Washington Nationals first baseman Joey Meneses hit two home runs (one with two runs and another with three runs) and drove in five runs overall, while Tampa Bay Cuban-Mexican Rays Cuban-Mexican outfielder Randy Arozarena went 3-5, with two RBIs and a triple RBIs and the Mexican team had a foul party in a historic 11-5 victory against the United States, in the second game between both teams in the World Baseball Classic.
Mexico surprisingly fell this Saturday in its debut against Colombia, while the host team, one of the favorites to win the tournament, easily beat Great Britain in the presentation, so the Aztecs team urgently needed a victory and finally got away with a big show of offense. and enough to limit the fixing power of the American batons.
The Mexican team put together two fours in the fourth and eighth, but they also made the first attack, with two scores at the beginning of the game, against the starting pitcher of the San Diego Padres, Nick Martínez, who endured only two innings and an inning. two-thirds in which he allowed five hits and three earned runs.
While the Mexican is doing a great job of drying people like: Mookie Betts (0-5), Mike Trout (1-2) Paul Goldschmidt (1-4) and Nolan Arenado (0-3) and Pete Alonso (0-4) at the back American batting order.
The winner was Los Angeles left-hander Patrick Sandoval, who pitched three complete innings, allowing two hits and one run. While the Mexican did not allow a second run until the bottom of the seventh, when the game was already 7-1.
Group C of the World Classic was tight
The United States play this Monday, in a do-or-die match against Canada, which just beat Great Britain (18-8), while Mexico rests and returns to action on Tuesday, precisely against European teams.
The Canadian team is the leader, with a score of 1-0, followed by Colombia, who rested, with the same score. Mexico is third with 1-1, the same with the Army and in the room is the British team with 0-2.
