Mexico have had a historic World Baseball Classicwith the Aztecs reaching the semi-finals after beating Puerto Ricobut one of the team’s best players has not shone as expected.
The Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Julio Urias has been on the mound twice, against Colombia and Puerto Ricoand both times he had problems with his opponents.
In fact, on Friday against Puerto Ricohe allowed four runs in the first inning, including two homers.
After that, the pitcher tightened his arm and Mexico allowed no more runs, but he had an uphill struggle the rest of the game.
Julio Urias had a bad debut against Colombia
Julio Urias appeared against the Colombian national team in the opener, but his work left much to be desired.
The Mexican pitcher was on the mound until the sixth inning. During his time on the mound, he gave up three hits, allowed three clean runs and only struck out six batters. The Dodgers pitcher left the game and was replaced by Luis Cessa.
Puerto Rico torpedoed Urias
In the quarter-finals of the tournament, Mexico faced Puerto Rico and their hitters did not wait long before unleashing all their power on Huge.
In the first inning, the left-handed pitcher pitched a hit to open the Puerto Rico offensive charge, and Javier Baez and Eddie Rosario both hit back-to-back long balls.
After a nightmare inning, the scoreboard read 4-0 in favor of Puerto Rico.
Huge recovered to pitch three more full innings and allowed no more runs. He produced four strikeouts and stopped the bleeding, keeping his tally at four runs conceded.
In the World Baseball Classic, Julio Urias has a tournament record of 10 strikeouts, seven clean runs against, one base on balls and his effectiveness is 7.00.
