{"id":112831,"date":"2026-03-11T08:51:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T12:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/mexico-usa-and-italy-quarterfinal-duel-in-the-world-baseball-classic\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T08:51:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T12:51:24","slug":"mexico-usa-and-italy-quarterfinal-duel-in-the-world-baseball-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/mexico-usa-and-italy-quarterfinal-duel-in-the-world-baseball-classic\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexico, USA, and Italy: Quarterfinal Duel in the World Baseball Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>World Baseball Classic: Group B on Fire<\/h2>\n\nThe closing of Group B of the World Baseball Classic presents a range of possibilities for qualification. Everything will be defined in the last match between Mexico and Italy, where the result and tie-breaking criteria will play a crucial role.\n\nThe United States, Mexico, and Italy are the teams that still have a chance to advance. The final score of the game and the tournament&#8217;s tie-breaking criteria will determine who advances to the next phase.\n\nIf Italy is victorious against Mexico, the scenario is clear:\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Italy and the United States would secure their place in the Quarter-Finals.<\/li>\n<li>Italy would occupy the first place in the group and the United States the second.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\nBut, if Mexico prevails, a three-way tie would occur with a 3-1 record between Mexico, the United States, and Italy. Given this situation, the second tiebreaker of the regulations would be applied: runs allowed between defensive outs in the games between the tied teams.\n\n\n<p>So far, the statistics are as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mexico: 5 runs allowed \/ 24 outs = 0.208<\/li>\n<li>United States: 11 runs allowed \/ 54 outs = 0.204<\/li>\n<li>Italy: 6 runs allowed \/ 27 outs = 0.222<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In this scenario, the ranking combinations would be:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If Italy defeats Mexico: Italy (B1) and United States (B2) qualify.<\/li>\n<li>If Mexico wins scoring 5 runs or more: Mexico (B1) and United States (B2) qualify.<\/li>\n<li>If Mexico wins scoring 4 runs or less: Mexico (B1) and Italy (B2) qualify.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\nThe group&#8217;s last game will not only define the winner, but also the final ranking order and the teams that will continue their journey in the World Baseball Classic.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World Baseball Classic: Group B on Fire The closing of Group B of the World Baseball Classic presents a range of possibilities for qualification. Everything will be defined in the last match between Mexico and Italy, where the result and tie-breaking criteria will play a crucial role. The United States, Mexico, and Italy are the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":112832,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[88,512,1183,5529],"class_list":{"0":"post-112831","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-italy","10":"tag-mexico","11":"tag-world-classic"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112831\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}