Canada beats Colombia 5-0 at World Baseball Classic, Freeman leaves game with injury
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Otto Lopez hit a three-run homer, Noah Skirrow threw five quality innings in his national team debut and Canada shut out Colombia 5-0 Tuesday at the World Baseball Classic.
Otto Lopez hit a three-run homer, Noah Skirrow threw five quality innings in his national team debut and Canada shut out Colombia 5-0 Tuesday at the World Baseball Classic.
Canada led 1-0 going into the eighth inning, but Lopez, a Toronto Blue Jays prospect, led off the inning with a triple and was driven in by Owen Caissie's two-out RBI single to push the lead to 2-0.
Lopez's three-run shot in the ninth gave Canada an even bigger cushion.
Canada's pitching staff gave up just five hits and one walk, bouncing back from a 12-1 loss to the United States on Monday.
"I couldn't ask for much more, really," Skirrow said. "I mean, went about as good as you could ask for it to go. Just trying to be as aggressive as I could and give us a chance to win and give us as much length as possible."
Colombia's Oscar Mercado had two hits. Adrian Almeida took the loss, giving up one run over three innings.
Canada first baseman and Los Angeles Dodgers star Freddie Freeman left the game in the fourth inning because of a hamstring injury. He ran gingerly out of the batter's box after popping up in the third.
