World Baseball Classic

The Americans will face their northern neighbors in Game 3 of their WBC journey.

Starters [Merrill Kelly](/mlb/players/2050483/merrill-kelly/) ( [Diamondbacks](https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/teams/ARI/arizona-diamondbacks/)), [Miles Mikolas](/mlb/players/1946522/miles-mikolas/) (Cardinals), and [Brady Singer](/mlb/players/2942978/brady-singer/) ( [Royals](https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/teams/KC/kansas-city-royals/)) are on the roster as well. [Mitch Bratt](/mlb/players/29075743/mitch-bratt/), a 19-year-old [Rangers](https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/teams/TEX/texas-rangers/) prospect who played in Single-A in 2022, against USA on Monday, [according to Sportsnet](https://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/article/canada-announces-probable-pitchers-for-opening-round-of-world-baseball-classic/). Mexico](https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/team-usa-baseball-vs-mexico-time-tv-channel-prediction-for-world-baseball-classic-watch-online-odds/). On Monday, USA will start [White Sox](https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/teams/CHW/chicago-white-sox/) workhorse [Lance Lynn](/mlb/players/1733864/lance-lynn/) against Canada, [according to USA Today](https://twitter.com/BNightengale/status/1634943821569204224). [6-2 win over Great Britain on Sunday](https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/team-usa-world-baseball-classic-score-kyle-schwarber-nolan-arenado-power-past-great-britain-in-wbc-game-1/live/). [Rockies](https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/teams/COL/colorado-rockies/) lefty [Kyle Freeland](/mlb/players/2135246/kyle-freeland/) with Wainwright against Great Britain. 17 prospect in the Rangers' system](https://www.mlb.com/prospects/rangers/mitch-bratt-683352). Japan has already clinched a quarterfinals spot out of Pool B. The first round of the WBC features four five-team pools. Quantrill is starting Canada's WBC opener against Great Britain on Sunday. Bratt was a fifth-round [MLB](/mlb/) draft pick in 2021. [Cardinals](https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/teams/STL/st-louis-cardinals/) stalwart [Adam Wainwright](/mlb/players/389743/adam-wainwright/) against Great Britain on Saturday and will start [Padres](https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/teams/SD/san-diego-padres/) righty [Nick Martinez](/mlb/players/2119647/nick-martinez/) against Mexico on Sunday.

There have been upsets abound in the early days of the WBC and, for my money, Colombia vs. Mexico was the most entertaining game of the tournament thus far.

[Reynaldo Rodriguez](/mlb/players/1813383/reynaldo-rodriguez/), who plies his trade in the Mexican League, led the way for Colombia with a two-run home run against [Julio Urías](/mlb/players/2073700/julio-urias/). [always has been](https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/2023-world-baseball-classic-why-extra-innings-deploy-runner-on-second-but-not-other-new-mlb-rule-changes/)) and Colombia scored the game-winning run in the top of the 10th when shortstop [Luis Urías](/mlb/players/2227185/luis-urias/) muffed a potential inning-ending humpback liner. Right-hander [Guillermo Zuñiga](/mlb/players/28838310/guillermo-zuniga/), currently a [Cardinals](https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/teams/STL/st-louis-cardinals/) minor leaguer, overwhelmed Mexico with a fastball that touched 102 mph to close the game out. Had they scored at least four runs in the inning, their quotient would have been lower than Italy's, and they would have gone to the quarterfinals even with a loss. Then, after Colombia took a 4-3 lead in the seventh, [Alex Verdugo](/mlb/players/2167479/alex-verdugo/) tied it with a ground-ball single. [Astros](https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/teams/HOU/houston-astros/) righty [Luis Garcia](/mlb/players/2862994/luis-garcia/) did hero's work out of the bullpen for Venezuela. [Juan Soto](/mlb/players/2507367/juan-soto/) and [Jeimer Candelario](/mlb/players/2051255/jeimer-candelario/) each had two of the Dominican Republic's six hits. [Anthony Santander](/mlb/players/2504134/anthony-santander/) and [David Peralta](/mlb/players/2119697/david-peralta/) were the heroes on offense. Venezuela is 1-0 and in the driver's seat in Pool D. [Here are our takeaways from USA's win over Great Britain](https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/world-baseball-classic-score-kyle-schwarber-nolan-arenado-power-team-usa-past-great-britain-in-wbc-game-1/live/) and here's everything you need to know about the rest of Saturday's and early Sunday morning's WBC action. [Eugenio Suárez](/mlb/players/1960254/eugenio-suarez/), and Peralta went a combined 5 for 10 with a double, a triple, a homer, and 5 RBI. [Martín Pérez](/mlb/players/1674411/martin-perez/) out-pitched reigning Cy Young winner [Sandy Alcantara](/mlb/players/2211794/sandy-alcantara/) and five Venezuelan pitchers held the high-powered Dominican lineup to one run on six hits.

