Actually six batters were hit. The sixth batter hit, Matt LaPorta had to leave the game because he was hit in the left ear flap. Umpires huddle and ejected the Chinese pitcher. LaPorta had just earlier slid hard into the replacement catcher
China is coached by former MLB players (Jim Levebre, mgr. and Steve Ontiveros, pitching coach) so I don't understand a bean ball war going on. The Chinese had control problems all day. The USA player did go out of his way to contact the Chinese catcher who had to leave the game.
The USA has a 24 man roster and it looks like two position players could be out for the Olympics. Jayson Dix took a foul ball bunt to his left eye and cut it very severely. Their breakdown is 12 position players and 12 pitchers. They might be stuck with only a backup catcher as the only bench position player.
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Last edited by Steven Tyler; Mon Aug 18, 2008 at 11:53pm.
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