Paul Skenes continues to mow down Team Mexico. He records his fourth and fifth strikeouts of the game to start the inning, before Mexico gets their first baserunner on an error. A sharp single to right field appears to spell trouble, but Aaron Judge fields it cleanly and guns down the runner heading to third base. Team USA remains tied with Mexico.

A!" chants were booming. The Mexico fans were deafening. And in the end, the U.S. was the better team in the most hyped game of the 2026 World Baseball Classic. In an electric atmosphere at Daikin Park on Monday night,

Taking in all the action from Monday's full slate of games at the World Baseball Classic.

Puerto Rico has once again advanced to the quarterfinals of the World Baseball Classic. As if anything else should have been expected, even given the circumstances. Stellar pitching and one big swing of the bat – Martín Maldonado’s three-run double in the bottom of the second inning – proved more than enough to subdue Cuba and register a 4-1 victory on March 9 to clinch Pool A and punch the Boricua’s ticket to Houston.