Team USA Bounces Back, Mercy Rules Canada 12-1
Mike Trout hit his first WBC homer and Team USA routed Canada, 12-1, in seven innings to bounce back from an ugly loss.
Mike Trout hit his first WBC homer and Team USA routed Canada, 12-1, in seven innings to bounce back from an ugly loss.
Kyle Glaser and J.J. Cooper break down everything that has happened in the World Baseball Classic so far.
Australia rallied late to beat the Czech Republic, 8-3, and clinch a spot in the WBC quarterfinals for the first time.
Great Britain rallied to upset Colombia in Pool C, making Team USA’s path to the quarterfinals a lot more straightforward.
Canada scored in every inning to beat Great Britain, 18-8, in the highest-scoring opening game in World Baseball Classic history.
Italy and Japan punched tickets into the quarterfinals with their final games in pool play.
In something that seems hard to believe, all five Pool A teams finished tied at 2-2. Here’s how it was determined who advanced and who got relegated.
Joey Meneses hit two home runs and Mexico thumped Team USA, 11-5, in a stunner at the World Baseball Classic.
Puerto Rico cruised past Nicaragua for an easy win in the World Baseball Classic opener for both teams.
Colombia upset Mexico, 5-4, in 10 innings in the Pool C opener of the World Baseball Classic, just the second WBC win in the nation’s history.
Kyle Schwarber hit a long three-run homer and Team USA beat Great Britain, 6-2, to open pool play in the World Baseball Classic.
Japan kept rolling along at the World Baseball Classic and Taiwan got its first win of the tournament.
Jose Ramos homered, Allen Cordoba added an RBI single and Panama held on to beat Italy and keep its hopes of advancing alive in the World Baseball Classic.
Martin Muzik hit the go-ahead, three-run homer in the ninth inning to lift the Czech Republic to a thrilling 8-5 win over China in its WBC debut.
Japan took down China and Italy outlasted Cuba in extras.
Tim Kennelly, Robbie Glendinning and Robbie Perkins all homered and Australia held off a late rally to upset South Korea, 8-7, in the Pool B opener at the Tokyo Dome.
A trio of excellent catches by third baseman Jose Caballero, left fielder Allen Cordoba and right fielder Luis Castillo helped out the Panamanian pitching staff, but it was a shockingly robust Panama lineup that was the story of the Pool A day one nightcap.
Josh Palacios drove in the tie-breaking run and the Netherlands held Cuba to three hits to pick up a 4-2 win in the World Baseball Classic opener.
J.J. Cooper highlights 10 things to look forward to in the 2023 WBC.
If Sasaki’s career ended today (and let’s hope he has well over a decade of impressive pitching to come), I would argue he’s already pulled off one of the greatest feats in baseball history.
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