PHOENIX – The nature of a five-team pool means that one club will get the day off over each of the five days of action. Off-day duties on the first day of ...

squad a battle](https://www.mlb.com/world-baseball-classic/news/great-britain-vs-united-states-of-america-in-world-baseball-classic-2023) in their opener Saturday. They’re returning to the site of arguably the biggest upset in program history, when they defeated the U.S. “All of our guys have shaken the cobwebs off and they played at game speed and they’ve played a full nine with full intensity, which isn’t something that you see in spring. What’s at stake: Canada is looking to right the wrongs of an 0-3 showing in the 2017 Classic. PHOENIX – The nature of a five-team pool means that one club will get the day off over each of the five days of action. Conversely, elements such as playing a day game after a night game will be reality for the Brits.

TAICHUNG, Taiwan -- Joe LaSorsa was in a tight spot. Team Netherlands had loaded the bases with nobody out in the fifth inning. They were down, 6-1, ...

Singles by Ben DeLuzio and Sal Frelick brought in two more before Nicky Lopez -- who did nothing but hit and play Gold Glove-level defense here in Taiwan -- laced a two-run triple into the gap. Brett Sullivan singled in a run and a Mike Bolsenbroek wild pitch brought in another to give Team Italy a 2-1 lead. Italy wasn’t hitting in key situations, as Piazza stressed was the issue during its loss against Chinese Taipei. Things didn’t look great for Team Italy at the outset. It was a huge moment for the 24-year-old. They were down, 6-1, to Italy in a must-win game and Team Italy manager Mike Piazza had turned to LaSorsa -- a Rays Minor Leaguer -- to shut things down.

It may be a sin to cry in baseball. But to tie? Well, that's a far more common occurrence. So, what do you do? How do the powers that be differentiate ...

As such, if teams were level on runs allowed per defensive out, superiority would be given to the side that gave up less earned runs per defensive out recorded. On the off chance this does happen, we reach our fifth (and final) tiebreaker: a good old fashioned drawing of straws. In such a scenario, we move back to offense. As you've likely gauged by now, the WBC is a crapshoot. As a result, the Italians are moving on. As such, it finished top of the group. In the case of teams with matching records, the first tiebreaker rule the tournament uses is head-to-head record between tied teams. The WBC had to enact this contingency right off the bat in 2023. For fans hoping to watch competitive contests, that certainly was a good thing. So organizers had to get creative. The result: 2-2 records across the board. But they have to be dealt with, particularly in a four-game pool schedule.

Kyle Schwarber launched a three-run homer, Nolan Arenado had three hits and two RBIs, and the United States overcame a slow start to beat Britain 6-2 on ...

Kim hit his second homer of the game in the bottom half. Arruebarrena’s two-run homer later in the inning made it 4-0. Elian Miranda hit a homer off starter Marcus Stroman in the fifth to tie it at 1. Santander tripled and scored on a single by Eugenio Suarez in the eighth. The Netherlands closed to 8-5 in the eighth before Chia-Hao Sung retired Chadwick Tromp on an inning-ending flyout with a man on. Guillermo Zuñiga retired Mexico in order in the bottom of the 10th to seal the win. Mexico’s Randy Arozarena responded with his own two-run homer in the bottom of the fifth to tie the game at 3-all. Winner Kyle Glogoski allowed one hit in 2 2/3 scoreless innings with five strikeouts and three walks. Sasaki struck out eight in 3 2/3 innings and got the win. Ohtani went 1 for 3 with a walk before a crowd of 41,637 in the Tokyo Dome, leaving for a pinch hitter in the eighth inning. PHOENIX (AP) — Wainwright gave up one run and five hits over four innings for the win. Trayce Thompson put Britain up 1-0 in the first inning with a homer off Adam Wainwright that just cleared the left-center wall.

