In what felt like a must-win game for the Americans, their high-powered offense scores nine runs in the first inning and Lance Lynn cruises on the mound in a 12-1 mercy-rule victory.
The WBC mercy rule is in effect for the first round only, and games are terminated when there’s a 15-run lead after five innings or a 10-run lead after seven innings. Also, the pool-play tiebreaker is based on runs allowed, so running up the score is beneficial.José De León and three relievers combined to pitch eight perfect innings as Puerto Rico routed Israel, 10-0, in Miami in a game that was called early because of the tournament’s 10-run mercy rule.
“Very happy for the guys, especially after what happened Sunday,” Puerto Rico manager Yadier Molina said in Spanish. “To come out aggressively and win the game the way we did makes me very proud.” Puerto Rico struck quickly against Israel starter Colton Gordon with a three-run first. Báez hit a two-run double and scored on Eddie Rosario’s double.
Graham Spraker got the win by pitching 2-2/3 innings of scoreless relief, and Ian Gibaut earned the save. Colombia’s Yapson Gomez – who gave up Rudd’s double in the fifth – took the loss. Soto blasted a shot to right field off Junior Tellez to make it 5-0 in the fifth, and Machado tagged Tellez in the next inning with a drive to right-center.Nicaragua made it 6-1 in the eighth on Elian Miranda’s bases-loaded RBI single. Ramirez took the loss.Kunwoo Park and Ha-Seong Kim hit grand slams in consecutive innings, and South Korea set a WBC scoring record with a 22-2 blowout of China in Tokyo in a game between teams that were already eliminated.
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