Connor Brooks, Mason McKay collect three RBIs as Canada beat Team WBSC in four

Connor Brooks and Mason McKay (pictured) led Canada’s lineup with three RBIs each in today’s 11-1 win over Team WBSC in four innings. The North American offense erupted with six runs in the fourth to earn their first win of the tournament.

Both teams wanted to rebound after day 1 losses, and it was Canada who came out victorious at El Plumazo. 

Canada went ahead in the scoreboard in the second inning. After two quick outs, they took advantage of a costly error by pitcher Juan Diego Morales to score the first two runs of the game, and capped the three-run inning with an RBI single by Isaac Lefevbre.

In the third, Canada mounted again a two-run rally, with three consecutive singles, the last one a two-run single off the bat of McKay, to take a 5-0 lead. 

Guatemala scored their only run of the game, when Diego Guerra was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded. However, reliever Jordan Hudson escaped the jam with a strikeout and a grounder.

In the bottom of the fourth, Canada scored six runs to end the game. Brooks hit a two-out bases-clearing double to end the game.

Canada is now 1-1 in Group B, while Guatemala dropped their record to 0-2.