Mariners star Ichiro Suzuki hit a two-out, two-run single in the top of the 10th, and Japan beat South Korea 5-3 Monday night to win its second straight WBC title before a crowd of 54,846 at Dodger Stadium, according to an Associated Press report.
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Glavine Throws Three Pain-Free Innings Against Mets
Braves lefty Tom Glavine knows the end of his career is in sight and he wants to leave on his own terms.
Glavine pitched three pain-free innings against his former team in his first spring start , allowing only two hits Saturday in a 12-1 win over the Mets, according to an Associated Press report.
Strasburg Strikes Out 15 But Bullpen Blows Lead
Stephen Strasburg pitched seven shutout innings on Friday against BYU, who rallied against the SDSU bullpen for a 4-2 victory over the Aztecs.
?That's baseball,? said Strasburg. ?Nine times out of 10 we're going to get the job done.?
Strasburg struck out 15 batters and allowed just two hits while walking two.
?He did a great job and put us in position to win,? said SDSU coach Tony Gwynn.
Click here to view our prospect page on Stephen Strasburg.
USA Defeats Puerto Rico To Advance To WBC Semifinals
The United States scored three runs in the ninth inning to defeat Puerto Rico by a final score of 6-5 to advance to the World Baseball Classic semifinals.
David Wright hit a flare to the right field line off Fernando Cabrera to score Brian Roberts and Jimmy Rollins.
Cabrera walked Kevin Youkilis in the previous at bat, which scored Shane Victorino.
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Strasburg Strikes Out 14 But Allows Two Runs
Stephen Strasburg improved to 4-0 on Friday evening against UNLV, as he struck out 14 in seven innings while allowing two runs, six hits and one walk.
Strasburg hit 101 on the radar gun with one pitch on the evening.
The San Diego State pitcher has 1.97 ERA and 59 strikeouts in 27.1 innings.
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The Best Players Of Spring Training '09, Version 1.0
In the obviously not worth much, but for what it?s worth category, we examined the statistics during the first few weeks Spring Training and gleaned out the top hitters based on our Field Impact Counter and the SWHIP for pitchers.
The FIC is a statistical metric I created in order to take various aspects of offensive play into account. Albert Pujols led the MLB in this category in 2008, while Alex Rodriguez was the leader in 2007.
- Matt Wieters just missed the below list and is currently 53rd, as he has a spring OPS of 1.117.
- Travis Snider of the Blue Jays is 133rd with an FIC of 10.5. He is hitting 1.175 in 26 at bats.
- Cody Random, Alex Rodriguez's apparent fill-in, is 299th with an FIC of 5.6 and OPS of .764.
- A few notable hitters that have been struggling:
Randy Winn, -9.2
Dan Uggla: -7.35
Joe Crede: -5.5
Felix Pie: -4.4
Jason Giambi: -2.7
Prince Fielder: -1.5
For pitchers, ranking by FIC during Spring Training is almost entirely an experiment in futility due to the weight of wins and losses, which make the results largely arbitrary. Instead, I sorted out all pitchers with at least five innings of work and ranked them according to their SWHIP.
SWHIP is a formula I created, which combines WHIP with strikeouts per inning and is one of the surest indicators of success for pitchers.
Click here to see the top-50 hitters and pitchers.
Liriano Pitches 4 Perfect Innings For Twins
Francisco Liriano struck out five batters in four perfect innings to help the Twins beat the Orioles on Sunday.
Liriano combined with five Minnesota relievers to throw a one-hitter against Baltimore.
Sabathia Makes First Spring Training Start
CC Sabathia made his first appearance with the Yankees during Spring Training on Friday evening against the Tigers.
Sabathia, who signed a $161 million contract in December, gave up one unearned run, on two hits in two innings of work. He struck out two of the nine batters he faced.
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