{"id":112978,"date":"2026-03-12T04:56:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T08:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/canada-shocks-cuba-and-advances-to-world-baseball-classic-quarterfinals-2\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T04:56:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T08:56:25","slug":"canada-shocks-cuba-and-advances-to-world-baseball-classic-quarterfinals-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/canada-shocks-cuba-and-advances-to-world-baseball-classic-quarterfinals-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada Shocks Cuba and Advances to World Baseball Classic Quarterfinals"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Canada advances to the quarterfinals of the 2026 World Baseball Classic after defeating Cuba<\/h2>\nSan Juan \u2013 Canada secured its spot in the quarterfinals of the 2026 World Baseball Classic by defeating Cuba with a score of 7-2. The match, which took place at the Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico, also guaranteed Canada the first place in Group A.\nThis victory marks a milestone for the Canadian team, as it is the first time they have advanced to this phase of the tournament. With a 3-1 record, they surpassed Puerto Rico, who also finished with the same record but with a lower run difference.\nCal Quantrill&#8217;s performance was key to the Canadian triumph. The pitcher worked five innings, allowing only one unearned run and two hits. In addition, he gave up a walk and struck out five batters.\nThe Canadian offense made itself known early. In the third inning, a sacrifice fly by Owen Caissie gave them the lead. In the fifth inning, Abraham Toro hit a solo home run that widened the difference.\nAlthough Cuba scored a run in the fifth inning, Canada responded with a three-run rally in the sixth. Bo Naylor drove in a run with a double and Otto L\u00f3pez drove in two more with a single, establishing a score of 5-1.\nIn the seventh episode, Cuba scored again thanks to a run-producing hit by Ariel Martinez. However, Josh Naylor responded with an unstoppable run-scorer in the eighth, maintaining the Canadian lead.\nCaissie once again took center stage in the ninth inning, extending the lead and sealing Canada&#8217;s 7-2 victory.\n\n<p>With this result, Cuba is out of the tournament in the group stage with a 2-2 record, after having reached the semifinals in the previous edition of the World Baseball Classic. Canada now awaits to know its rival for the quarterfinals, which will come from Group B between Mexico, United States, and Italy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canada advances to the quarterfinals of the 2026 World Baseball Classic after defeating Cuba San Juan \u2013 Canada secured its spot in the quarterfinals of the 2026 World Baseball Classic by defeating Cuba with a score of 7-2. The match, which took place at the Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico, also guaranteed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":112979,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[88,1467,2669,5529],"class_list":{"0":"post-112978","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-cuba","11":"tag-world-classic"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112978","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=112978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112978\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}