Manager Mark DeRosa says his premature comment about the United States having already punched its ticket to the World Baseball Classic quarterfinals before facing Italy was just an “overly confident statement” and reiterated Thursday he knew nothing was guaranteed at that point.

Italy first-baseman Vinnie Pasquantino helped Team USA advance to the quarterfinal by achieving the first-ever three HR game in WBC history.

USA suffered a shocking loss to Italy and will have to wait 24 hours to see if they'll make the WBC quarterfinals.

Team USA fell behind 8-0 and couldn't dig out of a hole -- the shocking result could cost the U.S. a spot in the quarterfinals

The United States' fate in the 2026 World Baseball Classic is partially in Mexico's hands, and one of their players had a head-turning post on social media going into Wednesday's game against Italy.

Tarik Skubal has heard about the criticism he's facing after only starting in one game for Team USA, then leaving.

The USA already lost once as a huge favorite in this tournament, falling to Italy despite being as low as a -1300 favorite. The Red, White and Blue only made it out of the group stage and into the bracket because Italy beat Mexico on the final day of group play,