Great Britain (0-1) vs. United States (1-0)
Date: Saturday, March 7
Time: 8:00 pm EST
Broadcast: Fox
Field: Daikin Park, Houston, TX
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Probable Starting Pitchers
Tyler Viza (0-0, 0.00 ERA, 0 K) vs. Tarik Skubal (0-0, 0.00 ERA, 0 K)
Viza spent last season in the Mexican League making ten starts. He went 3-4 with a 6.28 ERA, a 1.86 WHIP, and 28 strikeouts in 43 innings.
Skubal the back-to-back American League Cy Young Champion has made two starts this spring posting a 3.60 ERA, a 1.40 WHIP, and five strikeouts in five innings. Last season in 31 starts he went 13-6 with a 2.21 ERA, a 0.89 WHIP, and 241 strikeouts in 195.1 innings.
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Player To Watch
Great Britain:
Harry Ford went 2-3 in yesterday’s loss with a home run, an RBI, and a walk.
United States:
Brice Turang had a great debut for team USA going 3-6 with two doubles, four RBI, a run scored, and two stolen bases.
WBC Team Leaders
Great Britain
AVG – Harry Ford – .667
HR – Harry Ford – 1
RBI – Trayce Thompson – 1
W – N/A
ERA – Nick Wells – 0.00
K – Jack Anderson – 3
USA
AVG – Kyle Schwarber – .500
HR – Aaron Judge – 1
RBI – Brice Turang – 4
W – Logan Webb – 1
ERA – Mason Miller – 0.00
K – Logan Webb – 6
WBC Team Stats
Great Britain
AVG: .242
OPS: .796
R: 2
HR: 1
ERA: 8.00
K: 9
WHIP: 1.22
USA
AVG: .278
OPS: .944
R: 15
HR: 1
ERA: 5.00
K: 16
WHIP: 0.78
Next Up:
Great Britain: March 8 vs. Italy
United States: March 9 vs. Mexico
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