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Guardians' Travis Bazzana has epic WBC debut for Australia

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Travis Bazzana watched the World Baseball Classic growing up. He wanted to make it to that stage for Team Australia.

He arrived on that stage on Thursday in Tokyo, and he put on the performance of a lifetime.

The Australians beat Chinese Taipei, 3-0, and Bazzana was the star of the show. The Cleveland Guardians' top prospect, the No. 1 overall pick a couple years ago who has yet to make his MLB debut, looked like the best player on the field.

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He started off rather simply, ripping a single up the middle in his second at bat.

He showed off a smooth glove an inning later to deny Chinese Taipei a hit from his second base spot.

And then with Australia leading 2-0 and looking for the knockout punch, Bazzana obliterated a baseball to deep right field.

He knew it when it left his bat. He watched it, then fired up his bench and took a triumphant trot around the bases.

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It's a perfect tone setter for an Australia team with a lot of long-tenured professionals but not a ton of star power.

This next era of Australian baseball will be led by Bazzana, and he's starting now. He'll likely make his MLB debut at some point this season for the Guardians, but his WBC came first. And he certainly showed he knows how to make a first impression.

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