{"id":610228,"date":"2026-03-06T18:30:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T18:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/610228\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T18:30:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T18:30:16","slug":"world-baseball-classic-2026-shohei-ohtani-japan-open-with-record-breaking-win-logan-webb-to-start-for-u-s-against-brazil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/610228\/","title":{"rendered":"World Baseball Classic 2026: Shohei Ohtani, Japan open with record-breaking win; Logan Webb to start for U.S. against Brazil"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TOKYO,<\/p>\n

TOKYO, JAPAN – MARCH 06: Shohei Ohtani #16 of Team Japan walks off the field following the team’s 13-0 called game victory after the 7th inning during the 2026 World Baseball Classic Pool C game between Japan and Chinese Taipei at Tokyo Dome on March 6, 2026 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Toru Hanai\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

(Toru Hanai via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

The 2026 World Baseball Classic<\/a> continued on Friday as Japan, the Dominican Republic, and the United States are among the team beginning pool play.<\/p>\n

The eight-game schedule on Friday began with Shohei Ohtani\u2019s offensive exploits at the Tokyo Dome. It will continue throughout the day as Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Manny Machado and Julio Rodr\u00edguez lead the Dominican Republic against Nicaragua (7 p.m. ET; FS2) at loanDepot Park in Miami and Aaron Judge, Bobby Witt Jr. and Cal Raleigh take on Brazil (8 p.m. ET; Fox)<\/p>\n

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Logan Webb will start the game for the U.S. as the Americans begin their tournament with expectations to win it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Japan 13, Chinese Taipei 0<\/p>\n

Shohei Ohtani hit a grand slam and finished with five RBI<\/a> and was a triple shy of the cycle during Japan\u2019s win over Chinese Taipei.<\/p>\n

The 10-run second inning by Japan set a WBC record for most runs in a single inning. The previous record was held by the U.S. (2023) and Cuba (2009). Ohtani’s five RBI in the second inning was also a record in a single inning.<\/p>\n

Japan will next play Saturday at 5 a.m. ET (FS1) against Korea, while Chinese Taipei hits the field Friday at 10 p.m. ET (FS2) against Czechia.<\/p>\n

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Friday\u2019s schedule, how to watch<\/p>\n

Cuba vs. Panama (11 a.m. ET; FS2)
Netherlands vs. Venezuela (12 p.m. ET; Tubi)
Mexico vs. Great Britain (1 p.m ET; FS1)
Puerto Rico vs. Colombia (6 p.m. ET; FS1)
Nicaragua vs. Dominican Republic (7 p.m. ET; FS2)
United States vs. Brazil (8 p.m. ET; Fox)
Chinese Taipei vs. Czechia (10 p.m. ET; FS2)<\/p>\n

Saturday\u2019s schedule, how to watch<\/p>\n

Korea-Japan: 5 a.m. ET on FS1
Colombia-Canada: 11 a.m. ET on FS2
Nicaragua-Netherlands: 12 p.m. ET on Tubi
Brazil-Italy: 1 p.m. ET on Fox Sports app
Panama-Puerto Rico: 6 p.m. ET on FS1
Israel-Venezuela: 7 p.m. ET on FS2
Great Britain-United States: 8 p.m. ET on Fox
Chinese Taipei-Korea: 10 p.m. ET on FS2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TOKYO, JAPAN – MARCH 06: Shohei Ohtani #16 of Team Japan walks off the field following the team’s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":610229,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[106,5,1351,3297,42502,1888,79212,2372,3992,112,1527,4,468,10315,4886,93,4820],"class_list":["post-610228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-aaron-judge","tag-baseball","tag-bobby-witt-jr","tag-cal-raleigh","tag-chinese-taipei","tag-dominican-republic","tag-fs2","tag-japan","tag-julio-rodriguez","tag-logan-webb","tag-manny-machado","tag-mlb","tag-shohei-ohtani","tag-team-japan","tag-tokyo","tag-vladimir-guerrero-jr","tag-world-baseball-classic"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116183658748584240","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=610228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610228\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/610229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=610228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=610228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=610228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}