Glory, achieved. https://t.co/OZAdjFwysD #WBC2017 pic.twitter.com/2IhVTHugPs MLB (@MLB) March 23, 2017 March 22 (Reuters) - The United States won their first World Baseball Classic title with an 8-0 victory over Puerto Rico in Los Angeles on Wednesday behind the stellar pitching of Marcus Stroman and a 13-hit attack.Puerto Rico came in with a spotless 7-0 record in the 16-team tournament but the Americans (6-2) were not to be denied and the losers finished runners-up for the second straight WBC..@USABaseball JUST WON THE WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC!!! #ForGlory pic.twitter.com/OQGov6icoN NBC Sports (@NBCSports) March 23, 2017 Stroman was sensational, throwing six no-hit innings after yielding six hits in a row in a four-run first inning to Puerto Rico in a 6-5 second-round loss.The Toronto Blue Jays starter faced the minimum 18 batters through six innings with Carlos Beltran the only man to reach, after a walk leading off the second inning. Beltran was erased when Yadier Molina bounced into a double play.Stroman, who struck out three, had his no-hitter snapped in the seventh when Angel Pagan led off with an opposite field double, and the right-hander exited to a standing ovation from a crowd exceeding 51,000.The U.S. team jumped to a 2-0 lead off starter Seth Lugo in the third inning when Ian Kinsler crushed a two-run homer to left-center.The Americans doubled their advantage in the fifth on run-scoring singles by Christian Yelich and Andrew McCutchen.They tacked on three more runs in the seventh, on a two-run single by Brandon Crawford and an RBI-single by Giancarlo Stanton, and McCutchen drove home the last with an infield single in the eighth.#USA #Campen de la 4ta edicin #worldbaseballclassic @CNNEE pic.twitter.com/kvt0jvjOs9 Gonzalo Alvarado (@GonzaloCNN) March 23, 2017 The World Baseball Classic gold medal won by Team USA. pic.twitter.com/RWsroX8so0 Arash Markazi (@ArashMarkazi) March 23, 2017 "It's the most fun I've ever had playing baseball." - @ChristianYelich on his #WBC2017 pic.twitter.com/LwqZdtmtKk MLB Network (@MLBNetwork) March 23, 2017 Team #PuertoRico congratulates Team #USA at #worldbaseballclassic. Total class. #HatTip #wbc2017 pic.twitter.com/ohVj7waC6b Brad Porter (@bradkporter) March 23, 2017 The United States had advanced to their first WBC title game with a 2-1 semi-finals victory over Japan, winners of the first two tournaments. -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
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