Summary and runs of Great Britain 8-18 Canada in World Baseball Classic

Thank you all for joining us in this intense duel with an exciting ending, it has been a pleasure to be with all of you. See you all again!

 

After failing to close the gap, the game ended with the Canadian team taking a big lead.

Robson scores the 18th run for Canada;

Robson batting to left field 
 

Sixth shift in Great Britain is over

Change of pitcher in Canada: John Axford  enters;

Canada's 10th run scored by O'Neill to end the fifth inning.

O'Neill scores to add the 17th run in Canada;

O'Neill batted to left field 
 

Change of pitcher in Great Britain: Alex Webb  entered;

The fifth shift of Great Britain is over;

Young did not hit the ball right;

End of fourth inning 

Young scores and Lopez singles to give Canada an eight-run lead;

O'Neil scores, then López goes to second and Young to third;

Freeman scores another run for Canada;

Julien scores again for Canada and that's 12 runs now;

Freeman's hit and Robson adds a run for Canada;

Change in the pitcher of Great Britain: Denovan Benoit enters;

Robson batting to center field 

The fourth round of Great Britain was over and they closed the gap on the scoreboard;

Knowles failed to hit the ball;

Change in Canada's pitching staff: Curtis Taylor  enters;

Ford's home run and runs were scored by Young and Thomson to make the score 8-10.

Young singled to left field;

End of third inning 

Change of pitcher in Great Britain: Andre Scrubb  enters;

O'Neil hits and Freeman, Robson and Julien score runs.

Caissie's home run to score the winning run for Canada;

Great Britain's turn is over and it has managed to close the gap on the scoreboard;

Pitching change in Canada: Evan Rutckyj enters.

Knowles and Murray's batting strikeout clinches Great Britain's fifth run;

End of the second inning 

Change of pitcher in Great Britain: Mills enters;

Toro and O'Neill's hit and O'Neill add sixth run for Canada

Finishing in the second round in Great Britain, where he has added his fourth race

Thompson's hit and Yong scores the fourth run for Great Britain;

End of first entry

Bo Naylor scores the fifth run for Canada;

Change of pitcher in Great Britain: Cam Opp  enters;

Caissie hits a grounder to right field and Ló pez scores;

Freeman and O'Neill add runs for Canada to tie game

 

O'Neill bunts and Freeman goes to second base.

Julien's home run to score the first run for Canada;

The first round of Great Britain is over, where it has added three races;

Change of pitcher in Canada: Aumont enters;

Sweeney and Ward's batting strikeout brings in third run for Great Britain

Ward's hit and Koperniak scores the run and Great Britain takes a 2-0 lead.

Young goes to third base 

The match starts with Great Britain's turn;

The players are now ready for the start of the match, which will begin in a few moments;

Ian Gibaut, who has been with two MLB teams in 2022, has an average of 4.93 runs per game in the 61 MLB games he has played.

Nick Pivetta, a player for the Boston Red Sox, has won 10 games in 2022 and is averaging 4'56 runs per game.

These are the games that the Canadian team will play in the first round of the World Baseball Classic, remembering that it will close the group stage against Mexico.

C. Young

T. Thompson

M. Koperniak

H. Ford

N. Ward

B.J. Murray Jr.

D. Sweeney

J. Rudd

A. Seymour

The Canadian National Team will start with this lineup for its first game in the World Baseball Classic;

 

In 1 hour, the match between Great Britain and Canada will kick off; both the preview and the minute-by-minute coverage of the match can be followed here on VAVEL 
 

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This is the kick-off time of the match in several countries:
Argentina: 4 p.m.
Australia: 6 a.m. 
Bolivia: 3 p.m. 
Brazil: 4 p.m.
Chile: 4 p.m. 
Colombia: 14 hours 
Ecuador: 14 hours 
Spain: 20 hours 
United States (New York): 2 p.m. 
United States (Los Angeles): 11 hours 
India: 1 hour 
Japan: 4 hours 
Mexico: 13 hours 
Nigeria: 20 hours 
Paraguay: 16 hours 
Peru: 14 hours
United Kingdom: 19 hours 

Coach: Ernie Whitt

Pitchers: Andrew Albers, Philippe Aumont, John Axford, Matt Axford, Matt Brash, Mitch Bratt, Trvor Brigden, Indigo Diaz, R.J. Freure, Adam Loewen, Scott Mathieson, Nick Pivetta, Cal Quantrill, Evan Rutckyj, Noah Skirrow, Cade Smith, Curtis Taylor, Rob Zastryzny
Catchers: Kellin Deglan, Bo Naylor, Andy Yerzy
Infielders: Freddie Freeman, Edouard Julien, Otto Lopez, Damiano Palmegiani, Abraham Toro, Jared Young
Outfielders: Owen Caissie, Denzel Clarke, Tyler O'Neill, Jacob Robson

Coach: Drew Spencer

Pitchers: Donovan Benoit, Malik Binns, Richard Brereton, Daniel Cooper, Jake Esch, Jake Esch, Chavez Fernander, Ian Gibaut, Gunnar Groen, Joseph King, Ryan Long, McKenzie Mills, Akeel Morris, Branden Noriega, Cam Opp, Michael Petersen, Chris Reed, Michael Roth, Andre Scrubb, Jack Seppings, Matteo Sollecito, Graham Spraker, Tahnaj Thomas, Tyler Viza, Alex Webb, Vance Worley
Catchers: Ural Forbes, Harry Ford
Infielders: Lucius Fox, B.J. Murray, Nick Ward, Justin Wylie
Outfielders: Alex Crosby, D'Shawn Knowles, Matt Koperniak, Andernee Seymour, Darnell Sweeney, Trayce Thompson, Chavez Young

Before the start of the tournament, Canada played a friendly match against the Seattle Mariners and lost 5-3. At the 2021 Olympic Games, they failed to advance from the group stage after losing all three matches. In their last edition of this tournament, they did not advance past the first round after losing all three games in the group stage of the World Baseball Classic;

Great Britain qualified for this tournament after beating France, Germany and Spain. In 2021, it reached the quarterfinals of the European Championship where it lost to the Netherlands. It could not play in the last edition of the World Baseball Classic after losing against Israel in the qualification. In their first game of this tournament they started with a 6-2 loss against the United States and are currently in the last position of group C.

Great Britain and Canada have only met once and that was in the qualification for the World Baseball Classic in the quarterfinal round where Canada won 11-1. That year, the Canadian team finally earned a ticket to the tournament;

Great Britain and Canada will face each other in the group stage of the first round of the World Baseball Classic. Both teams are also in Group C along with the United States, Colombia and Mexico;
 

My name is Manuel Carmona Hidalgo and I will be your antifrión for this match. We will offer you the analysis prior to the match and news here; from VAVEL.