USA Baseball Team Made It to the 2008 Olympics
The Americans won the Olympic gold medal
in the year 2000, but didn’t succeed to qualify for the 2004 Summer Games
in Athens. This year the United States of America’s Olympic Baseball Team
earned the right to participate in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing by beating
Panama 11 – 5 on Sunday night. Cuba also qualified for the Olympics after
winning the game against Mexico 4 – 0. Both qualified teams will play against
each other next Tuesday. The U.S. record stands at 5-1 in the tournament,
while Cuba is 6-0. Tuesday marks the final game for both teams.
During the U.S. – Panama game, Bobby
Hill had three hits with an RBI (Run Batted In) and scored twice for the
USA’s team, which fell behind 1-0 in the first inning, but scored 10 runs
over the next four frames. Michael Bourn and Billy Butler had two runs
each one for the U.S. and two RBIs. Michael Bourn tripled in two runs in
the bottom of the second inning letting USA’s score ahead of its opponent’s
and then knocked out Panama starter Elpidio Pinto by scoring three times
in the third.
Greg Smith allowed one run, struck
out five and walked two in 3 1/3 innings for the United States. Nic Ungs
tossed the next 3 2/3 frames for the win.
Baseball is the first sport in which
Americans have earned a spot in the 2008 Olympics. Baseball game’s inventors
and the champions of the 2000 Sydney Olympics missed the 2004 Olympics
as they didn’t get to qualify at the Americas Qualifier.
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