José De León

Team Puerto Rico starting pitcher José De León had an outing to remember in his nation’s meeting with Team Israel on Monday night. On the mound, De León carried a perfect-game bid with two outs into the fifth inning, with his three teammates carrying the perfecto to the end. Incredibly, De León’s jaw-dropping 10 punchouts tie an all-time single-game World Baseball Classic strikeout record, originally set by Ubaldo Jiménez for Team Dominican Republic in 2009.