Former Batavia Muckdog Daniel Descalso is playing for Team USA in the 2009 IBAF Baseball World Cup. The defending champion US club will play in the gold medal game this Sunday.

The MLB Network will show the gold medal game from Nettuno, Italy on Sunday Sept. 27 at 9:00 AM EDT. Team USA will play Cuba. The MLB Network is carried locally on Time Warner Cable digital cable.  You can also follow each game's pitch-by- pitch on-line, by clicking on the game tracker symbol on the schedule page of BaseballEurope.com.

On Friday, Team USA (12-1) beat Netherlands 8-2. Plouffe and Tiffee both had the day off.

Thurs. Sept. 24: USA 5, Cuba 3
Fri. Sept. 25: USA 8, Netherlands 2
Sun. Sept. 27: Gold Medal game, USA vs. Cuba, 9 AM ET, MLB Network

The Batavia Muckdogs take on the Tri-City ValleyCats tonight at Dwyer stadium. The game will start at 5:05pm tonight to finish last nights rain suspended game. Following the first game will be the second 7 inning game that was originally scheduled for tonight. Then its Saturday night FIREWORKS at Dwyer!!! Come on down to Dwyer and start your Saturday night out with great baseball,  the best bar/food/beer deck and Awesome Fireworks!!!! Let's go MUCKDOGS!!!!