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WBC Notes: Andrew McCutchen Drives In a Pair, As Team USA Wins First WBC Title

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The World Baseball Classic wrapped up on Wednesday night with the undefeated Team Puerto Rico taking on USA. These two teams met on Friday and Puerto Rico took a 6-5 victory. The tables were turned on Wednesday though, as the United States picked up their first WBC title with an 8-0 victory.

Andrew McCutchen had two RBI singles in this game, giving USA a 4-0 lead in the fifth, then extending the lead to 8-0 in the eighth inning. Toronto starter Marcus Stroman had a no-hitter going into the seventh inning. Three relievers finished out the final three innings for the win.

McCutchen went 2-for-4 with a walk in this game and finished the entire WBC by going 5-for-21, driving in five runs in six games. Four of his five hits results in runs scored. Josh Harrison played just two games and batted five times without a hit.

Marcus Stroman was named the WBC MVP.

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John Dreker
John Dreker
John started working at Pirates Prospects in 2009, but his connection to the Pittsburgh Pirates started exactly 100 years earlier when Dots Miller debuted for the 1909 World Series champions. John was born in Kearny, NJ, two blocks from the house where Dots Miller grew up. From that hometown hero connection came a love of Pirates history, as well as the sport of baseball. When he didn't make it as a lefty pitcher with an 80+ MPH fastball and a slider that needed work, John turned to covering the game, eventually focusing in on the prospects side, where his interest was pushed by the big league team being below .500 for so long. John has covered the minors in some form since the 2002 season, and leads the draft and international coverage on Pirates Prospects. He writes daily on Pittsburgh Baseball History, when he's not covering the entire system daily throughout the entire year on Pirates Prospects.

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