Team USA Faces Brazil In Quarterfinals As Tanner & Campbell Vie For Gold Medal

Aug. 7, 2003

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic – With pool play completed at the 2003 Pan American Games, the USA Baseball National Team under head coach Ray Tanner is seeded second out of Pool B and will face Brazil, the third seed of Pool A, in the quarterfinals. Brazil finished with a 1-2 record in Pool A. Team USA and Brazil are scheduled to play on Saturday night at 7:30 p.m. at Estadio Quisqueya. Team USA completed Pool B competition on Tuesday morning with a 3-1 record, including wins vs. Guatemala (10-0, 7 inn.), Bahamas (12-0, 7 inn.), and the Dominican Republic (2-0). The Americans only loss was to Nicaragua (3-0).

Listed below is the bracket for the Pan American Medal Round beginning with the quarterfinals on Friday afternoon.

FRIDAY AUGUST 8
No. 1 (A) (Mexico) vs. No. 4 (B) (Guatemala): 2 p.m.
No. 1 (B) (Nicaragua) vs. No. 4 (A) (Panama): 7:30 p.m.

SATURDAY AUGUST 9
No. 2 (A) (Cuba) vs. No. 3 (B) (Dominican Republic): 2 p.m.
No. 2 (B) (United States) vs. No. 3 (A) (Brazil): 7:30 p.m.

SUNDAY AUGUST 10
Winner (No. 1 A/4B) vs. Winner (No. 2 B/3A) = Semifinal 1: 2 p.m.
Winner (No. 1 B/4A) vs. Winner (No. 2 A/3B) = Semifinal 2: 7:30 p.m.

TUESDAY AUGUST 12
Bronze Medal Game — Loser Semifinal 1 vs. Loser Semifinal 2: 3 p.m.
Gold Medal Game — Winner Semifinal 1 vs. Winner Semifnal 2: 7:30 p.m.

PAN AM GAMES FINAL POOL STANDINGS – AS OF 8/6/03

POOL B
1) — Nicaragua: 4-0
2) — USA: 3-1
3) — Dominican Republic: 2-2
4) — Guatemala: 1-3
5) — Bahamas: 0-4 = out

POOL A
1) — Mexico: 2-1
2) — Cuba: 2-1
3) — Brazil: 1-2
4) — Panama: 1-2

BASEBALL SCORES FROM THE PAN AM GAMES

Saturday August 2

Nicaragua (9) Bahamas (1)
USA (10) Guatemala (0) 7 inn.

Sunday August 3

Mexico (11) Brazil (6)
Cuba (5) Panama (0)
USA (12) Bahamas (0) 7 inn.
Dominican Republic (14) Guatemala (0) 7 inn.

Monday August 4

Cuba (4) Brazil (0)
Nicaragua (5) Guatemala (0)
USA (2) Dominican Republic (0)

Tuesday August 5

Nicaragua (3) USA (0)
Dominican Republic (11) Bahamas (1)
Brazil (4) Panama (3)
Mexico (7) Cuba (1)