Mexico Beats Puerto Rico in WBC Quarterfinal

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March 17: Mexico defeated Puerto Rico, 5-4, on Friday night to become the third team to clinch a berth in the World Baseball Classic semifinals, which start on Sunday. 

Puerto Rico led off the game by scoring four runs in the top of the first inning. But, eventually, Mexico rallied, as a three-run seventh inning put it in the for good. 

The only remaining quarterfinal is Venezuela against the United States on Saturday. 

March 16: Japan became the second team to punch its ticket for the semifinals of the World Baseball Classic, defeated Italy, 9-3.

Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels was the winning pitcher for Japan, as he won his second game of the WBC. Ohtani also went 1-for-4 and scored twice. 

Cuba was the first team to advance to the semifinals after defeating Australia, 4-3. 

WBC Quarterfinals

Wednesday, March 15

Cuba 4, Australia 3

Thursday, March 16

Japan 9, Italy 3

Friday, March 17

Puerto Rico vs. Mexico 5, Puerto Rico 4

Saturday, March 18

United States vs. Venezuela, 7 p.m., FOX

Semifinals

Sunday, March 19

Cuba vs. Mexico winner, 7 p.m., FS1

Monday, March 20

Japan vs. Quarterfinal 4 winner, 7 p.m., FS1

Tuesday, March 21

Championship game, 7 p.m., FS1

March 15: New York Mets closer Edwin Diaz was injured during Puerto Rico's celebration of its 5-2 win over the Dominican Republic during the conclusion of pool play action. 

Diaz closed out the victory and was surrounding by his teammates in celebration. That led shortly to those same teammates motioning to team trainers after Diaz was hurt. 

He needed to be helped into a wheelchair to get him off the field. The Mets tweeted that he had a left knee injury and that he would undergo further evaluation on Thursday.

Pool Play Schedule, Results: Here is a list of complete scores pool play, which was held March 7-16. (Pool Play Standings can be found here)

Pool Play

Tuesday, March 7

Netherlands 4, Cuba 2

Wednesday, March 8

Panama 12, Chinese Taipei 5

Australia 9, Korea 8

Netherlands 3, Panama 1

Thursday, March 9

Japan 8, China 1

Italy 6, Cuba 3 (10 innings)

Czech Republic 8, China 5

Cuba 13, Panama 4

Friday, March 10

Japan 13, Korea 4

Chinese Taipei 11, Italy 7

Australia 12, China 2

Panama 2, Italy 0

Saturday, March 11

Chinese Taipei 9, Netherlands 5

Japan 10, Czech Republic 2

Puerto Rico 9, Nicaragua 1

Colombia 5, Mexico 4 (10 inn.)

Venezuela 5, Dominican Republic 1

United States 6, Great Britain 2

Korea 7, Czech Republic 3

Cuba 7, Chinese Taipei 1

Sunday, March 12

Japan 7, Australia 1

Italy 7, Netherlands 1

Israel 3, Nicaragua 1

Canada 18, Great Britain 8

Venezuela 9, Puerto Rico 6

Mexico 11, United States 5

Australia 8, Czech Republic 3

Monday, March 13

Korea 22, China 2

Dominican Republic 6, Nicaragua 1

Great Britain 7, Colombia 5

Puerto Rico 10, Israel 0

United States 12, Canada 1

Tuesday, March 14

Venezuela 4, Nicaragua 1 

Canada 5, Colombia 0

Dominican Republic 10, Israel 0

Mexico 2, Great Britain 1

Wednesday, March 15

Venezuela 5, Israel 1

Mexico 10, Canada 3

Puerto Rico 5, Dominican Republic 2

United States 3, Colombia 2

Teams that have advanced to quarterfinals: Japan, Cuba, Italy, Australia, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Mexico, United States

March 7: The United States will start pitcher Adam Wainwright for its first game of pool play in the World Baseball Classic, MLB.com reported on Tuesday.

Team USA is set to play Great Britain on Saturday in the first game of pool play action. 

The 41-year old Wainwright is coming off an 11-12 season with St. Louis in 2022. He will play his 18th season of Major League Baseball for the Cardinals in 2023.

March 4: Multiple media outlets reported on Saturday that Toronto infielder Vladimir Guerrero Jr. will not play for the Dominican Republic in the World Baseball Classic.

Guerrero has a right knee injury that will keep him out of the tournament, per Nelson Cruz, who is serving as the general manager for the DR team. 

