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Fri, March 13, 2026 at 7:32 PM PDT<\/p>\nIt will be Team USA against the Dominican Republic in the first semifinal of the 2026 World Baseball Classic after a close win by the former and a blowout win by the latter.<\/p>\n
Team USA defeated Canada, 5-3, Friday to move a win away from a repeat appearance in the WBC championship game, taking a significant lead early and holding on as its neighbors to the north rallied.<\/p>\n
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The Americans scored in spurts, but never put away the Canadians. They took a seemingly safe 5-0 lead in the top of the sixth inning, until Canada responded with a three-run rally capped off by a Bo Naylor homer in the bottom of the frame.<\/p>\n
Canada had a prime chance to tie the game with two runners in scoring position and no outs in the seventh inning, but Team USA\u2019s David Bednar escaped the danger with a pop-out and two strikeouts against the heart of the opposing lineup.<\/p>\n
It wasn\u2019t the blowout many expected after Team USA entered the game as a -800 favorite. Logan Webb, limited by a 70-pitch maximum, was good in 4 2\/3 innings of work, but the middle relief corps nearly coughed up the game.<\/p>\n
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Team USA will need more in its next game, judging how Friday\u2019s earlier game went. The D.R. demolished Korea, ending the game in the seventh inning on an Austin Wells three-run homer to make it 10-0, triggering the WBC\u2019s mercy rule.<\/p>\n
Five games is a limited sample, and it might be hyperbolic to say when it\u2019s won four of those games, but it\u2019s hard to see Team USA as the tournament\u2019s top team after its loss to Italy and closer-than-needed wins over Mexico and Canada. The vaunted lineup has been less than dominant against every pitching staff with major leaguers (read: the ones that aren\u2019t Brazil or Great Britain), and the pitching staff has been as uneven as you see in a typical spring training game.<\/p>\n
It can all change in a single game, though. We\u2019ll see if that\u2019s the case in Miami at 8 p.m. ET on Sunday (Fox Sports 1).<\/p>\n
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Follow along with Yahoo Sports for the latest news, updates and highlights coming out of Friday’s WBC quarterfinal matchups:<\/p>\n
Live coverage is over64 updatesFri, March 13, 2026 at 8:09 PM PDT<\/p>\n
Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s how they got there:<\/p>\n
Fri, March 13, 2026 at 8:06 PM PDT<\/p>\n
Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n
Fri, March 13, 2026 at 8:05 PM PDT<\/p>\n
Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n
Closer Mason Miller made quick work of Team Canada in the ninth inning to preserve Team USA\u2019s 5-3 victory. The Americans are headed to the semifinals in Miami.<\/p>\n
Fri, March 13, 2026 at 8:02 PM PDT<\/p>\n
Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n
Two outs away for the Americans.<\/p>\n
Fri, March 13, 2026 at 7:57 PM PDT<\/p>\n
Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n
Due up for Canada: <\/p>\n
Denzel Clarke Jared Young (pinch hitting)
Edouard Julien
Otto Lopez <\/p>\n
Vs. flamethrower Mason Miller. <\/p>\n
Fri, March 13, 2026 at 7:48 PM PDT<\/p>\n
Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n
Garrett Whitlock retired Team Canada in order and Team USA is 3 outs away from advancing to the WBC semifinals.<\/p>\n
Expect these guys to be hyped in the ninth:<\/p>\n
Fri, March 13, 2026 at 7:43 PM PDT<\/p>\n
Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n
Cal Raleigh struck out to end the eighth inning for the Americans.<\/p>\n
Garrett Whitlock relieves David Bednar to face the Canadians.<\/p>\n
Fri, March 13, 2026 at 7:33 PM PDT<\/p>\n
Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n
Fri, March 13, 2026 at 7:32 PM PDT<\/p>\n
Jack Baer<\/p>\n
It took nine pitches, but David Bednar strikes out Owen Caissie to complete the escape. It\u2019s still 5-3 USA heading into the eighth inning.<\/p>\n
Fri, March 13, 2026 at 7:28 PM PDT<\/p>\n
Jack Baer<\/p>\n
Now Tyler O\u2019Neill strikes out. The Americans are one out away from escaping.<\/p>\n
Fri, March 13, 2026 at 7:28 PM PDT<\/p>\n
Jack Baer<\/p>\n
Josh Naylor pops out on a full count and that\u2019s one down for Team USA.<\/p>\n
Fri, March 13, 2026 at 7:25 PM PDT<\/p>\n
Jack Baer<\/p>\n
Fri, March 13, 2026 at 7:24 PM PDT<\/p>\n
Jack Baer<\/p>\n
Canada opens the bottom of the seventh inning with back-to-back infield hits and now have Josh Naylor, Tyler O\u2019Neill and Owen Caissie due up with none out. Then a passed ball Cal Raleigh puts both runners in scoring position. Buckle up.<\/p>\n
Fri, March 13, 2026 at 7:19 PM PDT<\/p>\n
Jack Baer<\/p>\n
The Blue Jays minor leaguer faced Bryce Harper, Aaron Judge and Kyle Schwarber and came out unscathed, though Judge did come just short of crushing a ball to center field. In comes David Bednar to face the 9-1-2 of the Canada lineup with two runs of breathing room.<\/p>\n
Fri, March 13, 2026 at 7:07 PM PDT<\/p>\n
Jack Baer<\/p>\n
We have a ballgame on our hands. In a lefty-on-lefty matchup, Canada catcher Bo Naylor crushes an inside slider for a two-run homer to cut the deficit to two. That\u2019s the 10th homer Team USA has allowed in five games in the WBC.<\/p>\n
Fri, March 13, 2026 at 7:03 PM PDT<\/p>\n
Jack Baer<\/p>\n
Canada gets on the board after Owen Caissie walks, takes second on an Abraham Toro groundout and scores on a Tyler Black single. Team USA manager Mark DeRosa is pullling Brad Keller for Gabe Speier.<\/p>\n
Fri, March 13, 2026 at 6:54 PM PDT<\/p>\n
Jack Baer<\/p>\n
Bobby Witt Jr. grounds into a double play to end the top of the sixth, but Canada\u2019s now going to need something special to pull off the upset here.<\/p>\n
Fri, March 13, 2026 at 6:53 PM PDT<\/p>\n
Jack Baer<\/p>\n
Pete Crow-Armstrong follows up with another single to center.<\/p>\n
Fri, March 13, 2026 at 6:51 PM PDT<\/p>\n
Jack Baer<\/p>\n
Brice Turang laces a single up the middle and it\u2019s a four-run lead for Team USA. Still only one out with runners on the corners.<\/p>\n
Fri, March 13, 2026 at 6:50 PM PDT<\/p>\n
Jack Baer<\/p>\n
Micah Ashman ran into trouble with a Roman Anthony single and Cal Raleigh walk and was a few degrees from two different foul balls becoming homers. That will do it for him, as Phillippe Aumont enters to keep Canada within striking distance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It will be Team USA against the Dominican Republic in the first semifinal of the 2026 World Baseball…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":622811,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2290],"tags":[1217,5,5952,867,1465,1100,112,4819,80284,4820],"class_list":["post-622810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-baseball","tag-austin-wells","tag-baseball","tag-blowout-win","tag-bo-naylor","tag-canada","tag-david-bednar","tag-logan-webb","tag-team-usa","tag-wbc-championship-game","tag-world-baseball-classic"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116225414572772063","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622810","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=622810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622810\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/622811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=622810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=622810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=622810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}