{"id":41947,"date":"2023-09-04T14:03:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T21:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=41947"},"modified":"2023-09-07T16:42:49","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T23:42:49","slug":"usa-u-18-game-1-usa-6-venezuela-0-at-wbsc-americas-world-cup-qualifier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=41947","title":{"rendered":"USA U-18 Game 1: USA 6, Venezuela 0 at WBSC Americas World Cup Qualifier"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Cody Gibbons<\/strong> was dominant on the mound, as the righty rang up 10 strikeouts in the USA U-18 Men&#8217;s National Team victory over Venezuela.  <strong>Gibbons<\/strong> tossed a 2 hit shutout over six innings, while walking one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The USA got on the board in the top of the fourth inning on a two-run home run by <strong>Wylie Baumer<\/strong>.  The USA added two more in the top of the seventh on a home run by <strong>Braden DuCharme<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Karson Martin<\/strong> threw one inning of shutout relief for the USA, surrendering just one hit and walking none.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next up for the USA is a game against Peru, who won their opening round game against host Colombia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Copyright @2023 Game Changer Media Inc. All rights reserved.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Box Score<\/h2>\n\n\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/USU18MensNationalTeam_vs_Venezuela_Sep_4_2023.pdf\" class=\"pdfemb-viewer\" style=\"\" data-width=\"max\" data-height=\"max\" data-toolbar=\"bottom\" data-toolbar-fixed=\"off\">USU18MensNationalTeam_vs_Venezuela_Sep_4_2023<\/a>\n<p class=\"wp-block-pdfemb-pdf-embedder-viewer\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">????? ???? ???? + ?? ?????????? from Gibbons ???<br><br>The U-18 MNT kicked off opening round in ?????????? ??????? with a 6-0 ??????? ??? over Venezuela ? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/USASoftball?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#USASoftball<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WBSC_AMERICAS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WBSC_AMERICAS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Z6ATXdxHyG\">pic.twitter.com\/Z6ATXdxHyG<\/a><\/p>&mdash; USA Softball Junior Men\u2019s National Team (@USASoftballJMNT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USASoftballJMNT\/status\/1698888620470321389?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 5, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>From the WBSC:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A total of six teams have been confirmed for the tournament, with four spots available for the World Cup. World No. 1 Argentina, No. 4 Canada, No. 5 USA, No. 8 Venezuela, No. 24 Colombia and No. 28 Peru.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All games of the U-18 Pan Am Men\u2019s Softball Championship will be live streamed on&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@wbscamericas\/streams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WBSC Americas YouTube Channel<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A total of seven teams have so far been confirmed for the WBSC U-18 Men\u2019s Softball World Cup: No. 2 Australia, No. 3 Japan, No. 6 Czechia, No. 7 New Zealand, No. 10 Mexico (hosts), No. 12 Singapore and No. 17 Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The World Cup will be played at Mundialistas Hermosillenses Stadium and Fernando M. Ortiz Field from 11-19 November. It will be the second Softball World Cup Mexico has hosted after staging the inaugural edition of the Men\u2019s Softball World Cup in Mexico City, in 1966.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Originally planned for 2022, the tournament was moved to 2023 to better accommodate the changes in the international calendar. As a result, the eligibility to participate in the U-18 Men&#8217;s Softball World Cup 2023 has been extended to players who turn 19 years old in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Game 1 ???????? ?????? ? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DgBKwW3eab\">pic.twitter.com\/DgBKwW3eab<\/a><\/p>&mdash; USA Softball Junior Men\u2019s National Team (@USASoftballJMNT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USASoftballJMNT\/status\/1698772323497902153?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 4, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cody Gibbons was dominant on the mound, as the righty rang up 10 strikeouts in the USA U-18 Men&#8217;s National Team victory over Venezuela. 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