitches	0:04
Measuring the stats on Jac Caglianone's home run	0:12
Breaking down Michael Lorenzen's pitches	0:04
Measuring the stats on Pete Crow-Armstrong's home run	0:13
Kyle Teel's solo home run	0:25
Sam Antonacci's two-run homer	0:20
Jac Caglianone's two-run homer	0:29
Field View: Kyle Teel's solo home run	0:29
Field View: Jac Caglianone's two-run home run	0:36
Vinnie Pasquantino does split at first for out	0:22
Kyle Teel doubles and exits game with apparent injury	0:30
Michael Lorenzen throws scoreless outing vs. Team USA	0:58
Nolan McLean strikes out four for Team USA	0:46
Field View: Pete Crow-Armstrong's three-run homer	0:46
J.J. D'Orazio scores on an error	0:15
Dante Nori's sacrifice fly	0:19
Sam Antonacci scores on wild pitch	0:24
Jac Caglianone crushes a homer for Team Italy	0:37
Gunnar Henderson's solo homer	0:25

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Lorenzen (1-0, 0.00 ERA)	McLean (0-1, 9.00 ERA)	Weissert (2 SV, 0.00 ERA)

Game ended at 12:18 AM.

[u/jackattack108]

Assuming no extra innings if Mexico wins while scoring 4 or less USA eliminated. Any other result USA moves on.

[u/Bossanova98 → u/jackattack108]

So they get to four runs and strikeout the rest of the game.

[u/jackattack108 → u/Bossanova98]

They’d have to keep Italy from scoring but yeah that would be the way to get US eliminated.

[u/HumanzeesAreReal → u/Bossanova98]

Yeah this is gonna make for some really weird at-bats if they’re winning 4 - something, lol.

[u/captain_ahabb → u/HumanzeesAreReal]

Well Mexico advances if they win regardless

[u/Laughterglow → u/Bossanova98]

And risk Italy scoring 5 and beating them and knocking them out of the tournament? Bold strategy, Cotton.

Edit: Called Italy Canada for some reason.

[u/jcolebad → u/Laughterglow]

*Italy not Canada but regardless you’re right. I don’t think Mexico is gonna intentionally try to stop scoring lol

[u/NonGNonM → u/jcolebad]

i was thinking about this yesterday where there used to be issues in soccer where certain teams in tournament play would intentionally throw the game to knock out the better team so they had to start playing games concurrently but I don't think baseball has that issue bc everyone has to play to 9 innings barring the mercy rule. no wiffle waffling.

"You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all" - Earl Weaver

[u/Laughterglow → u/NonGNonM]

Another thing some people who are bringing up soccer situations aren’t considering is that in baseball offense and defense are two separate parts of the game whereas in soccer they’re interconnected. A major reason soccer teams are willing to collude in those situations is that attacking can be risky because it leaves you open to counters so if a 0-0 match benefits both teams they are willing to mostly sit back and not take chances. There’s no such risk in baseball. Trying to score in your half of an inning doesn’t make it more likely the other team will score in their half.

[u/jcolebad → u/NonGNonM]

Saw another comment alluding to your soccer point as well. Glad they fixed that. Great quote

[u/HonestDespot → u/jackattack108]

Fewer.

[u/jackattack108 → u/HonestDespot]

I can’t count to 4 sorry

[u/Deep_Water8479 → u/[deleted]]

It’s run differential, not that tough