The team's 2023 roster features several MLB players, but none have more name recognition than Giants outfielder Joc Pederson. Pederson, who was born in Palo ...

Players who are eligible for Israeli citizenship are also eligible to compete for Israel in the World Baseball Classic. Israel will have its work cut out for it in 2023. I feel like it’s a bit difficult because of the time, because it’s before the season.” Orioles pitcher Dean Kremer is also on the team. Pederson played in his second All-Star Game last season and his first since 2015. The team did not make the tournament.

Chase Field (home of the Arizona Diamondbacks) in Phoenix, Arizona, US; Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan; Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium in Taichung, ...

One can also watch the WBC 2023 through live TV streaming on Fox, FS1, FS2 and Fox Deportes. The quarterfinal games of Pools A and B will be played in Japan. [WBC](/topic/wbc), twenty teams will play, up from 16 in the past. [Fox](/topic/fox), FS1 and FS2. The contest started on March 7 and will run until March 21. [World Baseball Classic](/topic/world-baseball-classic)2023 has come back.

A pair of undefeated teams will meet on Sunday morning when Japan and Australia clash in a Pool B showdown at the Tokyo Dome. Japan clinched a spot in the ...

[Paul Casella](mailto:[email protected]) is a reporter/editor for MLB.com based in Philadelphia. Robbie Glendinning, INF, Australia: Glendinning hit 19 home runs for Double-A Northwest Arkansas (the Royals' affiliate) last season, then added six more this winter in the Australian Baseball League. More recently, the teams played a pair of exhibition games in Japan on Nov. Matchup history: Japan defeated Australia, 4-1, in the opening round of the 2017 World Baseball Classic. He's 5-for-10 (.500) with three doubles, four RBIs, four runs and five walks through three games. Japan clinched one of the top two spots in Pool B by starting 3-0, while

Shohei Ohtani hit a 448-foot, three-run home run in the first inning that landed just below his image on a video advertising board and had four RBIs to lead ...

Kim hit his second homer of the game in the bottom half. Arruebarrena's two-run homer later in the inning made it 4-0. The Netherlands, needing three runs to advance, put two on with no outs in the ninth against Mitchell Stumpo. The game lasted just seven innings because the WBC has a mercy rule during pool play. Horwitz tied it earlier in the inning with an RBI single. Cuba starter Elian Leyva pitched 2 1/3 scoreless innings for the win, striking out four. South Korea improved to 1-2 in Group B and will play winless China in its final group game. TAICHUNG, Taiwan (AP) — Italian players had to wait a few minutes after the final out to find out they advanced with Cuba while the Netherlands, Taiwan and Panama were eliminated. Chadwick Tromp homered in the third, but Italy burst ahead with a six-run fourth capped by Nicky Lopez's two-run triple. Alex Hall homered in the ninth off Hiroto Takahashi, who finished a five-pitcher, five-hitter. Australia would advance with a win over the Czechs on Monday, when South Korea plays China. Ohtani turned on a hanging curveball from loser Will Sherriff, who didn't even watch the flight of the ball into the Tokyo Dome's right-field seats, bending and putting hands on his knees.

Canada got off to a roaring start at the 2023 World Baseball Classic, defeating Great Britain 18-8 in a chaotic, mercy-rule win.

John Axford and Matt Brash then recorded six more outs to end the game in seven. Tyler O’Neill ripped a three-run double in a four-run third and added an RBI single in the six-run fourth while also scoring four times. A pivotal moment came not on a base hit, but on an Abraham Toro groundout to first with the bases loaded, as he kept running up the line instead of peeling off, perhaps leading to Nick Ward bouncing his throw home after touching first, allowing a pair to score to tie the game 3-3. Four Canadian batters hit in each of the six frames. PHOENIX – Teams line up rosters and map games out based on expectations of what should happen in the World Baseball Classic at their own peril. As a result, the best laid plans don’t get torn up, they get shredded and burned with the ashes tossed into the wind.

All four pools and all 20 teams are now in action. The first round features four five-team pools and each team plays every other team in its pool once. The ...

