Stephen Strasburg helped the United States even its baseball record at 1-1 with a 7-0 victory over the Netherlands.
Baseball Home HEADLINES Mountain West Conference Ranks Seventh in Final 2009 Baseball RPI Utah's C.J. Cron Named Baseball America Freshman All-American Utah's Bill Kinneberg Named 2010 USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Head Coach RELATED LINKS • Follow all of the college baseball action at CollegeSports.com • Email this to a friend

US defeats Dutch 7-0 in baseball

Strasburg picks up victory in Olympic debut

Aug. 14, 2008

BEIJING (AP) -- The United States has beaten the Netherlands 7-0 in a baseball game that was called off after eight innings following a second rain delay.

The Dutch protested the decision because they had loaded the bases in the ninth inning with no outs. The protest was denied by baseball's international federation. The players shook hands after the game, which started 6 1/2 hours earlier.

Stephen Strasburg of San Diego State carried a no-hit bid into the seventh inning and struck out 11 for the Americans, who bounced back from a tough loss in their opener to South Korea.

Matt LaPorta hit a three-run homer and Matt Brown added a solo shot.