World Baseball Classic 2026 Scores, Reaction from Monday Pool Play Results Ahead of KO Bracket

The United States, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic and Venezuela remained perfect in pool play at the 2026 World Baseball Classic on Monday.

Team USA is one win away from claiming the top spot in Pool B after its triumph over Mexico.

Puerto Rico just needs to beat Canada to come out on top of Pool A.

Venezuela and the Dominican Republic will face off in the best game of pool play on Wednesday for the top spot in Pool D.

South Korea and Japan will come out of Pool C for the quarterfinals. South Korea beat Australia by five runs to claim the No. 2 spot behind Japan.

The top two teams from each pool will advance to the quarterfinal round.

Pool A

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1 Puerto Rico (3-0)

2. Cuba (2-1)

3. Canada (1-1)

4. Colombia (1-3)

5. Panama (1-3)

Monday's Results

Colombia 4, Panama 3

Puerto Rico 4, Cuba 1

Puerto Rico booked its spot in the final eight with its win over Cuba.

Martin Maldonado provided most of the offense for Puerto Rico on a three-run double in the second inning.

Edwin Diaz finished off the win with a save to at least secure a spot in the final eight for Puerto Rico.

Puerto Rico can win Pool A with victory over Canada on Tuesday. Canada needs to beat Puerto Rico and then Cuba on Wednesday to claim the top spot in the pool.

Pool B

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1 United States (3-0)

2. Italy (2-0)

3. Mexico (2-1)

4. Great Britain (1-3)

5. Brazil (0-4)

Monday's Results

United States 5, Mexico 3

Great Britain 8, Brazil 1

The United States remained perfect in Pool B with a 5-3 win over Mexico.

Aaron Judge and Roman Anthony both hit home runs to provide run support for Paul Skenes and the Team USA pitching staff.

Skenes struck out seven across four innings to slow down the Mexico bats.

Jarren Duran hit two home runs for Mexico, but it could not get more runs off the American pitching staff.

The United States plays Italy on Tuesday with the top spot in Pool B on the line.

If the USA wins that game, Italy and Mexico will face off for second place in Pool B on Wednesday.

Pool C

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1 Japan (3-0)

2. South Korea (2-2)

3. Australia (2-2)

4. Chinese Taipei (2-2)

5. Czechia (0-3)

Monday's Results

South Korea 7, Australia 2

South Korea captured second place in Pool C in dramatic fashion over Australia.

South Korea needed a run in the ninth inning to jump ahead of Australia on the run quotient tiebreaker. Hyun Min Ahn delivered that run on a sacrifice fly.

South Korea held the five-run lead in the bottom half of the final frame to secure a trip to the quarterfinals.

Japan, who won Pool C on Sunday, will likely earn a huge win over last-place Czechia to complete pool play inside the Tokyo Dome on Tuesday.

Pool D

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1 Dominican Republic (3-0)

2. Venezuela (3-0)

3. Israel (1-2)

4. Netherlands (1-2)

5. Nicaragua (0-4)

Monday's Results

Dominican Republic 10, Israel 1

Venezuela 4, Nicaragua 0

Fernando Tatis and Oneil Cruz continued the home-run hitting party for the Dominican Republic in Miami.

Tatis went 2-for-4 with six RBI to lead the way for the Pool D leader.

Brayan Bello struck out seven batters over five innings to keep the Israel lineup at bay.

Venezuela followed up the Dominican Republic's win with a shutout victory over Nicaragua.

Ronald Acuna Jr. homered and drove in a pair of runs in the 4-0 triumph.

The pair of Pool D powers are both into the quarterfinals, but now they'll face each other on Wednesday for the Pool D title.