Trout Jin and T. Turner both fired, and the US team knocked down Canada 12:1 in 7 innings.

(USA TODAY)

[Sports Center/Comprehensive Report] The defending U.S. team faced Canada in the preliminaries of Group C of the Classic Tournament today. T. Turner (Trea Turner) fired both shots, and the US team knocked down Canada 12:1 in 7 innings, and won the second victory in the group stage, while Canada suffered its first defeat.

The U.S. team went all out in the first inning, knocking out 19-year-old Canadian left-hander Brett (Mitch Bratt) and RJ Freure. Played 12 times, scored 9 points in a single inning with 4 safes and 4 walks, including Trout's left field 3-point shot, and the first blast of this classic game came out.

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Canada relied on Jared Young's spring gun to chase points in the 2nd inning, but the U.S. team was still unrelenting in the next half inning. T. Anderson (Tim Anderson) hit a triple with 1 RBI. JT Realmuto made up for a high-flying sacrifice hit, and T. Turner hit a left-field spring cannon. This was also his first home run in this classic game. The US team took a 12-1 lead in the first two innings.

RJ Freure scored 6 points in 2.2 innings with 2 homers.

Team USA's starting pitcher Lance Lynn gave up 1 run in 5 innings and hit out 6 times. Miles Mikolas backed up 2 scoreless innings. Team USA ended up ahead in 7 innings Defeated Canada 12:1 and temporarily ranked first in the group with 2 wins and 1 loss. If they beat Colombia on the 16th, they are expected to advance to the semi-finals.

Team USA starting pitcher Lynn.

(Associated Press)

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