GIJANG CITY, South Korea - Ben Hernandez (Chicago, Ill.) went the distance to lead Team USA to its second win of the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) U-18 Baseball World Cup Super Round on Friday at Gijang-Hyundai Dream Park in Gijang City, South Korea. The righty gave up just five hits and no walks in seven scoreless innings of work while striking out eight as the U.S. beat Canada, 10-0.

Eight different hitters combined to collect eleven hits in the contest for Team USA, led by multi-hit games from Pete Crow-Armstrong (Sherman Oaks, Calif.), Robert Hassell (Franklin, Tenn.) and Tyler Soderstrom (Turlock, Calif.). Hassell also tallied three RBIs and Hunter Haas (Phoenix, Ariz.) added two of his own in the victory.

Hernandez earned the win with his effort on the mound, while Canada's Justin Thorsteinson was tagged with the loss after allowing eight runs on nine hits in four innings on the mound.

KEY MOMENTS

• In the top of the first inning, Crow-Armstrong got things going for Team USA with a leadoff triple and Hassell drove him in with a sacrifice fly for a 1-0 lead.
  
• After Hassell brought in the first run of the game, the U.S. took a 5-0 lead with four more runs in the top of first courtesy of RBI-singles from Haas, Colby Halter (Jacksonville, Fla.) and Nolan McLean (Willow Spring, N.C.).
  
• Crow-Armstrong hit his second triple of the game in the top of the fourth inning and Hassell once again brought him in, this time with a single to give Team USA a 6-0 advantage.
  
• The U.S. added two more in the fourth on an RBI-single from Soderstrom and a fielder's choice to make it an 8-0 game.
  
• Milan Tolentino (Mission Viejo, Calif.) singled to start the sixth and scored on a Hassell RBI-triple to make it 9-0 in Team USA's favor.
  
• After his RBI-triple, Hassell came home on a sacrifice fly from AJ Vukovich (Mukwonago, Wisc.) in the top of the sixth inning before Ben Hernandez came in with two final scoreless innings to close out the 10-0 victory for Team USA.
  

NOTABLE INFORMATION

• With the win, Team USA improves to 6-1 in the WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup and 3-1 in Super Round play.
  
• The game was Hassell's fifth in the World Cup with at least two hits, while it was the fourth multi-hit game in the tournament for Crow-Armstrong.
  
• Hassell leads all batters in the World Cup with fourteen hits so far and Crow-Armstrong (11) is tied for second with Korea's Jichan Kim and Australia's Jaylin Rae.
  
• Hassell also leads the World Cup field in RBIs (11) and runs scored (12).
  
• Hernandez (1-1) earned the win with his complete game effort, allowing just five hits and punching out eight in seven scoreless innings.
  
• With Friday's outing, Hernandez became one of just four pitchers in the tournament to throw a complete game, and one of just two to toss a shutout along with Korea's Minho Lee.
  

DUE UP

• September 7: USA vs. Korea (12:00 p.m. local [11 p.m. ET on 9/6]; Gijang-Hyundai Dream Park; Gijang City, South Korea)
  

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