How Ezequiel Tovar’s Surprising Leadership Sparked a Rockies Revolution in the World Baseball Classic
Michael Lorenzen, the latest member of the “Mile High Baseball Nerd Club,” made the start when Italy played Team USA during pool play. Lorenzen used everything in his arsenal and pushed his pitch count to the very limit for 4 2/3 scoreless frames against a potent (on paper) American offense. He walked one batter, gave up two hits, and struck out two batters.
Lorenzen described it as the highlight of the tournament for him.
“Definitely when we beat Team USA and we kind of established that we were there for real,” he said. “So that — even for us to learn that about ourselves — was kind of fun.”
Lorenzen was called in from the bullpen in the semifinals against Venezuela. He gave up a lead-off walk but then set down his next six batters in order for two clean innings. The seventh inning is when things fell apart. After walking the lead-off hitter he struck out two batters. It looked like he would escape unscathed until four consecutive singles gave Venezuela the lead and ended Lorenzen’s night—and Italy’s hopes of advancing.
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