Baseball, Italy advances and reaches the quarter-finals

Italia of the baseball continues his series of successesWorld Baseball Classic‘ and, after defeating the United Stateslast night clearly beat the Mexico per 9 a 1 after a match that lasted three hours in front of almost forty thousand spectators. The Azzurri finished the group with four wins out of four and on Saturday at 8pm, Italian time, they will face nei quarterfinals Puerto Ricosecond place in pool A.

Al ‘Daikin Park‘ Of Houston against the Mexican team the great protagonist was captain Vincent Joseph Pasquantino which became the first player in the history ofWorld Baseball Classic‘ to score three home runs in a single game. For ‘Pasquatch‘, as he is nicknamed, one in the first inning, one in the sixth and one in the eighth.

The key role of Italian pitchers

He manages Francisco Cervelli in the key moments of the match he relied on the two pitchers born and raised in Italy, Claudio Scotti e Gabriele Quattrini.

The path to the final

The winner of the quarter final between Italia e Puerto Rico will face Tuesday 16 a Miami the winner between Venezuela e Japan. In the other two quarters, South Korea–Dominican Republic e United States–Canada. The finaleis scheduled for the 17th at ‘LoanDepot Park‘ Of Miami.