Brewers top prospect Andrew Fischer didn’t need to get to the big leagues before delivering his first big-league moment.
The corner infielder and first-round draft choice for Milwaukee in 2025 drilled a solo home run for Team Italy against Great Britain on March 8, facing off at Daikin Park in Houston.
The third-inning blast was the front end of back-to-back homers from Italy that tied the game at 2-2. Fischer delivered again in the fourth, smoking a go-ahead single to the left side that was kept on the infield, but Fischer reached when Great Britain pitcher Nick Wells was late to cover.
Italy went on to win, 7-3, holding off a bases-loaded opportunity for Great Britain in the ninth.
Brewers minor leaguer Jack Seppings worked in relief for Great Britain, allowing two runs on four hits in 1⅓ innings.
Fischer did not play in Italy’s 8-0 win over Brazil on March 7.
Brice Turang’s four-RBI game and other WBC highlights involving Brewers
Brice Turang (USA) hit a bases-clearing double and finished 3 for 6 with four RBIs in USA’s 15-5 win over Brazil on March 6. He hit two doubles in the win.
Mexico defeated Great Britain on March 6, 8-2, with shortstop Joey Ortiz doubling in a run. But the real Ortiz highlight came in the field, where he made a highlight-reel play for an out in the eighth.
The Brewers’ two middle infielders will square off Monday, March 9, when USA faces Mexico at 7 p.m. CT.
Minor-league pitcher Stiven Cruz had aa appearance to remember for Nicaragua on March 6, working a 1-2-3 fifth inning including a strikeout of perennial MVP candidate Juan Soto to preserve a 3-3 tie in the fifth against the Dominican Republic.
Cruz’s outing, however, didn’t end there. He served up a double and homer to Manny Machado and Junior Caminero, respectively, leading off the sixth. The DR won the game, 12-3. Other notes:
This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Andrew Fischer, Brice Turang and other Brewers make noise in WBC
Reporting by JR Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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