Melendez Makes USA Collegiate National Team Debut

Box Score KANNAPOLIS, N.C. – Alabama State University lefty Omar Melendez tossed a scoreless inning with a strikeout in relief during his USA Collegiate National Team debut on Sunday. Melendez was a part of another dominant pitching performance along with a 13-hit barrage that carried the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team to its third consecutive victory over Chinese Taipei—a 10-0 rout on Sunday evening at Atrium Health Ballpark. Team USA starter Ryan Johnson (Dallas Baptist) retired the first 11 batters of the game before four U.S. relievers dispatched the final 15 Chinese Taipei hitters in succession to finish the one-hit…