World Baseball Classic: Team USA cruises to another win vs. Great Britain, with Mexico awaiting

So far within the 2026 World Baseball Classic, it is solely been a matter of “when” for Team USA following a 9-1 win over Great Britain on Saturday.

The favourite event spent half of its second group play sport trailing the British, courtesy of a dormant offense and a shock leadoff homer allowed by one of the best pitcher on the planet, Tarik Skubal. Two pitchers, indy ball veteran Tyler Viza and Los Angeles Angels minor leaguer Najer Vector, shut down the Americans throughout 4 innings.

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And then, carnage.

It took just one error from Great Britain to open the floodgates. Ernie Clement reached first on a nasty throw from GB third baseman Ivan Johnson. He moved to third on a double from Pete Crow-Armstrong. I scored on a wild pitch.

Two pitches later, Kyle Schwarber hit the ball 427 toes, deep into the second deck.

More runs adopted. Gunnar Henderson introduced in two extra with a bases-loaded single. Alex Bregman, Aaron Judge and Will Smith all notched RBI in a sixth-inning rally. Bregman obtained another sacrifice fly an inning later.

The vaunted American lineup ground down Brazil in its first game with 17 walks. It was a bit extra aggressive on this one, however maintained an id of slowly breaking pitchers with little MLB expertise.

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On the pitching facet, Skubal was on the mound for what can be his solely begin of the event. As few anticipated, I left the sport dealing with a loss. The cause why: Boston Red Sox utility man Nate Eaton, who ambushed a fastball on the primary pitch of the sport for a double that developed right into a homer after replay overview.