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The USA Collegiate National Team picked up a 2-1 victory over Japan on Wednesday evening at Dunkin Donuts Park in Hartford, Connecticut. The USA offense struggled throughout the game but came alive in the bottom of the ninth trailing 1-0 to the Japanese squad. Andrew Vaughn started a rally in the bottom of the ninth with one out with a single to center. After being lifted for a pinch runner, Cadyn Grenier hit a ball into the left-center field gap which Japanese center fielder Ryosuke Tatsumi wasn’t able to catch allowing the USA squad to put runners on second and third with only one out.
USA coach John Savage decided to lift Jake McCarthy and put Tyler Frank at the plate instead. Frank promptly hit a ball back up the middle which blooped into center field allowing both runners to score and give the USA squad the 2-1 victory. You can check out the best pictures from the game below or on Brian Foley’s photo gallery by clicking here or Matt Dewkett’s by clicking here.
7/12/17, Dunkin Donuts Park Hartford, CT: Japan Collegiate All-Star Team Kairi Shimada (9) scores a first inning run during the USA Collegiate Team’s 2-1 victory over the Japan Collegiate All-Star’s at Dunkin Donuts Park in Hartford, Connecticut.
7/12/17, Dunkin Donuts Park Hartford, CT: Japan Collegiate All-Star Team Katsuki Azuma (21) throws a pitch during the USA Collegiate Team’s 2-1 victory over the Japan Collegiate All-Star’s at Dunkin Donuts Park in Hartford, Connecticut.
7/12/17, Dunkin Donuts Park Hartford, CT: USA Collegiate National Team infielder Cadyn Grenier (3) swings for a pitch during the USA Collegiate Team’s 2-1 victory over the Japan Collegiate All-Star’s at Dunkin Donuts Park in Hartford, Connecticut.
7/12/17, Dunkin Donuts Park Hartford, CT: Japan Collegiate All-Star Team Katsuki Azuma (21) throws a pitch during the USA Collegiate Team’s 2-1 victory over the Japan Collegiate All-Star’s at Dunkin Donuts Park in Hartford, Connecticut.
7/12/17, Dunkin Donuts Park Hartford, CT: Japan Collegiate All-Star Team Haruki Takemura (10) square to bunt during the USA Collegiate Team’s 2-1 victory over the Japan Collegiate All-Star’s at Dunkin Donuts Park in Hartford, Connecticut.
7/12/17, Dunkin Donuts Park Hartford, CT: USA Collegiate National Team Seth Beer (8) swings for a pitch during the USA Collegiate Team’s 2-1 victory over the Japan Collegiate All-Star’s at Dunkin Donuts Park in Hartford, Connecticut.
7/12/17, Dunkin Donuts Park Hartford, CT: USA Collegiate National Team Patrick Raby (29) of Vanderbilt throws a pitch during the USA Collegiate Team’s 2-1 victory over the Japan Collegiate All-Star’s at Dunkin Donuts Park in Hartford, Connecticut.
7/12/17, Dunkin Donuts Park Hartford, CT: Japan Collegiate All-Star Team Yoshiaki Watanabe (5) swings for a pitch during the USA Collegiate Team’s 2-1 victory over the Japan Collegiate All-Star’s at Dunkin Donuts Park in Hartford, Connecticut.
7/12/17, Dunkin Donuts Park Hartford, CT: Japan Collegiate All-Star Team Kairi Shimada (9) swings for a pitch during the USA Collegiate Team’s 2-1 victory over the Japan Collegiate All-Star’s at Dunkin Donuts Park in Hartford, Connecticut.
7/12/17, Dunkin Donuts Park Hartford, CT: Japan Collegiate All-Star Team Daiki Sakamoto (11) throws a pitch during the USA Collegiate Team’s 2-1 victory over the Japan Collegiate All-Star’s at Dunkin Donuts Park in Hartford, Connecticut.
7/12/17, Dunkin Donuts Park Hartford, CT: Japan Collegiate All-Star Team Hiroki Obata (27) looks to lay out for a foul ball during the USA Collegiate Team’s 2-1 victory over the Japan Collegiate All-Star’s at Dunkin Donuts Park in Hartford, Connecticut.
7/12/17, Dunkin Donuts Park Hartford, CT: Japan Collegiate All-Star Team Masaki Iwami (31) swings for a pitch during the USA Collegiate Team’s 2-1 victory over the Japan Collegiate All-Star’s at Dunkin Donuts Park in Hartford, Connecticut.
7/12/17, Dunkin Donuts Park Hartford, CT: USA Collegiate National Team infielder Nick Madrigal (40) of Oregon State hustles out of the box after a groundball to third base during the USA Collegiate Team’s 2-1 victory over the Japan Collegiate All-Star’s at Dunkin Donuts Park in Hartford, Connecticut.
7/12/17, Dunkin Donuts Park Hartford, CT: Japan Collegiate All-Star Team Wataru Matsumoto (19) throws a pitch during the USA Collegiate Team’s 2-1 victory over the Japan Collegiate All-Star’s at Dunkin Donuts Park in Hartford, Connecticut.
7/12/17, Dunkin Donuts Park Hartford, CT: USA Collegiate National Team infielder Cadyn Grenier (3) of Oregon State swings for a pitch during the USA Collegiate Team’s 2-1 victory over the Japan Collegiate All-Star’s at Dunkin Donuts Park in Hartford, Connecticut.
7/12/17, Dunkin Donuts Park Hartford, CT: USA Collegiate National Team infielder Braden Shewmake (5) of Texas A&M scores the tying run during the USA Collegiate Team’s 2-1 victory over the Japan Collegiate All-Star’s at Dunkin Donuts Park in Hartford, Connecticut.
7/12/17, Dunkin Donuts Park Hartford, CT: USA Collegiate National Team infielder Cadyn Grenier (3) of Oregon State scores the winning run in the bottom of the ninth as the USA Collegiate Team picked up a walkoff 2-1 victory over the Japan Collegiate All-Star’s at Dunkin Donuts Park in Hartford, Connecticut.
7/12/17, Dunkin Donuts Park Hartford, CT: USA Collegiate National Team infielder Cadyn Grenier (3) of Oregon State scores the winning run in the bottom of the ninth as the USA Collegiate Team picked up a walkoff 2-1 victory over the Japan Collegiate All-Star’s at Dunkin Donuts Park in Hartford, Connecticut.
7/12/17, Dunkin Donuts Park Hartford, CT: USA Collegiate National Team infielder Cadyn Grenier (3) of Oregon State celebrates scoring the winning run during the USA Collegiate Team’s 2-1 victory over the Japan Collegiate All-Star’s at Dunkin Donuts Park in Hartford, Connecticut.
7/12/17, Dunkin Donuts Park Hartford, CT: Japan Collegiate All-Star Team Hiroki Obata (27) walks off the field after the USA Collegiate Team’s 2-1 victory over the Japan Collegiate All-Star’s at Dunkin Donuts Park in Hartford, Connecticut.
