Staff USA beats Canada 5-3 in World Baseball Basic quarterfinals

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For the third time in lower than a month, People have crushed Canadian sports dreams on the world stage.

After dramatic victories over Canada in each the lads’s and ladies’s Olympic hockey gold medal video games, Staff USA defeated Canada within the 2026 World Baseball Classic quarterfinals , 5-3.

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Denzel Clarke #1 of Staff Canada reacts after placing out in the course of the fifth inning towards Staff United States at Daikin Park on March 13, 2026, in Houston, Texas. (Kenneth Richmond/Getty Photos)

Behind a robust begin from US pitcher Logan Webb and well timed hitting all through the lineup, the People struck early after which held on as Canada mounted a sixth-inning comeback try at Daikin Park.

The U.S. jumped out to a 5-0 lead by the sixth inning, with RBIs by Kyle Schwarber, Alex Bregman , Brice Turange and Pete Crow-Armstrong. However Canada bought proper again within the recreation within the backside of the sixth, with an RBI single by Tyler Black and two-run homer by Bo Naylor.

The Canadians had a positive likelihood to tie the sport within the backside of the seventh, with two males on and no outs, however they failed to attain after a popout after which two strikeouts.

Edouard Julien #15 of Staff Canada slides to second base towards Brice Turang #13 of Staff United States in the course of the fifth inning at Daikin Park on March 13, 2026, in Houston, Texas. (Alex Slitz/Getty Photos)

Reliver Mason Miller closed the sport out for the U.S. within the ninth inning.

The U.S. now advances to the semifinal spherical towards the Dominican Republic and Canada must take pleasure in one other bitter loss to the U.S. in a serious worldwide match, amid ongoing geopolitical tensions between the international locations.

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Staff USA supervisor Mark DeRosa revealed that USA hockey hero Jack Hughes, who scored the profitable purpose within the gold medal recreation towards Canada on the Olympics, reached out to the American baseball gamers earlier than Friday's recreation.

Jack Hughes celebrates with the American flag after scoring Staff USA's second purpose in extra time to win gold on Feb. 22, 2026. (REUTERS/Alessandro Garofalo)

"Jack Hughes despatched the boys a pleasant little fire-up message that I put out on their group chat," DeRosa mentioned throughout a Thursday press convention forward of the sport.

"I do know there are some talks about some hockey jerseys being despatched in tomorrow for the blokes to put on throughout BP or out and about within the clubhouse."

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