World Baseball Classic 2023: Japan beats United Stats 3-2 to wins the third WBC title, Full Scores.

Taichung, Tokyo, Phoenix and Miami will be the four host cities of the 2023 World Baseball Classic.

The World Baseball Classic has confirmed the schedule dates, times, stadiums and pools for the upcoming tournament.

Along with millions of fans throughout Japan and the United States, Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout had dreamed of this occasion: the two biggest stars on the planet, longtime teammates, facing off at a height of 60 feet, 6 inches, with the world championship on the line.

Once Trout swung under a slider on the outside corner to complete the 3-2 victory on Tuesday night, Japan had won the World Baseball Classic for the first time since 2009.

Ohtani, the two-way star who has won over fans on two continents, was chosen as the World Baseball Classic's MVP after going 2-0 with a save, a 1.86 ERA, and striking out 11 batters in 9 2/3 innings while pitching. Ohtani hit.435 with one home run, four doubles, eight RBIs, and 10 walks.

After that, Japan and the Dominican Republic were the only unbeaten nations to win baseball's top national team competition.

The Samurai Warriors reached the championship game for the first time since winning the first two World Baseball Classics in 2006 and 2009 after going 7-0 and outscoring opponents 56-18. No other country has received the honour more than once.

With his fifth home run of the competition, Trea Turner gave the United States an advantage over Shota Imanaga (1-0), tying the WBC record set by Seung Yuop Lee of South Korea in 2006.

In preparation for the sixth inning, Ohtani, the designated hitter for Japan, went to the bullpen first.

In the seventh inning, he returned to the dugout and hit an infield single before once more making his way down the left-field line to Japan's bullpen and warming up for his third tournament start on the mound.

In the ninth inning, he intentionally walked major league batting champion Jeff McNeil before getting six-time All-Star Mookie Betts to ground into a double play.

Trout, the American captain and a 10-time All-Star and three-time MVP, was mentioned as a result.

2023 World Baseball Classic team Pools, groups.

POOL A (March 8-13)

Host: Taichung, Taiwan (Intercontinental Baseball Stadium)

Chinese Taipei, Cuba, Italy, Netherlands, Panama.

POOL B (March 9-13)

Host: Tokyo (Tokyo Dome)

Japan, Korea, China, Australia, Czech Republic.

POOL C (March 11-15)

Host: Phoenix (Chase Field)

United States, Canada, Mexico, Colombia, Great Britain.

POOL D (March 11-15)

Host: Miami (loanDepot park)

Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Israel, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua.

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What channel is the World Baseball Classic on?

TV channel: Fox, FS1, FS2

Live stream: FoxSports.com, Fox Sports app, fuboTV

How & Where to Watch the 2023 World Baseball Classic Live Stream Online.

Fox Sports will broadcast the 2023 World Baseball Classic in the United States on Fox, Fox Sports 1, Fox Sports 2, the Fox Sports App and Fox Deportes in Spanish.

In Japan, the World Baseball Classic will be broadcast on TV Asahi and TBS, as well as streaming on Amazon Prime Video and J SPORTS

World Baseball Classic schedule 2023: Complete dates, times, Scores, TV channels, Live stream for every WBC game.

March 7

Cuba 2 - 4 Netherlands — 11 p.m. ET - FS1

March 8

Panama 12 - 5 Chinese Taipei — 6 a.m. ET - FS2

Australia 8 -7 Korea — 10 p.m. ET - FS1

Panama 1- 3 Netherlands — 11 p.m. ET - FS2

March 9

Japan 8, China 1

Italy 6, Cuba 3 (F/10)

Czech Republic 8, China 5

Cuba 13, Panama 4

March 10

Japan 13, Korea, 4

Chinese Taipei 11, Italy 7

Australia 12, China, 2 (F/7)

Panama 2, Italy 0

March 11

Japan 10, Czech Republic, 2

Chinese Taipei 9, Netherlands 5

Puerto Rico 9, Nicaragua 1

Colombia 5, Mexico 4

Venezuela 5, Dominican Republic 1

United States 6, Great Britain 2

Korea 7, Czech Republic 3

Cuba 7, Chinese Taipei 1

March 12

Japan 7, Australia 1

Italy 7, Netherlands 1

Israel 3, Nicaragua 1

Canada 18, Great Britain 8

Venezuela 9, Puerto Rico 6

Mexico 11, United States 5

Australia 8, Czech Republic 3

March 13

Korea 22, China 2

Dominican Republic 6, Nicaragua 1

Great Britain 7, Colombia 5

Puerto Rico 10, Israel 0 (F/8)

United States 12, Canada 1 (F/7)

March 14

Venezuela 4, Nicaragua 1

Canada 5, Colombia 0

Dominican Republic 10, Israel 0 (F/7)

Mexico 2, Great Britain 1

March 15

Venezuela 5, Israel 1

Mexico 10, Canada 3

Puerto Rico 5, Dominican Republic 2

United States 3, Colombia 2

Quarterfinals

Quarter-final 1: Cuba 4, Australia 3

Quarter-final 2: Japan 9, Italy 3

Quarter-final 3: Mexico 5, Puerto Rico 4

Quarter-final 4: United States 9 - 7 Venezuela, 7 p.m., Fox

Semi-Finals & Final game.

All matches in the Championship round will be played at LoanDepot Park in Miami.

Semi-final 1: Cuba 2 - 14 United Stats (semifinals) — March 19, — 7pm, FS1

Semi-final 2: Japan 6 - 5 Mexico (semifinals) — March 20, — 7pm, FS1

Final: United Stats 2 - 3 Japan, — March 21, — 7pm, FS1

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