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July 22, 2005
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – University of Virginia baseball player Sean Doolittle (Tabernacle, N.J./Shawnee) is picking right up where former UVa teammate Ryan Zimmerman left off. Doolittle is leading Team USA in batting average with a mark of .474 through nine games one year after Zimmerman paced Team USA with a USA National Team single-season batting record of .468 en route to winning the team’s Triple Crown. Doolittle has appeared in eight of Team USA’s nine games (including five starts) and is batting a team-high .474 after going 9-for-19 at the plate (including two doubles) with five RBI and four runs. He has posted a .579 slugging percentage and has a team-high .500 on base percentage with 11 total bases.
Doolittle and Team USA stand 5-4 (.556) through nine games and recently returned to the United States to participate in 11 games beginning with a five-game series against Italy from July 22-27. USA will play Italy on July 22-24 in Durham, N.C. before moving to Brooklyn, N.Y. on July 26th and Pawtucket, R.I. on July 27th.
Here is a look at Team USA’s results so far this season:
Won 3-1 vs. Torrington Twisters in Torrington, Conn.on July 2nd.Won 7-0 vs. Keene Swamp Bats in Keene, N.H. on July 3rd.Won 7-6 vs. Newport Gulls in Newport, R.I. on July 4th.Lost 7-3 vs. Japan in Osaka, Japan on July 7th.Lost 3-1 vs. Japan in Tokyo, Japan on July 9th.Won 13-2 vs. Japan in Tokyo, Japan on July 11th.Won 1-0 vs. Chinese Taipei in Taipei, Taiwan on July 15th.Lost 9-7 vs. Chinese Taipei in Taipei, Taiwan on July 16th.
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