Thursday saw some Pittsburgh Pirates pitchers get work during exhibition warm-up games for the World Baseball Classic. Early Friday morning had a game of note in the WBC.
Tsung-Che Cheng helped Chinese Taipei to victory with an early RBI single that tied the game 2-2 vs Italy. He ended up going 1-for-4, after three hits in the first game.
As for the games that didn’t involve any Pirates, Japan beat Korea 13-4. Czech Republic beat China 8-5. Cuba beat Panama 13-4. There are two games tonight, then Friday is the busy day, with eight games throughout the day. That includes USA vs Great Britain at 9 PM.
Tahnaj Thomas had a rough inning for Great Britain. He allowed four earned runs on one hit, two walks and a hit batter, while facing the Kansas City Royals.
Rob Zastryzny got the start for Canada against the Seattle Mariners. He allowed two runs on five hits in two innings, with no walks and one strikeout.
Santiago Florez pitched for Colombia against the Chicago White Sox. He allowed one run on one hit and one walk in one inning.
Here’s Wednesday’s recap in case you missed it, as well as yesterday’s recap that included work from Roansy Contreras. Here’s our WBC preview, which has the schedule for the tournament.
