Team USA beats Canada 5-3 in World Baseball Classic quarterfinals
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For the third time in less than a month, the Americans shattered Canada’s sporting dreams on the world stage.
Following dramatic victories over Canada in both the men’s and women’s Olympic hockey gold medal games, Team USA defeated Canada 5-3 in the quarterfinals of the 2026 World Baseball Classic.
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Denzel Clarke, Team Canada’s No. 1 pitcher, reacts after batting during the fifth inning against Team United States at Daikin Park on March 13, 2026 in Houston, Texas. (Kenneth Richmond/Getty Images)
Behind a strong start by U.S. pitcher Logan Webb and timely hitting throughout the lineup, the Americans attacked early and held on as Canada attempted a sixth-inning comeback at Daikin Park.
The USA took a 5-0 lead in the sixth inning on RBIs from Kyle Schwarber, Alex Bregman, Brice Turange and Pete Crow-Armstrong. But Canada got right back into the game in the bottom of the sixth on Tyler Black’s RBI single and Bo Naylor’s two-run homer.
With two men on and no outs, the Canadiens had a chance to tie the game in the bottom of the seventh, but failed to score after one out and then two strikeouts.
Edouard Julien #15 of Team Canada moves to second base against Brice Turang #13 of Team United States during the fifth inning at Daikin Park on March 13, 2026 in Houston, Texas. (Alex Slitz/Getty Images)
Reliver Mason Miller closed out the game for the USA in the ninth inning.
The USA now advances to the semifinal round against the Dominican Republic, and Canada will have to savor another painful loss to the USA in a major international tournament, amid ongoing geopolitical tensions between the countries.
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Team USA manager Mark DeRosa announced that Jack Hughes, the U.S. hockey hero who scored the winning goal in the Olympic gold medal game against Canada, reached out to American baseball players ahead of Friday’s game.
Jack Hughes celebrates with an American flag after Team USA won the gold medal by scoring its second goal in overtime on February 22, 2026. (REUTERS/Alessandro Garofalo)
“Jack Hughes sent a nice little passionate message to the guys, and I posted it in the group chats,” DeRosa said at a news conference Thursday before the game.
“I know there is some talk that some hockey jerseys will be sent out for the guys to wear during BP or in the clubhouse tomorrow.”
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