the 2023 World Baseball Classic is in full swing, with the United States dominating Canada in Monday’s final game.
The US is part of Pool C, with group play in Phoenix, along with Canada, Colombia, Great Britain and Mexico. Group play also continues for Pool D – Dominican Republic, Israel, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico and Venezuela – in Miami.
Group play for Pool A, which took place in Taichung, Taiwan, concludes on Sunday, with Cuba and Italy advancing to the quarterfinals. Elsewhere, in Tokyo, group play for Pool B wrapped up earlier on Monday, with Japan and Australia advancing.
The WBC begins on March 7 and ends on March 21 with the championship game (Tuesday, 7 pm ET, FS1) in Florida. The quarterfinals matches will take place on March 15-18, followed by the semifinals from March 19-20.
Games are televised on FOX, FS1, FS2 and are available to stream on the FOX Sports app. See the full schedule here.
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United States vs. Canada (Pool C)
Here we are!
Lance Lynn (Chicago White Sox) opened the day with a strikeout, swinging his fastball against Canada’s Edouard Julien (Minnesota Twins), en route to a 1-2-3 start for Team USA.
In the bottom of the first inning, Mookie Betts (Los Angeles Dodgers) led off with a single against Mitch Bratt — Team Canada’s 19-year-old starting pitcher. Bratt walked the next batter before Nolan Arenado’s (St. Louis Cardinals) single that brought in two early runs for the US
Made a statement
Then, Paul Goldschmidt (Cardinals) homered after a quick fly, putting Team USA up 3-0 right out of the gate.
Bratt surrendered another walk before JT Realmuto (Philadelphia Phillies) brought in the fourth run.
Get out of here
Bratt was quickly pulled from the game after Canada fell into a 4-0 hole in the opening inning.
When it rains, it pours!
Realmuto was sent home on a fielders choice, before Cedric Mullins (Baltimore Orioles) hammered a triple to extend the Americans’ lead.
Magic
Then, Mike Trout (Los Angeles Angels) hit a home run into the night sky to make it a 9-0 game.
Shutout avoided
Jared Young (Chicago Cubs) got Canada on the board with a solo home run in the top of the second inning.
Not so fast!
Canada’s momentum was halted briefly, courtesy of Betts’ acrobatic catch in the outfield.
To move
Tim Anderson (White Sox) hit an RBI triple of his own to extend the Americans’ lead in the second inning, 10-1.
Found double…digits
Anderson went on to make it 11-1 with Realmuto’s ensuing flyout. Then, Trea Turner (Phillies) hit the second home run of the night for the US, bringing the score to 12-1 in the bottom of the second inning.
Star power
It was another 1-2-3 outing for Lynn and the Red, White and Blue to start the third inning.
In the top of the fourth inning, the Canadians brought in a new pitcher – Indigo Diaz – who opened the inning with a flyout.
Lynn was done for the night after the fifth inning. He finished the game with six strikeouts, two hits allowed and no walks.
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