Panama won for the first time in three tries in the 2026 WBC with a 4-3 win over Canada.

USA and Mexico meet Monday in the World Baseball Classic. First pitch in the Pool B game at Daikin Park in Houston, Texas, is scheduled for 8 p.m. ET.

In the WBC’s first game on Monday, South Korea beat Australia 7-2 to reach the quarterfinals from Pool C. That gave South Korea a 2-2 record in pool play, identical to Australia and Chinese Taipei — and South Korea’s seventh run against the Aussies swung the run-quotient tiebreaker in their favor.

Day 5 of the 2026 World Baseball Classic started with a near-cycle and a whole lot of math. South Korea’s Bo Gyeong Moon rocketed a 430-foot homer to open the scoring gates at the Tokyo Dome and then added an RBI double and an RBI single to help his team establish a 5-0 lead over Australia in a must-win game in Pool C action on Monday.

Not to be outdone, Mexico were equally impressive as they put up 16 runs against Brazil ahead of a titanic clash against Team USA in Pool B action on Monday. Earlier in the day, Japan had to grind out a win over Korea as Shohei Ohtani had a rare outing of being held without a hit in a game.

Mexico has been part of all World Baseball Classics heading into 2026 and has qualified once again.  Team Mexico finished in third place in the 2023 World Baseball Classic, the first year under the tutelage of Benji Gil.

The Atlanta Braves stars have been up to creating highlight moments and goofy shenanigans in the early going of the World Baseball Classic