PEORIA, Ariz. - On the final day of the 2019 USA Baseball National Team Championships in Arizona, Duncan Marsten and David Lozano have been named Player and Pitcher of the Day, respectively, for July 7. The PBA teammates propelled their squad to a 14-5 gold medal game win this morning.
Marsten went 2-for-2 with two singles in the championship match, knocking in three RBI while scoring a run. Marsten put PBA on the board first in the bottom of the second when he hit a lead off single to get on base and scored later in the inning to put his team up 1-0. He knocked in two more runs with another single in the bottom of the third to make it 3-0 PBA.
Lozano went the distance for PBA today, tossing six strikeouts and scattering four hits on his way to a complete game shut-out in just five innings of work. He threw 10 Ks in the tournament and did not give up a single run. He kept Sri-County off their toes, using just 70 pitches to nail down the championship.