Canada vs. United States Game Highlights | 2023 World Baseball Classic

Nighttime in the desert back in Phoenix for the World Baseball Classic and an intriguing matchup. Canada's want to know the United States is one and one and they are facing a major league veteran in Lance Lynn who's been there and done that at the big league level. You get it ready because he's going to challenge you to put it in play and a strike three call Lance Lynn gets the first strikeout of the night. Freeman lifts a high fly ball in that corner. Tucker is over and he makes the catch to do that strike three call to punch outs for Lance Lynn. And this ball game in Phoenix is underway. And Mitch Bratt he turns 20 on July 3rd. A 19 year old taking aim at this lineup and Betts knocks one into right field. So a baserunner right away he misses again and walks Trout on four pitches. That was out and the bags are loaded and there's nobody out. And this is the worst possible scenario. Arenado Kyle Tucker and Tim Anderson lined up Arenado hammers one. That's fair. That's trouble. That's in the corner. Betts will score. Trout will score and a double for Arenado in a two nothing start for USA. Now he is four for nine with four RBI is already one of the producers so far for Team USA. Tucker to left hit well Robson back there makes the catch tagging his Goldschmidt and his score. Mitch Bratt has it out but USA has three runs. Anderson walks pitch count up. You wonder how long Ernie Witt is going to wait if say J.T. Real Muto reaches base real Muto pokes it in a right field. That's a base hit. It'll score another Arenado comes in Anderson at third base and Mitch Bratt just couldn't get it going. You see Freddie Freeman say hey man you're going to have better days. Mitch Bratt at 19 going to see this kid again somewhere on the ground Toro out there Julian safe there Anderson scores Cedric Mullins up right now Mullins drives it to right. Clark looking up her flying around third Mullins flying around second and he's in there. We went in with the bats are going to wake up for Team USA and obviously we have our answer and Cedric Mullins jumps on the first pitch and he ends up with an RBI triple and Fruehr hits him and a messy inning gets messier. Now Trout launches one left center. Run shot an avalanche of runs in the bottom of the first by the big boys have certainly shown up to on to the second nine nothing USA. Oh my driven to right and deep and gone. Jared Young the big lefty pops one out of here. You got a long way to come back but that's a good start. The answer with a lead off home run here in the second Leiter to right it's sinking Mookie Betts six time go Glover and right. He's showing you why he's one of those six full gloves. Here's a Wilson defensive player of the year as well and good concentration. Anderson is a kind of a throw back hitter a guy that with a short swing sprays the ball all over runner on the move with a full count one out. Now it's punched in the gap and right center. It's going to go to the wall. Arenado will score for the second time Anderson on his way to third a triple. And that's what we're talking about. Mind drive gap to that power. He's had a couple of real good swings in this tournament so far. Lifts that one in the right center field O'Neal and Clark. It's O'Neal who makes the catch. It's Anderson who tags and the lead is stretched to eleven one Turner just adds a whole lot to a team that already has a whole lot in the Phillies. Trey Turner left field and deep one of the best rosters in WBC history and Trey Turner is hitting in the eighth spot in this lineup. Twelve runs on seven hits and one in this ballpark Goldschmidt was king for a long time. Goldschmidt rips one and that falls for a hit and it skips by the diving Robson O'Neal gets to the wall and Goldschmidt gets a double. That was kind of a pop spin sinking liner and Robson coming after it once he saw it wasn't going to be catchable he tried to knock it down with a dive and it went past him all the way to the wall in the center. Brewer has a scoreless third Arenado is caught looking Goldschmidt left at second twelve one USA five strikeouts through three innings the only hit was a solo home run off the bat of Jared Young and he really understood his role in this game. Freddie Freeman lifts that one in the air to left Tucker in that corner makes the catch. Hey playing second is a lot like playing short especially when you are playing it short Anderson over there on the shift hold on the ground Goldschmidt to the bag gets to the bag gets to the out Lance Litt said Hey man next time just flip it to me. Twelve one U.S.A. Lance Lane he has really done a good job very efficient with his pitch count filling up the zone with a lot of strikes. Neither pops that one in the left Tucker is there and he makes the catch. I mean how perfect is this outing. You get sixty five pitches go give me five innings and on the sixty fifth pitch five innings twelve one U.S.A. Part of this moment though has been that the guys that he's faced here Trout Goldschmidt and Arenado. This is not a soft landing Arenado to run double a walk and a strikeout Arenado. That's a blast. It's hooking though over the foul ball but foul high fly ball. That's deep. O'Neill is there and has room and Adam Lowe and can say possibly on his last appearance I face three Hall of Famers didn't give up a run. Look at that jersey that Freeman is wearing. Canadian jersey prominently is going to be in there. Freeman beats the throw to first U.S.A. gets the out at second. But that's the thing. These players hold this event in such honor that the jerseys the caps that they wear they're not giving those away man. Those are going in frames. Those are going on walls. Tyler O'Neill Betts isn't going to get it bangs around in the corner. This could chase home a run Freeman at third. He'll be held there and O'Neill with his first hit of the ball game his fifth hit. This is game two for Canada strike three called Michaelis strikes out young Freeman and O'Neill stranded and it's still twelve one early termination rule. Ten runs after seven innings we are on mercy rule alert. Roller up the middle Anderson getting used to second base for the very first time. And that's part of the story of this game. Thirty thousand here tonight to watch it. Abraham Toro sends one in the right field. That's a base hit little flip in the left charging there and McNeil makes the catch and team USA is one out away. Let's see if this crowd is world baseball classic savvy and knows what's going on. Yeah these guys are they know it outside corner ball game and USA's record goes to two and one they bounce back from the loss to Mexico. Michaelis finishes Lance Lynn was terrific. That youngster got a Mike Trout home run and this crowd got a chance to see the offense come alive. Canada now at one and one Mike Trout. Yeah his bat came alive with a first hitting home run. He did a great job. And you know it was just a matter of time before team USA got things going. But Mark DeRosa couldn't have asked for a better game in that they used to start. Didn't have to go to their bullpen. They got an off day tomorrow and it appears as though the bats have come to life for team USA.