Mike Wilner: Lightning doesn’t strike twice as Canada falls to U.S. via mercy rule in World Baseball Classic
came out, a supportive smile on his face, to take the ball from the shell-shocked teen who threw just nine of his 25 pitches for strikes., a 25-year-old right-hander from Burlington, who pitched in Double-A in the Houston Astros’ organization in 2021, fared no better. He gave up an RBI triple to Cedric Mullins and, after hitting Betts with a 3-2 curveball, served up a three-run shot to Mike Trout to put the finishing touches on a nine-run first inning.
The veteran righty, a two-time all-star, allowed just two hits over five innings of work, the first of which was a solo home run by Chicago Cubs’ prospect Jared Young. The Prince George, B.C. native was the only one of the first 14 Canadians who came to the plate to reach base. Diaz, 24, is a right-hander who made 49 appearances for Atlanta’s Double-A Mississippi team last season, posting an ERA of 3.08. Smith, 23, had a 2.93 ERA at two levels of the Cleveland system last year.
The 38-year-old from Surrey, B.C. last played professionally in 2018, having finished a major-league career that saw him go from starting pitcher to outfielder to relief pitcher two years prior. Two years before that, his wife Lynda was diagnosed with breast cancer. She died in 2021.He came back out to start the sixth inning, fell behind all-star Kyle Tucker 3-1 and then came back to strike him out swinging. That’s when a beaming Whitt came out of the dugout to take the ball.
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