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Baseball-United States beat Puerto Rico to win WBC title

March 22 (Reuters) - The United States won their first World Baseball Classic title with an 8-0 victory over Puerto Rico at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Wednesday. For Puerto Rico, who had arrived at the one-game final with a perfect 7-0 record, the defeat in the final of the fourth edition of the international tournament launched in 2006, marked their second consecutive runner-up finish. (Reporting by Larry Fine in New York)