The injury to the All-Star is being called minor inflammation.

The first baseman batted .274/.339/.480 with 32 home runs, 97 RBIs, and 116 strikeouts.

Feb. 28: Jurickson Profar, a former Texas Rangers player who at the moment remains a free agent, will play for Team Netherlands in the World Baseball Classic, per MLB.com.

Profar is expected to play left field. 

Profar hit .243 with 15 home runs and 52 RBI last season for San Diego.

Feb. 18: Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw called not being able to pitch for Team USA in the World Baseball Classic "super-disappointing."

Kershaw told reporters he was 100 percent healthy when he announced the news. He didn't disclose why, but ESPN and other outlets reported that it was likely that Kershaw was not able to obtain insurance for his contract, which is a WBC requirement.

Kershaw will remain in spring training with the Dodgers. He is signed through 2023. 

Feb. 13: New York Yankees pitcher Nestor Cortes Jr. will reportedly not pitch in the World Baseball Classic after tweaking his hamstring, per The Athletic. 

Cortes was set to pitch for Team USA, which is the defending champion.

WBC Rosters

The complete rosters for all WBC teams is below. They were officially announced on Thursday.

Pool A

Pool A's round-robin tournament will take place between March 7-12 in Taichung, Taiwan.

Chinese Taipei

Pitchers: Kuan-Wei Chen, Kuan-Yu Chen, Shih-Peng Chen, Yu-Hsun Chen, Shao-Ching Chiang, Chih-Wei Hu, Tzu-Peng Huang, Chen-Cheng Lee, Yen-Chang Lee, Yen-Ching Lu, Chia-Hao Sung, Kai-Wei Teng, Jen-Ho Tseng, Jyun-Yue Tseng, Wei-Chung Wang.

Position Players: Yu-Cheng Chang, Chen-Wei Chen, Chieh-Hsien Chen, Chin Cheng, Tsung-Che Cheng, Kun-Yu Chiang, Kuo-Chen Fan, Kungkuan Giljegiljaw, Yu-Chieh Kao, Tien-Hsin Kuo, Dai-An Lin, Li Lin, Tzu-Wei Lin, Po-Jung Wang, Wei-Chen Wang, Nien-Ting Wu.

Netherlands

Pitchers: Mike Bolsenbroek, Dennis Burgersdijk, Jiorgeny Casimiri, Tom De Blok, Jaydenn Estanista, Dylan Farley, Wendell Floranus, Arij Fransen, Aaron De Groot, Ryan Huntington, Lars Huijer, Jair Jurrjens, Antwone Kelly, Kevin Kelly, Shairon Martis, Eric Mendez, Scott Prins, Pedro Strop, Juancarlos Sulbaran, Franklin Van Gurp, Derek West.

Position Players: Wladimir Balentien, Roger Bernadina, Xander Bogaerts, Ray-Patrick Didder, Didi Gregorius, Dwayne Kemp, Sicnarf Loopstok, Josh Palacios, Richie Palacios, Juremi Profar, Deshenko Ricardo, Jonathan Schoop, Sharlon Schoop, Andrelton Simmons, Chadwick Tromp, Zander Wiel.

Cuba

Pitchers: Naykel Cruz, Roenis Elías, Onelki García, Liván Moinelo, Yoennis Yera, Frank Álvarez, Ronald Bolaños, Elián Leyva, Raidel Martínez, Yeudis Reyes, José Rodríguez, Yariel Rodríguez, Miguel Romero, Carlos Viera.

Position Players: Erisbel Arruebarrena, Yoenis Cespedes, Alfredo Despaigne, Yadir Drake, Dayan Garcia, Yurisbel Gracial, Yoelkis Guibest, Andy Ibáñez, Ariel Martinez, Luis Mateo, Yoán Moncada, Yadil Mujica, Andrys Perez, Lorenzo Quintana, Luis Robert, Roel Santos.

Italy

Pitchers: Vincenzo Aiello, Glenn Albanese, Alex Bassani, Joe Biagini, Matteo Bocchi, Ryan Castellani, Tiago Da Silva, Alessandro Eroclani, Nicholas Fanti, Matthew Festa, Samuel Gaviglio, Matt Harvey, Joseph LaSorsa, Braxton Lorenzini, Joseph Marciano, Brian Marconi, Vinny Nittoli, Neil Pallante, Jeffrey Passantino, Nicolo Pinazzi, Claudio Scotti, Mitchell Stumpo, Vincent Tempanelli, Michele Vassalotti, Stephen Woods.

