Volz to Chat on BaseballAmerica.com
7/20/2008 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
July 20, 2008
OSTRAVA, Czech Republic -- Baylor right-hander Kendal Volz and Missouri right-hander Kyle Gibson will join Baseball America for an online chat Monday, the publication announced Sunday night. The chat will take place at www.BaseballAmerica.com, beginning at 1 p.m. CDT.
Volz, who will be a junior at Baylor during the 2009 season, has served as Team USA's closer and is six-for-six in save opportunities with a 0.00 ERA over 11.0 innings. In 10 outings, Volz has allowed one unearned run on five hits and five walks with 13 strikeouts, holding opposing batters to a .135 average.
The 2008 National Team is 19-0 this summer following Sunday's 30-1 victory over the Lithuania National Team. En route to winning the gold medal at the Harleem Baseball Week in the Netherland earlier this summer, Team USA defeated Cuba twice and Volz got the save in both games. The National Team defeated Cuba 4-1 in the championship game, marking the first time in the modern era of USA Baseball (since 1984) that any U.S. team defeated Cuba's Olympic Team in an international championship game.
