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Live from Lake Buena Vista, Florida! This will only be on ESPN Deportes at 11 pm PT
Ahh, when these two nations get together to duke it out, you can expect... something. There aren't a lot of sports where these nations compete against each other directly although both made the FIFA World Cup this summer in Germany. This game is likely the only one that either team has a chance to win as they are stuck in Group D with Venezuela and the Dominican Republic.
Italy's manager Matt Galante will start Jason Grilli of Detroit. Australia manager Jon Deeble will start John Stephens.
Italy was able to fill its rosters with a few, for lack of a better word, ringers in Mike Piazza, Frank Menechino, and Frank Catalanotto. John Smoltz declined a spot for Italy as did David Delluci, but not Dustin Delucchi.
Australia has Justin Huber and Trent Durrington to lead the offense. And Dave Nilsson is back!
L'Italia al debutto contro l'Australia
The Aussies are upset over some of the ringers on the Italian team. They should be more upset that they are in the same group as the Dominican Republic and Venezuela.
Final Score Italy 10, Australia 0, 7 innings, mercy rule
WP - Jason Grilli
LP - John Stephens
HRs - Mark Saccommano, Vince Sinisi
Italy also had four doubles and two triples and scored in six of the seven innings.
Australia was limited to just one hit, a double by Trent Durrington.
Italy plays Venezuela Wednesday at 4 pm PT. Australia's next game will be Thursday at 5 pm PT against Venezuela.
Smoltz!
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