[Harry Ford](/mlb/players/26719586/harry-ford/)'s three-run shot for Great Britain took care of the three runs in the fourth that cut the Canada lead to two. [Reynaldo Rodriguez](/mlb/players/1813383/reynaldo-rodriguez/), who plies his trade in the Mexican League, led the way for Colombia with a two-run home run against [Julio Urías](/mlb/players/2073700/julio-urias/). [always has been](https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/2023-world-baseball-classic-why-extra-innings-deploy-runner-on-second-but-not-other-new-mlb-rule-changes/)) and Colombia scored the game-winning run in the top of the 10th when shortstop [Luis Urías](/mlb/players/2227185/luis-urias/) muffed a potential inning-ending humpback liner. Right-hander [Guillermo Zuñiga](/mlb/players/28838310/guillermo-zuniga/), currently a [Cardinals](https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/teams/STL/st-louis-cardinals/) minor leaguer, overwhelmed Mexico with a fastball that touched 102 mph to close the game out. One of the biggest blows of the game was a bases-clearing double in the bottom of the third to move Canada's lead from 7-5 to 10-5. [Astros](https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/teams/HOU/houston-astros/) righty [Luis Garcia](/mlb/players/2862994/luis-garcia/) did hero's work out of the bullpen for Venezuela. Then, after Colombia took a 4-3 lead in the seventh, [Alex Verdugo](/mlb/players/2167479/alex-verdugo/) tied it with a ground-ball single. [Juan Soto](/mlb/players/2507367/juan-soto/) and [Jeimer Candelario](/mlb/players/2051255/jeimer-candelario/) each had two of the Dominican Republic's six hits. [Anthony Santander](/mlb/players/2504134/anthony-santander/) and [David Peralta](/mlb/players/2119697/david-peralta/) were the heroes on offense. [Eugenio Suárez](/mlb/players/1960254/eugenio-suarez/), and Peralta went a combined 5 for 10 with a double, a triple, a homer, and 5 RBI. [Here are our takeaways from USA's win over Great Britain](https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/world-baseball-classic-score-kyle-schwarber-nolan-arenado-power-team-usa-past-great-britain-in-wbc-game-1/live/) and here's everything you need to know about the rest of Saturday's and Sunday's WBC action. [Martín Pérez](/mlb/players/1674411/martin-perez/) out-pitched reigning Cy Young winner [Sandy Alcantara](/mlb/players/2211794/sandy-alcantara/) and five Venezuelan pitchers held the high-powered Dominican lineup to one run on six hits.

Mexico dropped its opening game 5-4 to Colombia in a 10-inning thriller on Saturday. So Randy Arozarena, Alex Verdugo and Co. will be eager to avoid falling ...

[San Diego Padres](nbcsandiego.com/tag/san-diego-padres) right-hander Nick Martinez will be on the mound for the Stars and Stripes. [Los Angeles Angels](nbclosangeles.com/tag/los-angeles-angels) left-hander Patrick Sandoval will take the ball for Mexico. Mexico dropped its opening game 5-4 to Colombia in a 10-inning thriller on Saturday. will be eager to avoid falling into an 0-2 hole. Mexico in the World Baseball Classic Kyle Schwarber hit a three-run home run and Nolan Arenado drove in two runs during a three-hit game.

Tyler O'Neill of Maple Ridge, B.C., and Jacob Robson of Windsor, Ont., had four hits each to lead Canada to an 18-8 mercy rule win (seven innings) over ...

O'Neill finished the contest 4-for-4 with four runs, four RBIs and two walks for Canada. And I knew he had a good change-up, and he threw the first pitch, a fastball up, and I was fortunate to put a good swing on it." "My plan was to hit a fastball up in the zone. Coming off a competitive 6-2 loss to the U.S. "It will make it a little bit easier. "I'd like to score 18 every game we play," said Team Canada manager Ernie Whitt after the game.

Canada's Freddie Freeman scores after Britain catcher Harry Ford loses the ball on a play at. Baseball. Opinion ...

