Trea Turner homers twice, Paul Goldschmidt and Cedric Mullins each add one, and the defending champs score in seven of eight innings in a 14-2 win. The U.S. will meet Japan or Mexico in Tuesday nig…
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Goldschmidt also homered and had four RBIs and Cedric Mullins went deep in a game interrupted three times by fans running on the field to display protest signs. “I think it took us a little bit of time, but now we kind of found our stride a little bit,” Turner said. American batters had 14 hits, including eight for extra bases, and seven walks as they scored in seven of eight innings – five with multiple runs. Goldschmidt hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in the first on a 112 mph rocket high over the left-field wall. He added a two-run single in the fifth.St. Louis third baseman Nolan Arenado left after he was hit on his right hand by a pitch in the fifth inning, briefly raising another injury concern before X-rays came back as negative.
An Olympic gold medalist in 1992, 1996 and 2004, Cuba’s national team has faltered as many top players left for MLB. Cuba failed to qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Games.
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