Position Players: Ben Deluzio, David Fletcher, Dominic Fletcher, Sal Frelick, Vito Friscia, Robel García, Nicky Lopez, Miles Mastrobuoni, Alberto Mineo, Dominic Miroglio, Vinnie Pasquantino, Brett Sullivan, John Valente.

Panama

Pitchers: Alberto Baldonado, Miguel Cienfuegos, James Gonzalez, Andy Otero, Davis Romero, Harold Arauz, Jamie Barria, Randall Delgado, Paolo Espino, Severino Gonzelez, Javier Guerra, Alberto Guerrero, Matt Hardy, Justin Lawrence, Carlos Luna, Humberto Mejía, Wilfredo Pereira, Steven Fuentes.

Position Players: Jonathan Araúz, Christian Bethancourt, Erasmo Caballero, Jose Caballero, Luis Castillo, Gerald Chin, Allen Cordoba, Iván Herrera, Leonard Jones, Edgar Munoz, Rodrigo Orozco, Jose Ramos, Carlos Sanchez, Jahdiel Santamaria, Jhonny Santos, Rubén Tejada, Joshwan Wright.

Pool B

Pool B will play its round-robin between March 9-13 in Tokyo, Japan.

Japan

Pitchers: Shota Imanga, Yuki Matsui, Hiroya Miyagi, Keiji Takahashi, Yu Darvish, Hiromi Itoh, Ryoji Kuribayashi, Taisei Ota, Roki Sasaki, Hiroto Takahashi, Shosi Togo, Yuki Udagawa, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Atsuki Yuasa, Shohei Ohtani.

Position Players: Sosuke Genda, Takuya Kai, Kensuke Kondo, Shugo Maki, Munetaka Murakami, Yuhei Nakamura, Takumu Nakano, Lars Nootbaar, Kazuma Okamoto, Takumi Oshiro, Ukyo Shuto, Seiya Suzuki, Tetsuto Yamada, Hotaka Yamakawa, Masataka Yoshida, Shohei Ohtani.

Korea

Pitchers: Woo-suk Go, Been Gwak, Cheol-won Joeng, Woo-young Jung, Kwang-hyun Kim, Won-jung Kim, Yun-Sik Kim, Young-pyo Ko, Chang-mo Koo, Euilee Lee, Young-chan Lee, Se-woong Park, Hyeong-jun So, Taein Won, Hyeon-jong Yang.

Position Players: Jeong Choi, Ji Hoon Choi, Tommy Edman, Baek-ho Kang, Ha-Seong Kim, Hye-seong Kim, Hyun-soo Kim, Ji-young Lee, Jung-Hoo Lee, Sung-bum Na, Ji-hwan Oh, Byung-ho Park, Hae-min Park, Kun-woo Park, Euiji Yang.

Australia

Pitchers: Timothy Atherton, Matthew Beattie, Liam Doolan, Kyle Glogoski, Joshua Guyer, Samuel Holland, Jon Kennedy, Timothy Kennelly, Steven Kent, Daniel McGrath, Mitchell Neunborn, Jack O'Loughlin, Christopher Oxspring, Warwick Saupold, Will Sherriff, Joshua Tols, Blake Townsend, Todd Van Steensel, Luke Wilkins, Coen Wynne.

Position Players: Ryan Battaglia, Ulrich Bojarski, Jake Bowey, Andrew Campbell, Jarryd Dale, Darryl George, Robert Glendinning, Alex Hall, Jordan McArdle, Robert Perkins, Liam Spence, Logan Wade, Aaron Whitefield, Rixon Wingrove.

China

Pitchers: Qiang Lin, Changlong Su, Xiang Wang, Alan Carter, Haicheng Gong, Kwon Ju, Xin Qi, Hailong Sun, Weiyi Wang, Yuchen Wang, Jian Yi, Hao Zhang, Fuyang Zhao, Chaoqun Zheng.

Position Players: Jie Cao, Ray Chang, Chen Chen (C), Chen Chen (3B), Xiao Han, Yongkang Kou, Ning Li, Yifan Li, Pei Liang, Rongji Liang, Yun Lu, Chenchen Luan, Jinjun Luo, Yuheng Lyo, Yusuke Masago, Jin Yang.

