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In their first exhibition game during their Spring Training trip to Florida, the Italian National Team lost 1-7 to a squad of New York Mets minor leaguers on Saturday morning in Port St. Lucie. The prospects, which also used last year’s round-one draft pick Matt Harvey on the mound, decided the outcome by scoring six of the seven runs between the fourth and sixth. The Squadra Azzurri scored its lone run in the eighth.
Manager Marco Mazzieri used Chris Cooper, Tiago Da Silva, Roberto Corradini, Carlos Richetti and Justin Cicatello as pitchers. Alex Sambucci and Ricardo Bertagnon had the hits on the offensive side of the game. While the Mets used Valentino Pascucci, who played for Italy in the 2009 World Baseball Classic, German catcher Kai Gronauer didn’t suit up for the game. Italy is going to face the Florida Marlins on Sunday morning in Jupiter, Florida.