SPORTS ALERT: Mets All-Star closer Edwin Diaz appears to suffer leg injury while celebrating Puerto Rico's WBC win
Soto cut into it with a titanic shot to start the bottom of the third off, launching a 92 mph fastball 448 feel to dead center. Puerto Rico answered when Lindor singled up the middle in the fifth and Rodríguez misplayed the ball, which dribbled to the wall and allowed Lindor to book around the bases and extend the lead to 5-1.Alexis Díaz
, they loaded the bases with a pair of walks and a single. With no outs and the bases loaded, Machado stepped in. One swing later, he grounded into a double play. Though a run scored, Díaz escaped the rest of the inning without harm, and Puerto Rico's bullpen held firm until the ninth inning. When the bullpen door swung open, out came Alexis' brother, Edwin, the best closer in baseball -- accompanied by "Narco," the entrance music that typically accompanies him at Citi Field. Díaz proceeded to strike out
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