“As you guys saw the last few weeks, I was slumping it,” said Melendez, who entered the game 3 for his last 19.
Zubia was 3 for his last 29 when he stepped to the plate in the ninth, and he broke open a one-run game with a bases-clearing double into the left-center gap.
What they persevered through and the resiliency in the last two weeks was remarkable,” Cavs coach Brian O’Connor said.
It was the third straight strong start for the Cavs at the CWS.