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US routs Cuba 14-2 to reach World Baseball Classic final

US routs Cuba 14-2 to reach World Baseball Classic final

Trea Turner homered twice to give him a tournament-leading four, and the defending champion United States romped over Cuba 14-2 to reach its second straight World Baseball Classic final

Arenado hit by pitch one night after Altuve breaks thumb

Arenado hit by pitch one night after Altuve breaks thumb

Nolan Arenado left Team USA’s semifinal game against Cuba on Sunday in the fifth inning after he was hit on the hand by a pitch

Cuban baseball team draws ire, support in Little Havana

Cuban baseball team draws ire, support in Little Havana

Hundreds gathered outside Miami Marlins' home ballpark in Little Havana on Sunday to protest for the Cuban national baseball team played the United States in the semifinals of the World Baseball Classic

Astros' Jose Altuve has broken right thumb, needs surgery

Astros' Jose Altuve has broken right thumb, needs surgery

Houston Astros star Jose Altuve has a broken right thumb and needs surgery after getting hurt in Venezuela’s 9-7 quarterfinal loss to the United States at the World Baseball Classic

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US routs Cuba 14-2 to reach World Baseball Classic final

US routs Cuba 14-2 to reach World Baseball Classic final

MIAMI (AP) — Trea Turner, Paul Goldschmidt and an unrelenting U.S. lineup kept putting crooked numbers on the scoreboard, a dynamic display of the huge gap between an American team of major leaguers and Cubans struggling on the world stage as top players have left the island nation. Turner homered

Arenado hit by pitch one night after Altuve breaks thumb

Arenado hit by pitch one night after Altuve breaks thumb

MIAMI (AP) — Nolan Arenado left Team USA's semifinal game against Cuba on Sunday in the fifth inning after he was hit on the hand by a pitch. X-rays on Arenado's hand came back negative, but it comes one night after Jose Altuve left a quarterfinal between the U.S. and

Cuban baseball team draws ire, support in Little Havana

Cuban baseball team draws ire, support in Little Havana

MIAMI (AP) — Jose Vilela fled Cuba for the United States when he was 14 years old after spending six months in a concentration camp. Like many of his compatriots, he settled in Miami's Cuban neighborhood, Little Havana. Vilela, now 68, paced Sunday afternoon outside loanDepot Park, the Miami Marlins'

Astros' Jose Altuve has broken right thumb, needs surgery

Astros' Jose Altuve has broken right thumb, needs surgery

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Houston Astros star Jose Altuve has a broken right thumb and needs surgery after getting hurt in Venezuela's 9-7 quarterfinal loss to the United States at the World Baseball Classic. The Astros said Sunday they will announce a prognosis for the second baseman after

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Nick Martinez leaves Team USA at WBC, returns to Padres camp

Nick Martinez leaves Team USA at WBC, returns to Padres camp

MIAMI (AP) — San Diego Padres pitcher Nick Martinez left the World Baseball Classic on Saturday after he wasn't guaranteed to start for Team USA for the rest of the event. United States manager Mark DeRosa said Martinez will return to Padres spring training to prepare for the start of

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