Brett Roneberg with Team Australia
To save its pitching staff, the Australian national team uses longtime minor league outfielder and onetime Harrisburg Senator Brett Roneberg to pitch the final inning in a 26-1 rout of Thailand in a Baseball World Cup game 19 years ago today in China.
Roneberg forgoes his regular position as Australia's first baseman to close out a seven-inning game in which the Aussies set a tournament record for most runs scored in a game.
Australia eventually finishes sixth in the field, good enough to qualify for the World Cup 2009 tournament – seven years after Roneberg helps lead the Senators to the Class AA Eastern League finals.
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