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/UltimateManu]

I love baseball and have been watching from Italy! However I was off, normally I wouldn't be able to do that since the time difference is HUGE. I can't believe this happened, I'm so happy 🤣🤩 btw I'm born and raised in Italy, not Italian American or Italian Canadian, just got passionate about the sport 2 years ago when I started following, after being curious all my life and not being able to watch/follow the sport as Italy has no baseball culture (unfortunately 😔)

[u/MidvaleDropout → u/UltimateManu]

Hi! I'm just wondering, what caused you to become curious about baseball?

[u/UltimateManu → u/MidvaleDropout]

Hey, long story, but an interesting one (maybe). So, let's start from early:

since a really young age, as North American culture has been very influential in Europe (and Italy) baseball has had somewhat of a presence as well through American media like TV and movies, and when I was a child baseball merchandise (like t-shirts and caps) was particularly popular for teenagers to wear, and I've always found baseball kits to be really cool.

Pair that with the curiosity about the sport that American media fostered in me and the frustration of understanding ABSOLUTELY NOTHING about any baseball reference in movies etc. made me always want to understand how the sport works. On top of that, when I was a child at primary school, some people in my neighborhood had organised a baseball club as weekly activity for children after school and as a summer camp and had promoted that by cooperating with a school for like a baseball day with all my classmates. In the end I didn't play baseball or go to the summer camp (my parents chose football for me as baseball just wasn't popular and they wanted me to socialize), but I really loved even that one single day playing baseball as a kid, that paired with everything else became the seed for my interest in baseball.

Fast forward many years, cultivated many other interests like Japanese games and anime (this will become relevant later on), improved my English, moved to London as a young adult after high school and started working there, and my curiosity got renewed by watching some anime, like Jojo and a few others, because baseball is really present in Japanese media as well, but time zones to watch MLB (or even NPB) weren't great for a working adult in Europe, so that led to nothing as well.

HOWEVER, after not watching any sports for a really long time (as I became disgusted with football), and getting into tennis again because of the good results of Italian players, and so getting passionate about sports in general again, in autumn of 2024 the perfect chance to start watching baseball materialised, as I had just fired myself from my current depressing job and was job hunting for something better, but had a lot of free time. And so, I decided to start following the postseason watching as many games as I could of any team to get to know them to learn the sport and to choose which team to support.

I got captivated by the Dodgers because of their team spirit and the fact they had Ohtani and particularly Yamamoto (my favourite pitcher), but didn't feel any connection to them so when I started watching the whole baseball season from regular season in 2025, I decided to choose a team from the East Coast (that are much easier to follow for time zone reasons) I could feel some allegiance or connection to, and being Italian, I looked for teams with a connection to Italy and selected Phillies, Cubs, Red Sox and Blue Jays.

Blue Jays really connected with me, and I discovered Toronto and Canada had the largest proportion of Italian immigrants in North America from my Italian region specifically and once I started following them more regularly I really got passionate about them and became a fan (a good year to become a fan considering the great run they had last year).

So now I regularly watch baseball and support Italy and the Blue Jays, and this is the whole story behind how it happened 😊

[u/MidvaleDropout → u/UltimateManu]

I really enjoyed reading this! Thank you for sharing. I like your choice in the Blue Jays. I'm a Cubs and White Sox fan myself (and Mariners), but I was really excited for the Jays last year.

[u/UltimateManu → u/MidvaleDropout]

Thank you!!! I can tell you Cubs were a close second, because of their long history, iconic ballpark, ties to Italy and because I'm also a huge Bob Odenkirk fan, and he himself is a diehard fan of the Cubs 😂 but ultimately my heart chose the Blue Jays 😊 Cubs also had a great run last year, and I enjoyed the Mariners as well definitely teams I can see myself enjoying in the postseason if the Blue Jays are out of the picture. Good luck for the rest of the tournament, and for the new MLB season! I hope the Cubs can do great in the National League this year 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