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Lazaro Valle and Jorge Valdes combined for a two-hitter as the Cuban national baseball team defeated Team USA, 2-1, in a pre-Olympic exhibition game at Richmond, Va.
Both of Cuba’s runs came on solo home runs, by Luis Casanova in the second inning and by Juan Castro in the fifth, off loser Jim Abbott. Abbott went the distance for Team USA, the first complete game by an American pitcher in 27 pre-Olympic games. He allowed five hits, walked three and struck out eight.
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