USA thrash Cuba to reach World Baseball Classic final as protesters invade field
Trea Turner homered twice to give himself a test-driving four, and the defending champion US cut loose past Cuba 14-2 on Sunday night to show up at their second moderate World Baseball Fantastic last. Paul Goldschmidt and Cedric Mullins moreover homered for the Americans, who scored in seven of eight innings - setting up questionable numbers in five of them. Turner and Goldschmidt had four RBIs each. The Americans will play Japan or Mexico in Tuesday night's title game, attempting to join the Samurai Contenders as the fundamental nations to bring back the title twice. Turner, hitting No 9 in the batting interest, has a test-driving 10 RBIs. He followed his support, with an eighth-inning epic homer a night sooner against Venezuela with a show homer in the subsequent inning…