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Díaz was taken off the field in a wheelchair in Miami soon after pitching a perfect ninth inning to close out Puerto Rico’s 5-2 win over the Dominicans.

Garrett Stubbles hit a bases-loaded, go-ahead double in the eighth that scored Spencer Horwitz and Noah Mendlinger to make it 3-1.

Anthony Santander homered off Sandy Alcantara in the second. The Miami Marlins ace allowed three runs on five hits and three walks in 3 2/3 innings for a team many consider the WBC favorite.

The 38-year-old Gurriel won his second World Series with the Astros last year after hitting .242 with 40 doubles, eight home runs and 53 RBIs last year, down from 81 RBIs in 2021. In the postseason, Gurriel had 17 hits with a pair of home runs to help the Astros win their second title in six seasons.

The beautiful weather Miami is famous for comes with some of Miami’s other well-known issues: traffic and parking woes. Here is what you need to know for the World Baseball Classic.

Skip Schumaker was a Cardinals player 13 years ago when a brawl broke out and Cincinnati Reds pitcher Johnny Cueto kicked St. Louis backup catcher Jason Larue on the head, causing a career-ending concussion.

Diamond Sports Group, the subsidiary of Sinclair Broadcast Group that operates networks under the name Bally Sports, has the rights to 14 major league teams and skipped about $140 million in interest payments due Feb. 15. The company has nearly $1 billion in rights payments, mostly to baseball teams, due in the first quarter this year, and a bankruptcy filing is possible.

Matt Pobereyko, who spent part of the 2021 season in the Miami Marlins organization, died suddenly at the age of 31.

When the Baseball Writers’ Association of America originally presented Alcantara with the trophy at its January awards dinner, the plaque dubbed both Alcantara and AL winner Justin Verlander the “most valuble” pitchers in their leagues, leaving out the second “a” in “valuable.”