There are two quarterfinals tonight. One of them was a blowout. Another is a nail biter.
United States 5 Canada 3
The U.S. led 5-0 until the bats went cold, but they eventually defeated Canada 5-3.
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The United States led off Canadian starter Michael Soroka in the first inning. Bobby Witt Jr. walked, Aaron Judge doubled to put runners on second and third, and Kyle Schwarber hit a grounder to advance Witt to first.
The Americans were unable to score again in the first inning due to Alex Bregman’s outing. But Bregman struck again with the bases loaded in the third inning, an RBI single that scored two runs on a throwing error. [VIDEO]
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Meanwhile, Canada couldn’t do much against U.S. starter Logan Webber, who got some help on defense. That included a great catch by Bregman in foul territory. [VIDEO]
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The Americans extended their lead to 5-0 in the top of the sixth inning on back-to-back RBI singles from Brice Turang and Pete Crow-Armstrong.
This is Turang’s single [VIDEO]
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There are also PCA singles. [VIDEO]
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But with Webb out of the game, Canada began to take its toll on the U.S. bullpen. Tyler Black singled and Brad Keller scored Owen Caissie. [VIDEO]
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Team USA manager Mark DeRosa then replaced Keller with Gabe Speyer, who quickly gave up the two-run homer to Beau Naylor. [VIDEO]
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David Bednar took over for Speier in the bottom of the seventh inning and gave up singles to the first two batters he faced, Edouard Julien and Otto Lopez. A passed ball brought runners on second and third with no outs. With second and the go-ahead run at the plate, Bednar got away with a Josh Naylor pop-up and struck out Tyler O’Neal and Owen Casey. [VIDEO]
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After Crowe Armstrong’s RBI single, the Americans didn’t have the run, but that didn’t matter. Garrett Whitlock retired in order in the eighth inning, then Mason Miller came on in the ninth to strike out the team. [VIDEO]
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Pete Crow-Armstrong went 2-for-4 with an RBI. Alex Bregman was 1-for-4 with an RBI.
Dominican Republic 10 South Korea 0 (7 games)
The strong Dominican team relied on the mercy rule to defeat the Korean team 10-0 after seven games, easily defeating the Korean team.
Phillies ace Christopher Sanchez completely confused the Korean lineup, striking out eight in five innings and allowing just two hits and a four-base ball. Here are all eight of Sanchez’s strikeouts [VIDEO]
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On the other hand, former Dodgers and Blue Jays pitcher Ryu Hyun-joon started for South Korea and retired in order in the first inning. But the floodgates opened the next second. If the Dominican team wins, Junior Caminero will compete for MVP of this tournament, and he doubled at home against Vladimir Guerrero Jr. to make it 1-0. [VIDEO]
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Caminero then scored on a ground ball from Julio Rodriguez to make it 2-0.
Fernando Tatis Jr.’s RBI single made it 3-0, [VIDEO] Causing Ryu to withdraw from the game.
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The Dominican Republic team continued to work hard and scored four more points in the third game. Guerrero double-teamed Juan Soto, who made a peculiar swim move to avoid being tagged at the plate. [VIDEO]
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Manny Machado then singled Guerrero home to make it 5-0. When South Korean reliever Been Gwak came on, one man came on and one man came off. He struck out Augustin Ramirez for the second out, but then walked Gerardo Perdomo, Tatis and Kotel Marte to force two runs to make it 7-0.
South Korea could only manage two hits from Sanchez. Albert Abreu pitched the sixth and seventh innings, allowing only one runner to reach base, resulting in an error. And, that runner was wiped out on this double play. [VIDEO]
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Austin Wells ended the game with a three-run home run in the bottom of the seventh inning. [VIDEO] This triggers the mercy rule. So I guess that’s a home run.
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The two teams will face off in the semifinals on Sunday at 7 p.m. CT. The game will be televised on FS1.
The match between Puerto Rico and Italy’s Cinderella team will be broadcast on CCTV FS1 at 2 pm on Saturday. Then at 8pm on CCTV, Venezuela and Japan will compete with Fox for the last spot in the quarter-finals.
