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The 2023 World Baseball Classic remains in the knockout phase, with Team U.S.A. vs. Venezuela and Puerto Rico vs. Mexico on the schedule this weekend. The United States removed Colombia to punch its quarterfinal ticket, while Puerto Rico ousted the preferred Dominican Republic (however lost closer Edwin Díaz while doing so to a knee injury throughout the post-game event). The United States will play Venezuela on Saturday and Mexico deals with Puerto Rico on Friday in Miami.
The competition is now a single-elimination bracket culminating with the last on Tuesday, March 21. Japan and Cuba are currently into the semifinals after wins over Italy and Australia, respectively, in Tokyo.
This variation of the WBC was initially expected to be played in 2021 however was held off due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Action got going on Wednesday, March 8 (technically very first pitch of the 2023 WBC opener in Taiwan occurred at 11 p.m. ET on March 7), and there will be an overall of 47 video games.
Below, fans can discover the complete 2023 World Baseball Classic schedule.
2023 World Baseball Classic schedule
All video games on Fox, FS1 and FS2 can be streamed on fuboTV (shot for totally free).
(All times Eastern)
Friday, March 17
- Puerto Rico vs. Mexico (quarterfinals), 7 p.m., FS1
Saturday, March 18
- United States vs. Venezuela (quarterfinals), 7 p.m., Fox
Sunday, March 19
- Cuba vs. TBD (semifinals), 7 p.m., FS1
Monday, March 20
- Japan vs. TBD (semifinals), 7 p.m., FS1
Tuesday, March 21
- TBD vs. TBD (national championship), 7 p.m., FS1
2023 World Baseball Classic ratings
Thursday, March 16
Wednesday, March 15
- Cuba 4, Australia 3 (quarterfinals)
- Venezuela 5, Israel 1
- Mexico 10, Canada 3
- Puerto Rico 5, Dominican Republic 2
- United States 3, Colombia 2
Tuesday, March 14
- Venezuela 4, Nicaragua 1
- Canada 5, Colombia 0
- Dominican Republic 10, Israel 0 (F/7)
- Mexico 2, Great Britain 1
Monday, March 13
- Korea 22, China 2
- Dominican Republic 6, Nicaragua 1
- Great Britain 7, Colombia 5
- Puerto Rico 10, Israel 0 (F/8)
- United States 12, Canada 1 (F/7)
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
Saturday, March 11
- Japan 10, Czech Republic, 2
- Chinese Taipei 9, Netherlands 5
- Puerto Rico 9, Nicaragua 1
- Colombia 5, Mexico 4
- Venezuela 5, Dominican Republic 1
- United States 6, Great Britain 2
- Korea 7, Czech Republic 3
- Cuba 7, Chinese Taipei 1
Friday, March 10
- Japan 13, Korea, 4
- Chinese Taipei 11, Italy 7
- Australia 12, China, 2 (F/7)
- Panama 2, Italy 0
Thursday, March 9
- Japan 8, China 1
- Italy 6, Cuba 3 (F/10)
- Czech Republic 8, China 5
- Cuba 13, Panama 4
Wednesday, March 8
- Panama 12, Chinese Taipei 5
- Australia 8, Korea 7
- Netherlands 3, Panama 1
Tuesday, March 7
2023 World Baseball Classic groups
Pool A (Group play in Taichung, Taiwan)
- Chinese Taipei
- Cuba
- Italy
- Netherlands
- Panama
Pool B (Group play in Tokyo, Japan)
- Australia
- China
- Japan
- Korea
- Czech Republic
Pool C (Group play in Phoenix, Arizona)
- Canada
- Colombia
- Great Britain
- Mexico
- United States
Pool D (Group play in Miami, Florida)
- Dominican Republic
- Israel
- Nicaragua
- Puerto Rico
- Venezuela
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