The strikeout was followed by a ground out and weak pop-up. As the home team, Canada did not have to bat in the bottom of the seventh. Axford worked his way back to the big leagues in 2021, signing a minor-league deal with the Jays after pitching for Canada at the Olympic qualifiers. In his first outing for the Brewers, Axford blew out his elbow. O’Neill also walked twice, scored four runs and drove in four more, including a game-breaking three-run double in that six-run fourth. And if they were to play the lead-up in the spring — leaving, say, the quarterfinals, semis and final for the all-star break — the same issues would come up. Moving it to after the World Series doesn’t work because most players wouldn’t have played for a month during the post-season. He wound up 4-for-4 in the game, just like Tyler O’Neill (Burnaby, B.C.) of the St. He issued four walks, in stark contrast to the grand total of five first-inning walks he allowed over 32 starts with the Cleveland Guardians last season. Robson, 28, from London, got into four games with the Detroit Tigers in 2021 but played independent ball last year and in Australia this winter. That’s all part of the timing of the WBC, though. The Canadians overcame a nightmare start by ace right-hander Cal Quantrill of Port Hope, Ont.

We provide updates on standings for each of the four pools in the WBC, as well as who has clinched a spot in the knockout bracket.

- Venezuela — 1-0 (+4 RD) Aside from advancement this year, pool play is important for the next World Baseball Classic in 2026. The top two teams in each pool advance to the eight-team knockout bracket.

Canada scored in every inning to beat Great Britain 18-8 in the highest-scoring opening game in World Baseball Classic history.

[Anthony Santander](/players/2697/anthony-santander/) hit a three-run homer and [Pablo Lopez](/players/3286/pablo-lopez/) held Puerto Rico to one run over 4.2 innings and struck out six for Venezuela. [Robert Stock](/players/39603/robert-stock/) closed out the game with strikeouts of [Cheslor Cuthbert](/players/92912/cheslor-cuthbert/) and [Elian Miranda](/players/338402/elian-miranda/) to secure the save. [MJ Melendez](/players/99336/mj-melendez/) in the bottom of the eighth. [Salvador Perez](/players/84445/salvador-perez/) went 4-for-4 with a three-run homer and finished a triple short of the cycle for Venezuela. [Edouard Julien](/players/91335/edouard-julien/) led off the bottom of the first with a home run on the first pitch he saw for Canada and finished 1 for 2 with a homer, four walks and three runs scored out of the leadoff spot. [Jacob Robson](/players/11579/jacob-robson/) went 4 for 4 with two runs scored and an RBI and third baseman [Abraham Toro](/players/10989/abraham-toro/) went 3 for 4 with three RBIs.

PHOENIX - Tyler O'Neill of Maple Ridge, B.C., and Jacob Robson of Windsor, Ont., had four hits each to lead Ca...

We took our walks. We grinded out our at-bats. “But as Tyler (O’Neill) said, we had some great at-bats.

USA continues its WBC title defense with a heavily anticipated game against Mexico in Phoenix.

Mexico is coming off an upset loss to Colombia, so it really needs this one. The big question mark for USA heading into the tourney was starting pitching and they've already been burned in this one. [pic.twitter.com/aAV5obv8F7] [March 13, 2023] Kyle Tucker with a one-out triple in the bottom of the second. [pic.twitter.com/ZLP26lIkY6] [March 13, 2023] Then Isaac Paredes hit a grounder to the right side with the USA infield shifted completed to the left side. Randy Arozarena with a two-out RBI double to right-center. [pic.twitter.com/hm9RoV27vX] [March 13, 2023] It's a three-run shot and Mexico has broken this thing wide open. Team USA was fueled by Kyle Schwarber's three-run homer on Saturday and is starting Padres righty Nick Martinez against Mexico. Team USA began its World Baseball Classic title defense with a fairly mundane 6-2 win over Great Britain on Saturday, while Mexico was upset by Colombia in 10 innings. [pic.twitter.com/lzwnBHyR20] [March 13, 2023]

All four pools and all 20 teams are now in action. The first round features four five-team pools and each team plays every other team in its pool once. The ...

