Friday was a tough day for former Huskers on the diamond, as both the United States and Canadian baseball teams fell in pool-play at the Olympic games. The two losses set up an all-important matchup between Team USA and Canada tonight (Friday) at 10:30 p.m. Fans can watch the game live on NBCOlympics.com or can see highlights of the matchup Saturday morning beginning at 11 a.m. on MSNBC.
The United States fell to 1-2 in the tournament, falling to Cuba, 5-4, in 11 innings. Former Husker Brian Duensing did not pitch against Cuba, which scored the go-ahead run in the 11th under the Olympic tiebreaker format.
Adam Stern went hitless in two at-bats at Canada fell to Korea, 1-0 to drop to 1-2 in the Olympics. Korea, which is 2-0 in the tournament with one-run wins over both the United States and Canada, had just three hits on Friday, but scored a run in the third inning and made it stand up.