(Courtesy: MLB.com)
MIAMI – The game met the hype. And the Americans met the moment.
In a semifinals matchup rife with many of baseball’s biggest names and a game rife with the kind of tension that makes the sport great, Team USA outlasted the Dominican Republic, 2-1, on Sunday night at loanDepot park to advance to the World Baseball Classic finals for the third straight time.
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Team USA, which entered this event firmly in a gold-or-bust state of being, will face the winner of Italy vs. Venezuela in the final clash of this Classic on Tuesday night (8 p.m. ET, FOX).
Solo home runs from Gunnar Henderson and Roman Anthony built a lead for American ace Paul Skenes, and great defense and a bullish bullpen helped protect it, as a loud and raucous sell-out crowd of 36,337 amplified the intensity of every anxious instance.
And there were plenty of them.
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🚨 JUST IN: The US has DEFEATED CANADA again in hockey, scoring a GOLD MEDAL at the 2026 Winter Paralympics
This is a HISTORIC sweep, and Canada just lost to both men and women’s hockey at the Winter Olympics 🔥
WE OWN CANADA! 😂🇺🇸pic.twitter.com/fsrI4bArEQ
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) March 15, 2026
Congratulations to the @TeamUSA Paralympic Sled Hockey Team for winning gold! @usahockey is now 3 for 3 at the 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.
The NHL, @NHLPA and 32 Clubs are committed to supporting sled hockey in the U.S. and Canada. The first-ever ‘Reeve Hockey… pic.twitter.com/tMjAeTJ1D1
— NHL (@NHL) March 15, 2026
Team USA has been moving DIFFERENT under President Trump.
🏒 Olympic men’ hockey 🥇
🏒 Olympic women’s hockey 🥇
🛷 Paralympic sled hockey 🥇
⚾️ Headed to the WBC finals 🏆We simply didn’t experience this type of athletic dominance under Joe Biden. pic.twitter.com/p5vOelTPmv
— Nick Adams (@NickAdamsinUSA) March 16, 2026
The final out 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/GEtaR6STSK
— USA Baseball (@USABaseball) March 16, 2026
The best pitcher in the world is a fervent patriot
Liberals in absolute tears
— Old Row Sports (@OldRowSports) March 16, 2026
