Italy vs Puerto Rico 2013 World Baseball Classic Elimination Game WBC Highlights

So the same team plays here but not in the same ballpark. Here's Nick Putto up and we are ready to go. Get his strength away from him. 35-year-old right-hander with a 1-2 delivery. That's going to be lined to center and that's going to fall in for a base hit. So Putto continues strong at the plate. He's on and gives Team Italy a chance to get on the board early again. Rivera, 1-2 delivery and got it. He took it and a good pitch on the outside corner by Alvarado. It certainly was. There's nothing Rizzo can do. He knows that he missed. Like a time Nick Putto is running again. Pitches outside. Alvarado did not walk about her in that first start. In the four innings. Hits in the classic. And a ground ball right back to the mound. And that is a big help. We caught it right there. No runs. One hit. No errors. Italy leaves two on base. We'll see Puerto Rico starters coming up. They were poor at bats. They need to be better. Down the line. That's going to be better. Boy, is he hitting. That will be chased into the corner. Costanza goes over to get it. And taking the big turn and staying at second base. Pagan has just been on fire and fiery in this classic as a double. And one can control it. And a ground ball towards third base. Should get him out of the inning. And it does. Liddy makes the play. Molina's retired. No runs. One hit. No errors. And one left on base. And Puerto Rico. Here's the 2-1 pitch. And that one is lifted down the line. Will it stay fair in the corner? Fair ball. It'll rattle. This will get it in. A standup double. And the leadoff man on for Italy again. Really kind of surprised at the pitch selection there from Giancarlo Alvarado. Here's the 1-2 delivery on the way. And again. He's marking the corners. Foul tipped into the mid. Alvarado will get his second strike. Here. 3-2 runner at second base. He did. Gets the ground ball to first base. Played by Rivera. So the pitchers so far. Shutting down chances that have been had by both of these teams. He comes out. Rivera comes on. And a chopper towards the middle. Nick Quinto's over to get it. Makes the nice play to get the out. So Maestri has a very solid inning as he retires the side. And it just comes right down the left field line. That one is drilled to left field. Line drive Adam Ball that just kept on going. That's going to take a hop over Rosario's head. Norfia's on his way to second base. He's got a double. A line drive to bagger. Some kind of player. The Norfia has been some. Their first five batters. They haven't scored since. One to left field. They're not going to score here either. Boy some balls hit hard. Rosario had that one go right into the lights. As Liddy. Rocketed one out there. No runs wanted. Into the zone here to get the out. Gonzalez had a reach for that. It'll go to third. Liddy on the charge. Tough play at first base for Rizzo. That's right into the runner. And he makes the play. Ineligible to pitch in this game. 2-2 delivery on the way. And he got him. He kept throttling back with that breaking ball. And gets the strikeout. That's exact 2 0 8. By Astrid. Puts it in the air. Playable. Center fielder. Norfia is there to put it away. That's nine in a row retired since the leadoff double. By Pagan. And here in this elimination game. The Dominican and Puerto Rico and Venezuela. Could happen there. And a swing and a miss. Navarro will pick up his third. Three ball two strikeout. Will take the pitch and. He walked in. First 3 0 count he'd had. He came back with air. And that's going to be a base hit into right field. Pierini will come up. Runner's going to go to third. Throw to the cutoff man. They'll let it go through. Not in time. Molina gets the base hit. First and third. One down. Gary one of my biggest knocks in baseball today. Everybody talks about. 1 0 delivery to him. Another bouncer. Runner's going to go to second. No throw. Wild pitch. And Maestri just. Trying to get him to chase a fastball. And that ball is going to be put up in the air. It is not deep. Shortstop. Granado's got it. Runner's going to stay. There is a big out. Not. Not a very good piece of hitting there Gary. You know that it's going to be a breaking ball. He got one off the fist that time. Granado's going to have to hurry. Good play to get him. Big league play right there on the part. Of Granado. Just an Italian. In the classic. The 0 1 delivery and that's going to be blooped into right field for a base hit. So Granado is on with a one out single. Here in the fifth inning. He said no I would not do that. Runner goes hit and run. Put him in motion. He put him in motion. He did everything that he could there. Now with two strikes there's. Catcher's interference. Has been called here is that. As Molina. And no argument about it. And that will put the runner at second base. And you know what. That might be a veteran move right there. No no no. Yadier just came out to get it because he saw the runner going. He got his hand too far out in front. Nick Puto all over it. And the correct call made by the veteran. Here's the 1 0 delivery on the way. That's going to be a base hit in the right field. Rios up with it. The runner is going to be held. Rios gets it in in a hurry. The wise choice. To hold the runner. Rizzo struck out swinging. Not this time. That one's going to go to the gap in right center field. Way back. It's going to take a hop off the wall. Here comes Granato. Here comes Puto. Here comes the Rizzo. Three for Anthony Rizzo. I probably talked to four players for Team Italy before the ball game and that is exactly what they told me. They said the biggest opportunity for us to win this ballgame will be if our big guy is able to come through. He got the opportunity. They went to the bullpen for a left handed reliever. This time he made him pay. You want to know why Theo Epstein has been so excited about getting Anthony Rizzo as part of his ballclub. He not only drafted him. Then all of a sudden with the Red Sox as their general manager he had to trade him to San Diego to get Adrian Gonzalez. But when he took over as president of the Cubs the first move he made was to trade to get Rizzo back. He's with the Chicago Cubs now. And he's standing on second base. Ten feet tall. Wow what a big hit. This started by the first. Did they leave it in Puerto Rico. And a swing and a miss. Delatory gets him