World Baseball

tonight."

"Although those guys are disappointed in there, I couldn't be prouder of 'em, the way they came together as a team," DeRosa said. "From getting together two and a half weeks ago, all the things that happened along the way, tough games, easy games, whatever it was, they truly started to bond and enjoy being around each other."

Trout was 1-for-5 with three strikeouts Tuesday before a capacity crowd of 36,098 at loanDepot Park in Miami. He doubled in his first at-bat, but did not advance any farther as St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Paul Goldschmidt struck out and Cardinals third baseman Nolan Arenado grounded out.

Trout struck out leading off the third and struck out for the first out of the fifth inning after Betts led off with an infield single. Trout lined out to right field for the first out of the seventh inning with McNeil on second and Betts on first.

Ohtani was 1-for-3 with a first-inning walk. He struck out leading off the third, grounded out in the fifth and hit an infield single in the seventh.

The United States took a 1-0 lead in the second inning on former Dodger Trea Turner's record-tying fifth home run of the tournament. Seung-yuop Lee of South Korea hit five home runs in the inaugural 2006 tournament.

Japan tied the score in the bottom of the second on Munetaka Murakami's