Advertisement Continue reading the main storySince that defeat, they have won three consecutive elimination games, beating the Dominican Republic, Japan and Puerto Rico. He singled and scored on Christian Yelich’s single in the fifth, which put the United States ahead, 3-0, and chased off Lugo, the Mets right-hander. PhotoAndrew McCutchen’s infield single later in the inning gave the United States a 4-0 lead. A diminutive right-hander with a fiery personality, Stroman was eligible to pitch for Puerto Rico, where his mother was born. He and his mother had been taunted on social media since he declared in December that he would pitch for the United States.

Source: New York Times March 23, 2017 04:54 UTC