WALLA WALLA, Wash. - Former Whitman College baseball pitcher Eric Ma is set to make his international debut for the Argentina national team at the World Baseball Classic Qualifiers Tournament.

Ma, an all-conference performer and 2020 graduate of Whitman College, calls La Crescenta, California his home but qualifies for Argentine citizenship. 

Two separate qualifier tournaments exist with Argentina entered into the Panama Qualifiers along with Nicaragua, New Zealand, Brazil, Pakistan and Panama. Two teams will emerge out of the tournament to advance to the World Baseball Classic held this spring in the United States.

The games run from Sept. 30 through Oct. 5 and take place at Rod Carew National Stadium in Panama City, Panama.

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