USA powers its way to win over Canada

USA (1-0) 6, Canada (0-1) 5
SP: Peavy (ND) - 3.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, 58 pitches
W: Hawkins (1-0) - 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 BB, 1 K, 12 pitches
L: Johnson (0-1) - 4.0 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, 63 pitches
SV: Putz (1) - 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 21 pitches

J.J. Putz survived the heart of Canada's order in the ninth inning, and Kevin Youkilis, Brian McCann and Adam Dunn each hit their first home runs of the World Baseball Classic in a 6-5 Team USA win.

Box Score/Gameday - http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2009_03_07_canint_usaint_1

Recap -
http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2009/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090307&content_id=3936154&vkey=wbc&team=usa

Team USA scoring:
2nd Inning - 1 run: Brian McCann's RBI-sacrifice fly scored Kevin Youkilis
4th Inning - 3 runs: Youkilis hit a solo HR, McCann's 2-run HR scored Adam Dunn
6th Inning - 2 runs: Dunn's 2-run HR scored Youkilis

Manager Davey Johnson's Post-game Quotes:
On Saturday's game: "I tell you, it was a heck of a ball game. This time of year, you know, everybody is not at their best, and I thought everybody played a heck of a ball game. The hitting was there. The pitching was almost there. Just a heck of a ball game."

Notes: Team USA skipper Davey Johnson managed Canada's Saturday starter Mike Johnson in 1997, referring to him pre-game as a "Mike Mussina look-alike"...announced attendance for the USA/Canada game was 42,314...the U.S. plays again tomorrow/Sunday at 8:00 p.m. ET vs the winner of tonight's game featuring Italy and Venezuela.