to go after a bad pitch. But what an inning. Three runs cross. They do it on three hits. One inning half inning. Once it was over with. And a base hit. I mean he basically sprinted to the mound. He normally only allowed eight pitches in between innings. But if you get out there quick enough and they're not ready to start the inning. You've got to go get it. And he walked in. That is the second walk surrendered by the starter to one. Trying to get the out at third on a bunt. That's why you put it down that way. They got a chance at third going to go and got it. That's what you want to do defensively. Get the lead runner. My history does. And I tell you what. This is what team defense is all about. This was a play. Two to two down. Goes down swinging on the off speed pitch. And Puerto Rico now. Oh for their last eight. And that's why they really want to. One of the reasons they really want to play well. That is going to be outside. And. Two to delivery run goes here. Ground ball only play is going to be at first. Bob. Recovered Granada was retired. Runner at second. Rainy facility because it's supposed to rain. It was moved to Chase Field their big ballpark. That's going to be behind second base. Granada can't make the play. Came up with it couldn't get the transfer to the throwing end though. Here's a fearless waiting on the 0 2 ground ball second base. Oh off the glove and arm. Ball hit hard. But our field will back it up. To one delivery on the way to him. And that ball's head in the air to center field. It's playable. Or if you're back. 400 feet away. Rose going to come in the second base. Coming up will be Molina the third. Two down. Runners at first and two ball to strike delivery runner not going in a ground ball toward short. Granada's not going to get it. Goes in the center field Molina will score. What an inning for Granada. It's short. Puerto Rico is on the board. It is 3 to 1. Could be behind again. 1 0 delivery in the air center field. That is playable. And it is gone. You know if he puts it away but in the inning. A big run scores. On just one hit to air a little bit on the ballpark. His name is settled in. That's a line shot base hit. Be cut off out there by Rosario. What an outstanding night again for Kristen Orfeo. That's on the board for Ty. You've got him. Picked him off. He has picked off on a big move. By Virgo. An outstanding move. Look at how quick the feet are. Look at how perfect the throw is. Even with all of the time that it took for Rivera to get it back there. I don't know. He got. And walking. So Burgos loses him. Here's the 0 2. Not going. And that'll be that at bat. Well Hiram Burgos will pick up the strikeout. No runs on one hit. No errors. Fastball right down the middle. We cannot walk him. They don't. Ground ball to short. Got to be hustled. And Toro makes the play. 1 2. Announce whether he's going to pitch right or left handed. Ground ball will go. To short. Again you get a one hopper over there in time. The Arrhenius on with a base hit. Burgos the off speed. And that's going to be a base hit into left field. Runner will stay at second. W. Tara gets a base hit. Two on and two down. That great shot. And a chopper to short. Make the play at first to get the out. And they do. Aviles gets it over there. That'll do it. No runs to hit right down the middle. And couldn't do it. First walk. He has surrendered. We were really surprised that Cooper was asked to go back out. The plays last year. 1 2. Delivery line drive. Base hit into right field again. Here it is over to get a throw will come in the second. And Puerto Rico. Has runners at first. And third. Gary Joe Torrey was talking about. Getting to this round. Runner stays. That's going to be in for a base hit. Aviles the turn. He's going to go to third. Here's the throw and it's off the mark. He already slipped as he made the throw in right field. And Puerto Rico's got runners on the corners again. They went to the weakness of Rios. It's the fastball. 1 0 delivery to him. Put up in the air. We'll tie the ball game up. But R.P. has got it. Throw will come all the way in. Nowhere near in time. And Puerto Rico has. Battle back in this ballgame. Two runs here in the eighth inning. Where in the world was the cutoff man. For Team Italy. Not only do they. Score the tying run on that sack fly. But because there was no cutoff man. Because the throw didn't go to second base. Tremendous base running again. Using the experience that Mike Aviles. Used to go to first to third. Alex Rios does exactly the same thing. That's exactly what you wanted. To at least tie the game up. Stay out of the double play. And then look at the throw here. Everybody's trying to get it to go to second base. And even Nick Punto at second base goes. What in the world are we doing. That's a big league veteran. Krista Norfia out there that just makes. A horrible throw. So now the chance to go ahead on a base hit with two down. Ground ball. Tough play. Gobbled up. Oh my off the bag. Glennar coming. Puerto Rico fans. Has let down Italy again. I think if Alex Liddy stays out of the way. Santora had an opportunity to make that play. But when he made the bad throw to first. And Rizzo couldn't come up with it. Tremendous base running again. I think he really just got in the way. That ball hit off his glove. A tremendous job on the part of Santora. Just to stay with it. But then when he makes the bad throw. Look at Rios. I mean he has made up his mind. He's going to continue to go. Rizzo not able to come up with it. And we have a new leader in the house. And that's going to be a base hit into center field by Rosario. Wheels coming off the wagon. For team Italy. As Puerto Rico. And a ground ball to short again. Throw to third. Not in time. No tag. Santora went to Liddy to try and get the out. Never got to the bag. And never got the tag. Charge should have been allowing the runner to move up. That ground ball to short again. Santora. Boy the left side of the infield just tested. In this inning. They will. Got him. Oh is Punto going to be unhappy about this. Was that. Was that not a called strike. Punto can't believe it. He was all the way down to first base. Here's the one two delivery in the way. Locked in. They're alive. Only four walks in the ballgame. Surrendered by the five pitchers. The 0 2 delivery. And this one it is over. And Puerto Rico. Stays alive. With a come from behind one. Run win.