Czech Republic

Pitchers: Jeff Barto, Filip Capka, Tomas Duffek, Lukas Ercoli, Lukas Hlouch, Michael Kovala, David Mergans, Marek Minarik, Jan Novák, Daniel Padysak, Ondrej Satoria, Martin Schneider, Jan Tomek, Boris Večerka.

Position Players: Martin Cervenka, Marek Chlup, Arnost Dubovy, Willia Escala, Jakub Grepl, Jakub Hajtmar, Marek Krejcirik, Jakub Kubica, Matej Mensik, Vojtech Mensik, Martin Muzik, Milan Prokop, Martin Schneider, Filip Smola, Eric Sogard, Daniel Vavruša, Pert, Zyma.

Pool C

Pool C's round-robin tournament will be played in Phoenix, Arizona between March 11-15.

USA

Pitchers: Jason Adam, Daniel Bard, David Bednar, Nestor Cortes, Kendall Graveman, Merrill Kelly, Clayton Kershaw, Lance Lynn, Nick Martinez, Miles Mikolas, Adam Ottavino, Ryan Pressly, Brooks Raley, Brady Singer, Adam Wainwright, Devin Williams.

Position Players: Pete Alonso, Tim Anderson, Nolan Arenado, Mookie Betts, Paul Goldschmidt, Kyle Higashioka, Jeff McNeil, Cedric Mullins, J.T. Realmuto, Kyle Schwarber, Will Smith, Mike Trout, Kyle Tucker, Trea Turner, Bobby Witt Jr.

Mexico

Pitchers: Erubiel Armenta, Oliver Pérez, Jojo Romero, Patrick Sandoval, Julio Urías, Samuel Zazueta, Javier Assad, Manny Barreda, Victor Castaneda, Luis Cessa, Jesus Cruz, Giovanny Gallegos, Felipe Gonzalez, José Urquidy, Adrian Martinez, Roel Ramirez, Alan Rangel, Gerardo Reyes, Wilmer Rios, Jake Sanchez, Cesar Vargas, Taijuan Walker.

Position Players: Jonathan Aranda, Randy Arozarena, Jose Cardona, Austin Barnes, Jarren Duran, Alejandro Kirk, Joey Meneses, Isaac Parades, Rowdy Tellez, Alek Thomas, Alan Trejo, Luis Urías, Roberto Valenzuela, Alex Verdugo.

Colombia

Pitchers: Adrian Almeida, Luis De Avila, Rio Gomez, Yapson Gomez, José Quintana, Reiver Sanmartin, Jose Torres, Elkin Alcala, Danis Correa, Nabil Crismatt, William Cuevas, Santiago Florez, Ruben Galindo, Pedro Garcia, Tayron Guerrero, Jaiser Herrera, Jeffry Nino, Carlos Ocampo, Jhon Romero, Julio Tehran, Ezequiel Zabaleta, Guillermo Zuniga.

Position Players: Jorge Alfaro, Gustavo Campero, Elias Díaz, Jordan Díaz, Dayan Frias, Jesus Marriaga, Evan Mendoza, Oscar Mercado, Fabien Pertuz, Tito Polo, Harold Ramírez, Adrían Sanchez, Donovan Solano, Gio Urshela, Meibrys Viloria.

Canada

Pitchers: Andrew Albers, Mitch Bratt, Adam Loewen, Evan Rutckyj, Rob Zastryzny, Phillipe Aumont, John Axford, Matt Brash, Trevor Brigden, Indigo Diaz, R.J Freure, Scott Mathieson, Nick Pivetta, Cal Quantrill, Noah Skirrow, Cade Smith, Curtis Taylor.

Position Players: Owen Cassie, Denzel Clarke, Kellin Deglan, Freddie Freeman, Edouard Julien, Otto Lopez, Bo Naylor, Tyler O'Neill, Damiano Palmegiani, Jacob Robson, Abraham Toro, Andrew Yerzy, Jared Young.

Great Britain

Pitchers: Donovan Benoit, Malik Binns, Richard Brereton, Daniel Cooper, Jacob Esch, Chavez Fernander, Ian Gibaut, Gunnar Groen, Joseph King, Ryan Long, McKenzie Mills, Akeel Morris, Branden Noriega, Camrin Opp, Michael Petersen, Michael Roth, Andre Scrubb, Jack Seppings, Matteo Sollecito, Graham Spraker, Tahnaj Thomas, Tyler Viza, Alex Webb, Vance Worley.

