USA Baseball beats Team Germany, 9-3

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Matt den Dekker broke a 1-1 tie with a two-run triple in the fourth, and Fallbrook resident Mike Leake (now at Arizona State) struck out seven during a seven-inning stretch to lead the USA Baseball National Team to a 9-3 victory earlier today over the German National Team

The U.S. squad improved to 15-0 on its 2008 tour with the win at Armin Wolf Arena in Regensburg, Germany. The game was the first on German soil for a USA Baseball National Team.

Rancho Cucamonga’s Josh Fellhauer (who plays at Cal State Fullerton) singled with one out in the fourth and moved to second on a ground-out. Derek Dietrich walked and Den Dekker hit safely to the left-center gap to score Fellhauer and Dietrich to give the U.S. a lead it never lost.

Team USA added six runs in the eighth inning on homers from Castaic’s Jared Clark (Cal State Fullerton) and Turloc’s Tommy Mendonca (Fresno State).

Leake allowed only one unearned run on seven hits and no walks. Team USA completed four double plays, including two that ended innings.

The U.S. squad travels to the Czech Republic for a Wednesday afternoon game against the Czech National Team. It will play in the FISU (International University Sports Federation) baseball tournament that gets under way this coming weekend in the Czech Republic.

Baseball USA will unveil the 2008 U.S. Olympics team at 2:30 p.m. EST on Wednesday. The action will be streamed live on the Baseball USA website.

-- Greg Johnson