World Baseball Classic tiebreaker explained: What needs to happen for U.S. to advance to quarterfinals after loss to Italy
Team USA entered Tuesday’s World Baseball Classic game against Italy knowing that a win would clinch its spot in the tournament’s knockout round. Instead, Italy delivered USA a stunning 8-6 loss, and a U.S. team that entered Tuesday’s game 3-0 in pool play will now be forced to await its fate for the knockout round, which is out of its hands. Advertisement The loss drops Team USA to 3-1, while Italy improves to 3-0. Italy will face Mexico (2-1) on Wednesday in the Pool B finale that will determine who advances. Among the U.S., Italy and Mexico, only two teams











