Aaron Judge leads Team USA to World Baseball Classic opener win over Brazil

Aaron Judge wasted nary clip clubbing his archetypal World Baseball Classic homer. 

Judge, the Team USA captain, deed a first-inning two-run location run, portion Brice Turang had 3 hits and 4 RBI to pb Team USA to a whopping triumph implicit Brazil successful its World Baseball Classic opener Friday night.

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Cal Raleigh #29, Byron Buxton #25, and Roman Anthony #3 of the United States observe aft scoring from an RBI treble deed by Brice Turang #13 of the United States successful the 5th inning against Brazil during the 2026 World Baseball Classic Pool B crippled betwixt the United States and Brazil astatine Daikin Park connected March 6, 2026, successful Houston, Texas.  (Kenneth Richmond/Getty Images)

There was 1 retired and 1 connected successful the archetypal erstwhile Judge, the archetypal subordinate to perpetrate to the squad past April, connected disconnected Bo Takahashi astatine Houston’s Daikin Park.

Lucas Ramirez homered doubly for Brazil with his father, 12-time All-Star Manny Ramirez, successful attendance. He chopped the pb to 2-1 with his leadoff homer, and his solo changeable successful the eighth got Brazil wrong 8-5.

Aaron Judge #99 of the United States celebrates aft hitting a two-run location tally during the archetypal inning against Brazil during the 2026 World Baseball Classic Pool B crippled betwixt the United States and Brazil astatine Daikin Park connected March 6, 2026, successful Houston, Texas.  (Kenneth Richmond/Getty Images)

At 20 years, 49 days, helium became the youngest subordinate successful WBC past with a multi-homer game.

Byron Buxton was deed by a transportation successful the 5th to propulsion the Americans’ pb to 4-1. Turang cleared the bases with his treble to near tract 2 pitches aboriginal to marque it 7-1.

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Brice Turang #13 of Team USA hits a three-run treble successful the 5th inning during the 2026 World Baseball Classic Pool B crippled presented by Capital One betwixt Team USA and Team Brazil astatine Daikin Park connected Friday, March 6, 2026 successful Houston, Texas.  (Rob Tringali/WBCI/MLB Photos via Getty Images)

Brazil is successful the WBC for conscionable the 2nd clip and archetypal since 2013. The squad fell to 0-4 all-time successful the tourney aft losing to Japan, Cuba and China successful 2013.

Another item for Brazil came erstwhile 17-year-old precocious schoolhouse elder Joseph Contreras got Judge to crushed into a bases-loaded treble play to extremity the 2nd inning. Contreras, the youngest subordinate successful the WBC this year, is the lad of pitcher José Contreras, who played 11 MLB seasons.

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The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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