Italy at The 2004 Summer Olympics - Baseball

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The Italian baseball team tied for 7th in the preliminary round and did not advance to the semifinals.

Team Roster

Manager: 30 - Giampiero Faraone.

Coaches: 8 - Claudio Corradi, 12 - Manuel Cortina, 27 - Salvatore Varriale.

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Club
1 IF Igor Schiavetti January 23, 1976 Danesi Nettuno
2 OF David Francia April 16, 1975 Prink Grosseto
3 OF Jim Buccheri November 12, 1968 AS Rimini
5 IF Giovanni Pantaleoni March 16, 1978 Italeri Bologna
6 C Vincent Parisi February 7, 1978 T&A San Marino
9 C Luca Bischeri June 12, 1979 La Gardenia Grosseto
11 IF Seth La Fera September 28, 1975 Telemarket Rimini
15 P William Lucena October 1, 1981 GB Ricambi Modena
16 P Anthony Massimino August 20, 1979 Cus Parma
21 OF Daniele Frignani June 29, 1977 Italieri Fortitudo Bologna
22 IF Giuseppe Mazzanti April 5, 1983 Danesi Nettuno
23 P Carlo Richetti August 23, 1983 Colavita Anzio
28 P Fabio Milano August 2, 1977 Fortitudo Bologna
29 P Kasey Olemberger March 18, 1978 Ceci E Negri Parma
32 OF Francesco Casolari October 4, 1965 La Gardenia Grosseto
34 IF Davide Dallospedale September 12, 1977 Italieri Fortitudo Bologna
36 P Michael Marchesano September 23, 1975 Telemarket Rimini
37 P Peter Nyari September 4, 1971 Cus Parma
40 P David Rollandini February 6, 1979 BBC ORIOLES
41 IF Jairo Ramos Gizzi July 21, 1971 Gardenia Grosseto
42 IF Claudio Liverziani March 4, 1975 Italeri Fortitudo Bologna
43 P Riccardo De Santis January 4, 1980 La Gardenia Grosseto
45 OF Mario Chiarini January 7, 1981 Telemarket Rimini
72 C Marcello Malagoli July 14, 1973 GB Ricambi Modena
Preliminary Round
Team W L Tiebreaker
Japan 6 1 1-0
Cuba 6 1 0-1
Canada 5 2 -
Australia 4 3 -
Chinese Taipei 3 4 -
Netherlands 2 5 -
Greece 1 6 1-0
Italy 1 6 0-1
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Japan 2 0 3 1 1 4 1 12 13 0
Italy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
WP: Koji Uehara (1-0) LP: Anthony Massimino (0-1)
Home runs:
JPN: N. Nakamura in 3rd, 2 RBIs; K. Fukudome in 4th, 1 RBI
ITA: None
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Italy 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 9 4
Canada 2 7 1 1 0 0 5 0 x 9 6 0
WP: Jason Dickson (1-0) LP: David Rollandini (0-1)
Home runs:
ITA: None
CAN: P. L. Laforest in 2nd, 3 RBIs
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 6 12 0
Italy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
WP: Chris Oxspring (1-0) LP: Michael Marchesano (0-1)
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Italy 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 4 8 1
Netherlands 2 0 1 0 0 3 2 2 x 10 14 1
WP: Patrick de Lange (1-0) LP: Kaseygarret Olenberger (0-1)
Home runs:
ITA: J. Ramos Gizzi in 4th, 1 RBI
NED: S. Adriana in 3rd, 1 RBI
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Italy 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 5 7 0
Chinese Taipei 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 4 8 0
WP: Peter Nyari (1-0) LP: Yang Chien-Fu (0-1)
Home runs:
ITA: M. Chiarini in 4th, 1 RBI; J. Buccheri in 6th, 1 RBI; C. Liverziani in 9th, 2 RBIs
TPE: Peng C. M. in 7th, 1 RBI
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Greece 0 0 0 2 2 2 4 0 2 12 14 3
Italy 0 1 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 7 14 1
WP: Panagiotis Sikaras (1-0) LP: W. E. Lucena (0-1)
Home runs:
GRE: C. Bellinger in 6th, 1 RBI; N. Markakis in 7th, 3 RBIs; C. A. Harris in 9th, 1 RBI
ITA: J. Ramos Gizzi in 2nd, 1 RBI
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Cuba 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 11 0
Italy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
WP: Luis Borroto (2-0) LP: Michael Marchesano (0-2)

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