LOS ANGELES — The USA baseball team, made up of players from Major League Baseball, has done what no other USA baseball team participating in the World Baseball Classic has done: Beat Japan to make it to the championship game.
The team has one more hurdle to overcome, to win it all and take the title when it plays Puerto Rico Wednesday night in the final game, according to Bleacher Report.
Team USA won 2-1 thanks to RBIs from the Pittsburgh Pirates’ Andrew McCutchen and the Baltimore Orioles’ Adam Jones.
Japan was undefeated in the tournament until Tuesday night.
According to ESPN, Japan had scored 46 runs in six games before Tuesday's game.
Japan entered the day having scored 46 runs in 6 games in the World Baseball Classic
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) March 22, 2017
1 run in the semifinals
Japan won the series in 2006 and 2009. The U.S. had never made it to the finals.
"Unfinished business." @SimplyAJ10 joined @JonMorosi after @USABaseball advanced to the #WBC2017 Final. #UnitedWeGrind pic.twitter.com/gjFtL6Uiti
— MLB Network (@MLBNetwork) March 22, 2017
If you want to watch the game, it will be broadcast on MLB Network or on MLB.tv starting at 9 p.m. ET.
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