{"id":517933,"date":"2026-03-11T23:02:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T23:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/517933\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T23:02:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T23:02:13","slug":"italy-upset-the-u-s-in-the-world-baseball-classic-reactions-and-scenarios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/517933\/","title":{"rendered":"Italy upset the U.S. in the World Baseball Classic. Reactions and scenarios"},"content":{"rendered":"

Italy pulled off one of the biggest upsets in World Baseball Classic history by beating Team USA 8-6 Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s why that\u2019s important \u2014 and slightly embarrassing (since baseball is widely known as \u201cAmerica\u2019s pastime\u201d):<\/p>\n

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It puts the heavily favored U.S. in danger of elimination. Team USA no longer controls its fate, despite the team\u2019s manager apparently thinking they did.<\/p>\n

In an appearance on MLB Network before the game, Team USA manager Mark DeRosa misspoke, which he admitted<\/a> after the game.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to win this game even though our ticket\u2019s punched to the quarterfinals,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

One problem here though, folks.<\/p>\n

Their ticket to the quarterfinals was, in fact, not punched.<\/p>\n

\"WBC<\/p>\n

United States pitcher Brad Keller (40) walks to the dugout in the middle of the sixth inning of a World Baseball Classic game against Italy, Tuesday, March 10, 2026, in Houston. | Ashley Landis, Associated Press<\/p>\n

The U.S. finished pool play 3-1, but whether the Americans advance any further depends entirely on the result of the Italy vs. Mexico game on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n

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Here are all the possible scenarios<\/a>:<\/p>\n

If Italy beats Mexico, both Italy and USA advance<\/p>\n

If Mexico wins and scores 5+ runs, USA and Mexico advance<\/p>\n

If Mexico wins but scores 4 or fewer, Mexico and Italy advance and USA is eliminated<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s how fans reacted on social mediaHas the U.S. ever won the WBC?\"WBC<\/p>\n

Italy center fielder Jakob Marsee (5) steals second under United States shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. (7) in the third inning of a World Baseball Classic game, Tuesday, March 10, 2026, in Houston. | Ashley Landis, Associated Press<\/p>\n

The WBC has been held every three years over the last 20 years.<\/p>\n

Japan won the last one in 2023 and the United States won the one before that in 2017.<\/p>\n

The victory marked Team USA\u2019s first-ever WBC championship title.<\/p>\n

Pitcher Marcus Stroman<\/a> won tournament MVP after carrying a no-hitter into the seventh inning in the final game against Puerto Rico, a game the U.S. won 8-0.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Italy pulled off one of the biggest upsets in World Baseball Classic history by beating Team USA 8-6…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":517934,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[4260,234077,12949,6540,6801,58329,4704,363,99,42270,21,72364],"class_list":["post-517933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-aaron-judge","tag-ashley-landis","tag-bobby-witt-jr","tag-brad-keller","tag-italy","tag-jakob-marsee","tag-marcus-stroman","tag-mlb","tag-sports","tag-team-usa","tag-united-states","tag-world-baseball-classic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=517933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517933\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/517934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=517933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=517933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=517933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}