A rundown of how Twins players did in the World Baseball Classic:
James Beresford (Australia): 2-for-11 with a walk.
Andrew Albers (Canada): Three innings. Two runs on six hits and no walks with three strikeouts.
Justin Morneau (Canada): 7-for-11 with three doubles and a walk. He scored four times and drove in three.
Ray Chang (China): 4-for-11 with a double and three RBIs.
Samuel Deduno (Dominican Republic): Thirteen innings. Two wins. One run on eleven hits and five walks with seventeen strikeouts.
Drew Butera (Italy): 3-for-16 with a double and a home run. He drove in four.
Chris Colabello (Italy): 6-for-14 with two home runs and a walk. He scored four times and drove in seven.
Shairon Martis (Netherlands): Seven innings. Seven runs (four earned) on seven hits and three walks with four strikeouts.
Tom Stuifbergen (Netherlands): 6.1 innings. Nine runs (eight earned) on eleven hits and four walks with four strikeouts.
Jose Berrios (Puerto Rico): Two innings. Four runs on five hits and a walk with one strikeout.
Eddie Rosario (Puerto Rico): 3-for-14 with a double.
Glen Perkins (USA): Two innings. Two runs on three hits and two walks with two strikeouts.
Joe Mauer (USA): 9-for-21 with two doubles, a triple, and five walks. He scored four times and drove in two.
Deolis Guerra (Venezuela): Injured. Did not play.
Nick Punto is yet a former Twin, right?
Oops. Don't know what I was thinking there. My subconscious does some really strange things sometimes.
I now see that what I had intended to do was put Drew Butera's stats there, but for some reason went to Nick Punto. Maybe it's because I do these things really early in the morning and I wasn't quite awake yet. Anyway, I've fixed it now.
If only Butera would hit like Punto!
Butters only batting-averaged .188, but slugged .438. Isolated power of .250!
Watching Rosario play was pretty rough. It was obvious he was overmatched.
I wonder if the Twins encourage players to play in the WBC. The Twins lead all teams in number of players in the WBC with 14 out of a maximum 15.
Heh. Rosario == "overmatched". Butters was worse, but expected.
Butera wasn't there when I posted. However, I would classify Butera's performance as "status quo".
Oh, I knew that. Nonetheless, my comment holds. 🙂
Does Italy have a pro league? Maybe we could trade Butters for some cannoli.
Deduderino's performance really sticks out like a sore thumb among the pitchers.
Maybe the other Twins pitchers had sore thumbs.