The 12 best baseball teams met in the Premier 12held in Nayarit, Mexico, and The ninth United States of North America started with a defeat against Puerto Rico by a score of 1-0. USA Baseball‘s next game will be against the Netherlands, tomorrow at 6:00 p.m. ET.
Puerto Rico’s ninth broke the pitching duel thanks to a solo home run by Sabin Ceballos in the sixth roll. The Puerto Rican infielder found a fastball from reliever Sam Benschoter and took it out the right side of the Pacific Colossus. The Puerto Rican spent the 2024 season with the minor league teams of the Atlanta Braves and the San Francisco Giants.
The United States left many runners on the trails
The ninth American was able to turn the score around in the same roll, but Chandler Simpson and Matt Shaw took second and third because Willie Maciver, with two outs against, hit a fly ball that couldn’t be a hit. The Americans loaded the bases in the seventh inning, but the Puerto Ricans got the third out after Chandler Simpson hit a grounder and the defensive decision was to throw out the man who was running towards second base.
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USA Baseball also had runners on second and third in the eighth after a single by Shaw and a double by Luke Ritter. Sadly, The Puerto Ricans managed to hang the ring after a grounder by Maciver and flyouts by Chris Okey and Carson Williams.
The Americans did not give up in the ninth inning. Justin Crawford doubled to right field and advanced to the hot corner on a hit-and-run after Colby Thomas’ pop out. Luis Cruz took the mound to get the last two outs of the game and got the second thanks to his second baseman throwing home after a grounder by Cam Devanney to get Crawford out of circulation. The Puerto Rican closer accomplished his task when Chandler Simpson hit a line drive to the second baseman.
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