US seals a spot in the WBC semis with 5-3 win over Canada

The United States defeated Canada 5-3 in Houston to advance to the World Baseball Classic semifinals, where they’ll face the Dominican Republic in Miami on Sunday. Aaron Judge doubled early, and Brice Turang and Pete Crow-Armstrong contributed multi-hit performances as US pitching closed it out behind a strong save from Mason Miller. Canada cut the margin with Bo Naylor’s sixth-inning homer, but the US bullpen held, including a key out-scoring spree by David Bednar in the seventh. This marks the US’s third straight WBC semifinal appearance.