Team USA easily beats Canada

Leyland ranks 15th on the all-time list among MLB managers with 1,769 wins, was named NL Manager of the Year in 1990 and 1992 and the Manager of the Year in 2006, led the Marlins to a World Series championship in 1997 and the Tigers to American League pennants in 2006 and 2012.

Colombia had the game-winning run on third 90 feet away with one out when first baseman Reynoldo Rodriguez rocketed a line drive to left.

The Marlins’ outfielder once again delivered at the plate for Team USA. Miller allowed another home run before being pulled from the game with two outs in the inning.

What it meant to Pat Neshek, an affable journeyman right-handed reliever who pumped both of his fists, screamed and looked skyward after striking out Jesus Valdez with two on and two out in the top of the ninth to help send that thriller into extra innings?

“The fans never give up, we never give up”, Cruz said on his postgame TV spot. Dempster comes back on two days rest after throwing just two inning on Thursday, when the Dominican Republic offense clobbered him for four runs on seven hits in his brief stint on the mound. “For Colombian baseball, we made history. Hopefully we can make a good showing and get people more excited about it”. “I kept waiting for the pitcher to hit”. Puerto Rico also beat Venezuela 11-0 and Mexico 9-4.

Miller got ahead 0-2 on a pair of sliders, then threw a third that he didn’t get it in far enough.

The Tribe’s All-Star shortstop went 3-for-5 with three RBI. Just like that, the go-ahead run was at the plate with no one out. Andrew McCutchen was in left field for the first eight innings before leaving for a pinch-hitter.

Puerto Rico finished atop Pool D by going 3-0, including a dominating victory over the Venezuela team that was thought to be one of the early favorites to win this year’s WBC. While it was a short outing, any playing time he can get in such a competitive environment against the caliber of hitting he is facing in the WBC can only be good for his development.

To find out how to watch the Canada vs. USA World Baseball Classic Pool C finale, see the streaming information at the bottom of this article. This is not a Cinderella story.

The two other two national tournaments that generate significant excitement amongst sports fans in America are the FIFA World Cup and the Basketball Olympics. Unfortunately for Cuba, it was a solo shot instead of a grand slam on Saturday.

Jose Bautista and Carlos Santana began the 11th as the designated runners at second and first base, part of the tournament tiebreaking rules. Since it was Roark who allowed Marte to reach base, this gave him a total of three earned runs on the night over the course of 1.1 innings. They pounded starter Martin Perez for four runs in 3.2 innings.

That’s all for day 6 of the WBC.

While spending the first half of the game getting no-hit by Chicago White Sox ace Jose Quintana, and getting a few breaks on defensive blunders by Colombia, the game ended with Nolan Arenado leaping into Jones’ arms, Christian Yelich running over and holding them both, as the entire US team erupted in joy.