Position Players: Alex Crosby, Harry Ford, Lucius Fox, D'Shawn Knowles, Matt Kopeniak, BJ Murray, Jamie Ritchie, Anfernee Seymour, Darnell Sweeney, Trayce Thompson, Nick Ward, Justin Wylie, Chavez Young.

Pool D

Pool D will play its round-robin in Miami, Florida between March 11-15.

Puerto Rico

Pitchers: Jonathan Bermudez, José Berríos, Alex Claudio, Fernando Cruz, Jose De Leon, Alexis Diaz, Edwin Díaz, Jose Espada, Dominic Hamel, Jorge López, Anthony Maldonado, Jovani Moran, Nicholas Padilla, Emilio Pagán, Luis Quinones, Yacksel Ríos, Dereck Rodriguez, Hector Santiago, Marcus Stroman, Duane Underwood Jr.

Position Players: Javier Báez, Edwin Diaz (3B), Enrique Hernandez, Francisco Lindor, Vimael Machin, Martín Maldonado, MJ Melendez, Jose Miranda, Henry Ramos, Emmanuel Rivera, Eddie Rosario, Neftalio Soto, Chritian Vázquez, Nelson Velazquez.\

Venezuela

Pitchers: José Alvarado, Silvino Bracho, Endrys Briceno, Max Castillo, Jhoulys Chacin, Enmanuel De Jesus, Jhonathan Diaz, Edwin Escobar, Luis Garcia, Norwith Gudino, Carlos Hernández, Elieser Hernandez, Darwinzon Hernandez, Pablo López, Jesús Luzardo, Andrez Machado, Germán Marquez, Martín Pérez, José Quijada, Eduardo Rodriguez, José Ruiz, Ranger Suárez, Anthony Vizcaya, Angel Zerpa.

Position Players: Ronald Acuña Jr., Jose Altuve, Luis Arraez, Miguel Cabrera, Robinson Chirinos, Eduardo Escobar, Andrés Giménez, Omar Narváez, David Peralta, Salvador Perez, Luis Rengifo, Miguel Rojas, Anthony Santander, Eugenio Suárez, Gleyber Torres.

Dominican Republic

Pitchers: Bryan Abreu, Sandy Alcantara, Ronel Blanco, Génesis Cabrera, Diego Castillo, Roansy Contreras, Johnny Cueto, Enyel De Los Santos, Camilo Doval, Carlos Estevez, Jarlín García, Luis Garcia, Yimi García, Cristian Javier, Rafael Montero, Hector Neris, Joel Payamps, Gregory Soto, César Valdez.

Position Players: Willy Adames, Robinson Canó, Nelson Cruz, Rafael Devers, Wander Franco, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Teoscar Hernández, Eloy Jimenez, Manny Machado, Ketel Marte, Francisco Mejía, Jeremy Peña, Julio Rodríguez, Gary Sánchez, Jean Segura, Juan Soto.

Israel

Pitchers: Richard Bleier, Jake Fishman, Colton Gordon, Jake Kalish, Rob Kaminsky, Alex Katz, Adam Kolarek, Evan Kravetz, Jake Miednik, Jake Bird, Daniel Federman, Brandon Gold, Andrew Gross, Dean Kremer, Shlomo Lipetz, Kyle Molnar, Bubby Rossman, Jacob Steinmetz, Robert Stock, Joey Wagman, Zachary Weiss, Josh Wolf.

Position Players: Alex Dickerson, Zack Gelof, Jakob Goldfarb, Spencer Horwitz, Ty Kelly, Ryan Lavarnway, Assaf Lowengart, Noah Mendlinger, Matt Mervis, Joc Pederson, Garrett Stubbs, Danny Valencia, Michael Wielansky.

Nicaragua

Pitchers: Leonardo Crawford, Carlos Teller, Joaquin Acuna, Fidencio Flores, Kevin Gadea, Osman Guitierrez, Duque Hebbert, Jonathan Loaisiga, Ronald Medrano, Esramo Ramirez, Juan Carlos Ramirez, Roniel Raudes, Carlos Rodriguez, Junior Tellez, Rodney Theophile.

Position Players: Benjamin Alegria, Isaac Benard, Sandy Bermudez, Alex Blandino, Rodolfo Bone, Dwight Britton, Cheslor Cuthbert, Brandon Leyton, Ivan Marin, Elian Miranda, Juan Diego Montes, Melvin Novoa, Milkar Perez, Norlando Valle, Wuillians Vasquez.

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