Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports

Team Puerto Rico defeated Team Israel 10-0 in eight innings, throwing the first perfect game in World Baseball Classic history.

Four pitchers, Jose De Leon, Yacksel Rios, Edwin Diaz, and Duane Underwood Jr. combined for the feat.

The Puerto Rican national team reached the 10-run mercy rule threshold in the bottom of the eighth inning. Enrique Hernandez singled on a ground ball to left field to score Martin Maldonado.

Puerto Rico scored three runs in each the first, second, and fifth innings. Francisco Lindor went 2-for-3 with three RBIs. Hernandez was 2-for-4 with two RBIs. Javier Baez was 2-for-3 with two RBIs. Emmanuel Rivera and Eddie Rosario drove in the other two runs.

Of course they couldn’t have done it without the pitching staff.

De Leon pitched the game of his life. Even with the 65-pitch limit, he went 5 2/3 innings with 10 strikeouts. Rios relieved him to get the final out of the sixth inning, a strikeout.

Diaz made his first appearance in the WBC in the seventh, needing 10 pitches to retire three batters, striking out one. Underwood Jr. closed the game needing 10 pitched himself to get the final three outs.

Puerto Rico is now 2-1 in Pool play and sets itself up well to advance to the quarterfinals.