Bracket set for final 8 in Classic

RJ Hamster

Bracket set for final 8 in Classic

Thursday, March 12View In Browser TOP NEWS Everything you need to know about the quarterfinals It’s win-or-go-home time in the World Baseball Classic. The tournament’s elite eight is set, with Korea facing the Dominican Republic, Team USA against Canada, Puerto Rico taking on Italy and Venezuela drawing Japan, the defending champs. United States

USA moves on to quarterfinals after Italy’s win over Mexico Zac Gallen

Diamondbacks honor Gallen with 4th Opening Day start Italy

Perfect Italy surges into quarterfinals powered by caffeine and kisses Dominican Republic

D.R. holds off Venezuela rally in 9th to claim top seed in Pool D Vinnie Pasquantino

Pasquantino, Don of Team Italy, makes Classic history with 3-HR game Canada

Canada tops Cuba to win Pool A, advance to quarterfinals for 1st time

Facts, stats from homer-happy final day of Classic pool play Pete Crow-Armstrong

PCA showing plenty of pop in first World Baseball Classic Pirates

Top prospect Griffin is putting on a show … but he’s also 19. Where does he go from here? Hall of Fame

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PLAY A SPORCLE BASEBALL QUIZ! MORE FREE GAMES AT MLB PLAY EVERY D.R. HOMER IS A MASTERPIECE Each bat flip is better than the last, it seems, when players on Team Dominican Republic — like Fernando Tatis Jr. — go deep.THEY’RE HITTING SOME OF THE MOST ELECTRIC HOMERS WE’VE EVER SEEN STAFF PICKS Basallo ROY? Griffin 20/20? One prospect prediction for each clubMLB Pipeline’s experts go from organization to organization to make a 2026 prediction — some of them bold, all of them educated — about a phenom in each farm system. Have you ever seen a better baseball card? ‘Fuhgeddaboudit!’Jac Caglianone’s first World Baseball Classic home run for Team Italy was a no-doubter, so what better way to memorialize it than a baseball card with his signature and an indelible Italian-American phrase scrawled underneath. Saluting MLB’s elder statesmenWill Leitch takes his annual look at the 10 oldest players in camps this spring. Braves’ ace might be even betterSpencer Strider might be a more complete pitcher now that he’s had to deal with the adversity that followed his most recent right elbow surgery. The season’s first pitch is less than 2 weeks awayOpening Night on March 25 will feature the Yankees vs. the Giants, and Netflix is getting us in the spirit for the season-opening showdown. Spring Training tripleheader on MLB NetworkIt’s the Red Sox vs. Twins at 1 p.m. ET (available in Twins market), Braves vs. Pirates at 6 and Royals vs. Padres at 9.MORE STORIESSCOREBOARD
PIT 2
BAL 7
STL 1
WSH 3
DET 1
MIN 2
TB 3
ATL 5
HOU 4
MIA 1
KC 8
CHC 9
SF 5
KC 2
LAA 8
CWS 4
MIL 3
CIN 6
ATH 13
AZ 3
COL 11
SEA 7
TOR 1
NYY 8

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