{"id":42397,"date":"2023-11-15T09:19:39","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T17:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=42397"},"modified":"2023-11-15T16:18:23","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T00:18:23","slug":"usa-u-18-men-top-argentina-2-0-run-record-to-3-0-as-cody-gibbons-tosses-a-gem-at-wbsc-world-cup-u18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=42397","title":{"rendered":"USA U-18 Men Top Argentina 2-0, run record to 3-0 as Cody Gibbons tosses a gem at WBSC World Cup U18"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">USA Makes 2 First Inning Runs Stand up<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbsc.org\/en\/events\/2023-u18-mens-softball-world-cup\/schedule-and-results\/box-score\/127257\">Click here for Official WBSC Box Score and Play-by-Play<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Passed ball and wild pitch results  in two first inning runs<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RfWX7csjcIw\">Click here for Highlights on YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Highlights - Game 17 - Argentina vs USA - 2023 U-18 Men&#039;s Softball World Cup\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RfWX7csjcIw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">From USA Softball:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>USA 2,<\/strong>&nbsp;Argentina 0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Behind the arm of Cody Gibbons and some heads-up base running from the U.S. offense, Team USA picked up its third-straight win at the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) U-18 Men\u2019s World Cup with a narrow 2-0 victory over world-ranked No. 1 Argentina to remain undefeated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Starting off with a lead-off walk to Logan Boom and a double from Braden DuCharme, the duo made their way around the bases for a passed ball and a wild pitch to put the U.S. ahead in the bottom of the first, 2-0. A true defensive showdown, neither side was able to break the silence through the rest of the matchup, while Gibbons proved dominant in the circle \u2013 fanning 11 batters while allowing only three hits through seven innings. A quiet day for the U.S. bats, Braden DuCharme was the only U.S. batter to record a hit in the matchup \u2013 posting a 2-for-3 multi-hit performance at the plate for the Eagles. Today\u2019s matchup proved to be a key win for Team USA as it edged the world-ranked No. 1 team for the second time this year \u2013 previously defeating Argentina at the 2023 Pan American Championship with a 2-1 victory in September.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/usa.game_.3.Argentina_vs_USU18MensNationalTeam_Nov_14_2023.pdf\" class=\"pdfemb-viewer\" style=\"\" data-width=\"max\" data-height=\"max\" data-toolbar=\"bottom\" data-toolbar-fixed=\"off\">usa.game_.3.Argentina_vs_USU18MensNationalTeam_Nov_14_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\">The Eagles remain ?????????? at the U-18 Men&#39;s World Cup after a 2-0 ??????? ??????? over world-ranked No. 1 Argentina ?<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/U18MNT?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#U18MNT<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WBSC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WBSC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Q93PxDGzs0\">pic.twitter.com\/Q93PxDGzs0<\/a><\/p>&mdash; USA Softball Junior Men\u2019s National Team (@USASoftballJMNT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USASoftballJMNT\/status\/1724590865560088620?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 15, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\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\">?? A stellar performance by Cody Gibbons gives USA their third consecutive win!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SoftballWorldCupMU18?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SoftballWorldCupMU18<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5EJOmKach6\">pic.twitter.com\/5EJOmKach6<\/a><\/p>&mdash; WBSC ?? (@WBSC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WBSC\/status\/1724559779996295554?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 14, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\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\">The Eagles ? are 3-0 ?? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VBf6LXcgbd\">pic.twitter.com\/VBf6LXcgbd<\/a><\/p>&mdash; USA Softball Junior Men\u2019s National Team (@USASoftballJMNT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USASoftballJMNT\/status\/1724563381623922765?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 14, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\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\">?? Logan Boom!! Are you kidding me?<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SoftballWorldCupMU18?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SoftballWorldCupMU18<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IXDAfwrKbE\">pic.twitter.com\/IXDAfwrKbE<\/a><\/p>&mdash; WBSC ?? (@WBSC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WBSC\/status\/1724553806124663285?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 14, 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>USA Makes 2 First Inning Runs Stand up Click here for Official WBSC Box Score and Play-by-Play Passed ball and wild pitch results in two first inning runs Click here for Highlights on YouTube From USA Softball: USA 2,&nbsp;Argentina 0 Behind the arm of Cody Gibbons and some heads-up base running from the U.S. offense, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42398,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28,61,82,27],"tags":[1408,1398,125],"class_list":{"0":"post-42397","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"category-usa-softball","9":"category-wbsc","10":"category-youth","11":"tag-softballworldcupmu18","12":"tag-usamntu18","13":"tag-usasoftball","14":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42397"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42428,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42397\/revisions\/42428"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/42398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}