CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Mexico – Coming off of a tournament-opening win over Panama, the U.S. returns to Estadio Juárez Vive for a pool play matchup against Nicaragua at the 2025 World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Pan American Championship. The game is scheduled to start at 3:00 p.m. MDT/5:00 p.m. ET.
HOW TO WATCH
Every game of the WBSC U-15 Pan American Championship will be streamed LIVE on Youtube. Live stats will also be available HERE.
STANDINGS
Team USA (1-0)
Costa Rica (0-0) *****First game postponedMexico (0-0) *First game postponed
Nicaragua (0-0)
Panama (0-1)
THE MATCHUP
Team USA has met Nicaragua two times at the U-15 level and owns an unblemished 2-0 overall record in the matchup. The two nations first met in 2015, when the U.S. picked up a 17-2 win in the COPABE Pan Am “AA” Championships. The most recent and last contest between the two occurred in 2017 resulting in another win for the stars and stripes. In the 2017 COPABE Pan Am “AA” Championships, Team USA collected a 12-2 win over Nicaragua.
PUTTING THE BALL IN PLAY
Louis Lappe had opposing pitchers shaking on the mound in the opening game of the 2025 WBSC Pan American Championship. The slugger went 3-for-4 in the match versus Panama and notched an RBI. Two of Lappe’s hits came in the form of doubles to the outfield wall with one hit occurring in a crucial moment to give Team USA momentum in the 4-2 victory.
ON THE BIG STAGE AGAIN
The 2025 15U National Team roster welcomes back five USA Baseball alumni who have prior experience in international competition. In 2022, the fivesome of Colin Anderson, Anthony Frausto, Tristin Gaines, Mateo Mier, and Trent O’Malley traveled with the 12U National Team to Tainan, Taiwan to compete in the WBSC U-12 Baseball World Cup. There, the group compiled 38 hits, 41 RBIs, and 12 homers to lift the 12U National Team to its fifth gold medal in program history.
BEEN THERE, DONE THAT
Frausto, a three-time USA Baseball alum, joins USA Baseball for the second consecutive summer after first cracking a USA Baseball roster with the 12U National Team in 2022. There, Frausto won a gold medal with the team and was named to the All-World Team as a first baseman. Following his stint with the 12U National Team, Frausto joined the 2024 15U National Team after earning a spot at Training Camp through USA Baseball’s 13U/14U Athlete Development Program (ADP). With the 2024 15U National Team, Frausto guided the stars and stripes to an unblemished record against Australia in an International Friendship Series. Now, Frausto enters his third stint with Team USA where he is set to provide a veteran presence to the team.
GOLD MEDAL TENDENCIES
The 2025 15U National Team features a staff full of familiar faces who have served the 15U National Team in a wide range of capacities. Drew Briese and Steve Butler, who both coached on the 2022 15U National Team, bring gold medal experience after winning the title at the 2022 V WBSC U-15 Baseball World Cup in Hermosillo, Mexico. The duo helped guide the 15U National Team to an 8-1 overall record while also outscoring opponents 99-30 in nine games.
THE ROSTER
The 2025 15U National Team features a 20-player roster that boasts five USA Baseball alumni and 12 athletes who have prior involvement with USA Baseball’s 13U/14U Athlete Development Program (ADP).
In addition to the five alumni on the roster, 12 total players have experience participating in USA Baseball’s 13U/14U ADP, which is a program centralized around the development of amateur athletes on and off of the field. Anderson, Frausto, Noah Jarolimek, and Nateo Victorio all made the trip to Cary in 2023. Last year’s ADP saw Anderson, Greyson Bell, Yariel Diaz, Frausto, Gaines, Jason Marll Jr., Mier, Nolyn Nickels, and O’Malley thrive at the event.
FOLLOW ALONG
To follow along with all the action with the 15U National Team, be sure to follow @USABaseball15U on X and @USABaseball on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and X.
