PHOENIX — Otto Lopez hit a three-run homer, Noah Skirrow threw five quality innings and Canada shut out Colombia 5-0 Tuesday at the World Baseball Classic.
Canada led 1-0 going into the eighth inning, but Owen Caissie had a two-out RBI single to push the lead to 2-0. Lopez's three-run shot in the ninth gave them an even bigger cushion.
Canada's pitching staff gave up just five hits and one walk, bouncing back from a 12-1 loss to the United States on Monday.
"I couldn't ask for much more, really," Skirrow said. "I mean, went about as good as you could ask for it to go.