[Harry Ford](/mlb/players/26719586/harry-ford/)'s three-run shot for Great Britain took care of the three runs in the fourth that cut the Canada lead to two. [Reynaldo Rodriguez](/mlb/players/1813383/reynaldo-rodriguez/), who plies his trade in the Mexican League, led the way for Colombia with a two-run home run against [Julio Urías](/mlb/players/2073700/julio-urias/). [always has been](https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/2023-world-baseball-classic-why-extra-innings-deploy-runner-on-second-but-not-other-new-mlb-rule-changes/)) and Colombia scored the game-winning run in the top of the 10th when shortstop [Luis Urías](/mlb/players/2227185/luis-urias/) muffed a potential inning-ending humpback liner. Right-hander [Guillermo Zuñiga](/mlb/players/28838310/guillermo-zuniga/), currently a [Cardinals](https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/teams/STL/st-louis-cardinals/) minor leaguer, overwhelmed Mexico with a fastball that touched 102 mph to close the game out. Then, after Colombia took a 4-3 lead in the seventh, [Alex Verdugo](/mlb/players/2167479/alex-verdugo/) tied it with a ground-ball single. [Astros](https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/teams/HOU/houston-astros/) righty [Luis Garcia](/mlb/players/2862994/luis-garcia/) did hero's work out of the bullpen for Venezuela. [Juan Soto](/mlb/players/2507367/juan-soto/) and [Jeimer Candelario](/mlb/players/2051255/jeimer-candelario/) each had two of the Dominican Republic's six hits. [Salvador Perez](/mlb/players/1793168/salvador-perez/) -- it stormed out to a 7-0 lead. [Anthony Santander](/mlb/players/2504134/anthony-santander/) and [David Peralta](/mlb/players/2119697/david-peralta/) were the heroes on offense. [MLB](/mlb/) talent nearly every tournament, Venezuela has finished seventh, third, 10th and eighth. [Here are our takeaways from USA's win over Great Britain](https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/world-baseball-classic-score-kyle-schwarber-nolan-arenado-power-team-usa-past-great-britain-in-wbc-game-1/live/) and here's everything you need to know about the rest of Saturday's and Sunday's WBC action. [Eugenio Suárez](/mlb/players/1960254/eugenio-suarez/), and Peralta went a combined 5 for 10 with a double, a triple, a homer, and 5 RBI.

World Baseball Classic Pool C play continues in Arizona Sunday night, as the United States takes on Mexico in both teams' second game of the WBC.

ET, 7 p.m. Mexico and the United States will begin at 10 p.m. -- Arozarena was off with the pitch, but Verdugo flies out to Trout in right-center for the first out of the inning. -- Sandoval gets in on the hands of Arenado, who pops out to second for the third out of the inning. -- Graveman gets Urías to ground out back to him, so Team USA is out of the inning with one run allowed. -- Urías grounds out to Arenado at third for the second out of the inning. -- Betts just missed that pitch, getting a hair underneath it and skying it to Thomas for the first out. -- McNeil slaps one to the third baseman, positioned at short, for the second out of the inning. -- Urías makes a great play as he crosses up with the shortstop Trejo to get Trout on a force. -- Tellez beats the numbers with a single into centerfield to start the inning. -- Romero gets Anderson swinging on a high fastball for the second out of the inning, as Mexico pitching continues to roll. -- Daniel Bard takes the mound now for the United States, and Barnes quickly takes a single the other way.

A crowd of 47534 turned out for the USA vs. Mexico World Baseball Classic game at Chase Field.

in the bottom of the fourth inning. It was Mexico's and its fans' night, as 30-year-old Joey Meneses, who is in the Washington Nationals' organization, crushed a pair of home runs to left field that rocked the crowd. There was a little more red, white and green of Mexico than red, white and blue of the U.S. It was reviewed on replay and changed to a hit, but the short delay allowed already worked up fans to scream even more. in the stands, but with an announced crowd of 47,534 packed into the home of the Diamondbacks, there was a lot of both flag colors. "I think what's in my heart is the fact that, especially in the northern states of Mexico, baseball is something really special," Nield said.

Mexico and the United States will face off for the fourth time in World Baseball Classic history on Sunday night at Chase Field, with the former looking to ...

[Nolan Arenado](https://www.mlb.com/player/571448), 3B, United States: Arenado went 3-for-5 with two doubles and two RBIs in the United States’ win over Great Britain on Saturday, and he threw in some of his trademark stellar defense. What’s at stake: The 20 teams have been placed in four pools of five teams for the first round of the 2023 World Baseball Classic, with each team playing the others in its pool once each and the teams with the two best records in each pool at the end of this round advancing to the knockout stage. In their most recent matchup, in 2013, Mexico defeated the United States, 5-2, also at Chase Field.