U.S. beats Canada to advance in WBC

Nolan Arenado and Buster Posey homered and drove in three runs apiece Sunday night to help the United States shake off a deflating loss and earn a berth in the second round of the World Baseball Classic with an 8-0 victory over Canada at Marlins Park in Miami.

Team USA finished 2-1 in pool play and rebounded after blowing a five-run lead Saturday in a 7-5 defeat to the Dominican Republic.

“Good teams know how to turn the page,” Manager Jim Leyland said. “It’s a thrill to get out of here. It wasn’t easy.”

The Americans are trying for a WBC breakthrough after failing to reach the final in the three previous events. “We’re taking it real serious,” Arenado said. “It’s not just a walk in the park.”

Earlier in Miami, the Dominicans also advanced to the second round in San Diego by beating Colombia, 10-3, in 11 innings. The Dominicans, who won the 2013 tournament, went 3-0 in the first round.

Canada went 0-3 and has never advanced past the opening round.

At Guadalajara, Carlos Correa hit a three-run homer and Puerto Rico qualified for the second round with a 9-3 win over Italy.

Colorado Rockies first baseman Ian Desmond suffered an apparent broken left hand when hit by a fastball from Cincinnati’s Rookie Davis in a spring game at Scottsdale, Ariz. He is to see a specialist Monday . . . . The Cleveland Indians shut down second baseman Jason Kipnis for at least two weeks because of right shoulder inflammation and he is likely to miss opening day . . . . Cincinnati righthander Anthony DeSclafani, the Reds’ top starting pitcher last year, has a sore pitching elbow and could miss the start of the season . . . . Kansas City catcher Salvador Perez will have an MRI test on the left knee he injured in a collision with Drew Butera, his Royals backup, during Saturday’s Venezuela-Italy WBC game in Mexico.