USA beats Canada in World Baseball Classic to maintain American sports dominance over northern neighbor

For the 3rd clip successful little than a month, Americans person crushed Canadian sports dreams connected the satellite stage.

After melodramatic victories implicit Canada successful some the men’s and women’s Olympic hockey golden medal games, Team USA defeated Canada successful the 2026 World Baseball Classic quarterfinals, 5-3. 

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Denzel Clarke #1 of Team Canada reacts aft striking retired during the 5th inning against Team United States astatine Daikin Park connected March 13, 2026, successful Houston, Texas.  (Kenneth Richmond/Getty Images)

Behind a beardown commencement from US pitcher Logan Webb and timely hitting passim the lineup, the Americans struck aboriginal and past held connected arsenic Canada mounted a sixth-inning comeback effort astatine Daikin Park.

The U.S. jumped retired to a 5-0 pb by the sixth inning, with RBIs by Kyle Schwarber, Alex Bregman, Brice Turange and Pete Crow-Armstrong. But Canada got close backmost successful the crippled successful the bottommost of the sixth, with an RBI azygous by Tyler Black and two-run homer by Bo Naylor. 

The Canadians had a definite accidental to necktie the crippled successful the bottommost of the seventh, with 2 men connected and nary outs, but they failed to people aft a popout and past 2 strikeouts. 

Edouard Julien #15 of Team Canada slides to 2nd basal against Brice Turang #13 of Team United States during the 5th inning astatine Daikin Park connected March 13, 2026, successful Houston, Texas.  (Alex Slitz/Getty Images)

Reliver Mason Miller closed the crippled retired for the U.S. successful the ninth inning.

The U.S. present advances to the semifinal circular against the Dominican Republic and Canada volition person to bask successful different bitter nonaccomplishment to the U.S. successful a large planetary tournament, amid ongoing geopolitical tensions betwixt the countries. 

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Team USA manager Mark DeRosa revealed that USA hockey leader Jack Hughes, who scored the winning extremity successful the golden medal crippled against Canada astatine the Olympics, reached retired to the American shot players earlier Friday's game. 

Jack Hughes celebrates with the American emblem aft scoring Team USA's 2nd extremity successful overtime to triumph golden connected Feb. 22, 2026. (REUTERS/Alessandro Garofalo)

"Jack Hughes sent the boys a bully small fire-up connection that I enactment retired connected their radical chat," DeRosa said during a Thursday property league up of the game.

"I cognize determination are immoderate talks astir immoderate hockey jerseys being sent successful time for the guys to deterioration during BP oregon retired and astir successful the clubhouse."

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