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A panel of ESPN baseball experts is forecasting Los Angeles Dodgers?manager Dave Roberts?and Cleveland Indians manager Terry Francona?to win the American League and National League Manager of the Year awards, respectively, when the honors are announced Tuesday between 6 and 7 p.m. ET.We had 27 experts pick who they think will win in the NL ?and 26 pick the AL (Christina Kahrl didnt reveal her AL pick). The voting breakdown for the awards is listed below as well as the votes of our experts.Who will win the AL Manager of the Year award?1. Terry Francona Cleveland Indians VOTES: 24Brought the Indians to the playoffs for the second time in four seasons in Cleveland, getting within one win of the franchises first title since 1948. In four seasons in Cleveland, Francona is 352-294 (.545) and is 1,381-1,209 overall, including eight seasons in Boston and four in Philadelphia.2. Buck Showalter Baltimore Orioles VOTES: 2In seven seasons in Baltimore, Showalter has led the Orioles to the playoffs three times, including in 2016 as a wild-card team. His record with the Os is 547-482 (.532) and overall with four teams he is 1,429-1,315.Who will win the NL Manager of the Year award?1. Dave Roberts Los Angeles Dodgers VOTES: 14In his first season with the Dodgers, Roberts led the team to first place in the NL West and the NLCS, losing to the Cubs in six games. Roberts managed around a number of injuries in 2016, with the Dodgers setting an MLB record by sending 28 different players to the DL.2. Joe Maddon Chicago Cubs VOTES: 9In two seasons in Chicago, Maddon has led the Cubs to the playoffs twice and to their first World Series title since 1908. His second in two seasons in Chicago is 200-123 (.619 winning percentage), including a 103-58 mark in 2016.3. 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This time, they avoided a sluggish start on a rainy, dreary evening with temperatures in the mid-60s.That was definitely a newer experience for us, Bam said. Weve been working on that. Today, we just got up there real fast, managed to get a corner. That gives you a bit of a confidence booster to continue to propel putting goals away.The Americans improved to 3-0 at the Olympics and leapfrogged Britain for the top spot in the pool by moving ahead in goal differential. The United States is plus seven, while the Brits are plus five. Britain defeated Argentina 3-2 earlier in the day to remain unbeaten.Really important game for us tonight, USA coach Craig Parnham said. Japan were a very, very difficult team. I thought we did a reaally good job and a professional job, of picking up another three points.dddddddddddd And the plus-five goal difference is really helpful when were in pool play.The fifth-ranked Americans had no problem finding motivation to do their best against No. 2 Argentina and No. 3 Australia. Beating No. 10 Japan was a different type of challenge.Games like this are statement games for us, Bam said. Its easy to step up and play the people that are ranked higher than you. Its hard to step up and bury a team like we just did thats ranked lower than you.Katie Reinprecht scored late in the second period to make it 3-0 at halftime. Jill Witmer scored for the United States in the third period, and Bam scored twice in the fourth.Japan fell to 0-2-1.The United States will face India on Thursday, then close pool play with a showdown against Britain on Saturday. Bam said the Americans wont get ahead of themselves.While theres possibilities and our goal is to medal, our focus is each game, every game, to finish that particular game, Bam said.---Follow Cliff Brunt on Twitter (at)CliffBruntAP . ' ' '