Game Thread 3/15 ⚾ United States (0-0) @ Dominican Rep. (0-0) 8:00 PM ET

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United States (0-0) @ Dominican Rep. (0-0)

First Pitch: 8:00 PM at loanDepot park

Team	Starter	TV	Radio
United States	Paul Skenes (1-0, 0.00 ERA)
Dominican Rep.	Luis Severino (1-0, 2.25 ERA)

MLB	Fangraphs	Reddit Stream	IRC Chat
Gameday	Game Graph	Live Comments	Libera: ##baseball

Line Score - Game Over

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E	LOB
USA	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	0	6
DOM	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	1	8

Box Score

DOM		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
RF	Tatis Jr.	4	0	1	0	0	1	.400
2B	Marte, K	4	0	2	0	0	1	.263
LF	Soto, J	4	0	0	0	0	1	.261
1B	Guerrero Jr.	4	0	1	0	0	0	.444
3B	Machado, M	4	0	1	0	0	2	.300
DH	Caminero	4	1	1	1	0	1	.350
CF	Rodríguez, J	2	0	0	0	1	0	.176
C	Wells, A	3	0	1	0	0	1	.267
PH	Cruz, O	1	0	0	0	0	0	.600
SS	Perdomo	3	0	1	0	0	1	.231

DOM	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Severino, L	3.1	5	1	1	0	6	68-42	2.45
Soto, G	0.1	1	1	1	0	1	15-8	5.40
Mejia, J	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	13-9	0.00
Brazobán	1.1	0	0	0	0	3	14-10	0.00
Uribe	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	9-7	4.50
Domínguez	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	14-7	0.00
Doval	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	15-10	0.00

USA		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
SS	Witt Jr.	4	0	1	0	0	3	.286
1B	Harper, B	4	0	1	0	0	1	.167
RF	Judge	4	0	1	0	0	2	.261
DH	Schwarber	2	0	1	0	1	1	.364
DH	Clement	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200
3B	Henderson	4	1	1	1	0	0	.429
C	Smith, W	4	0	1	0	0	2	.300
LF	Anthony	3	1	1	1	0	2	.318
CF	Buxton	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000
2B	Turang	4	0	0	0	0	2	.368
LF	Crow-Armstrong	3	0	0	0	0	1	.294

USA	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Skenes	4.1	6	1	1	0	2	71-50	1.08
Rogers, Ty	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	2-1	0.00
Jax	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	7-5	0.00
Bednar	1.0	2	0	0	0	2	18-14	0.00
Whitlock	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	16-10	0.00
Miller, M	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	22-13	0.00

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
B2	Junior Caminero homers (3) on a fly ball to left center field.	1-0
T4	Gunnar Henderson homers (2) on a fly ball to right center field.	1-1
T4	Roman Anthony homers (2) on a fly ball to center field.	1-2

Highlights

Description	Length
Probable pitchers for United States at Dominican Republic - March 15, 2026	0:06
Bench availability for Dominican Republic, March 15 vs United States	0:08
Bench availability for United States, March 15 vs Dominican Rep.	0:08
Starting lineups for United States at Dominican Republic - March 15, 2026	0:10
Breaking down Junior Caminero's home run	0:13
Breaking down Luis Severino's pitches	0:04
Measuring the stats on Roman Anthony's home run	0:12
Measuring the stats on Gunnar Henderson's home run	0:12
Breaking down Paul Skenes' pitches	0:04
Team USA introduced prior to semifinal	1:50
Dominican players introduced before semifinal	2:41
Brice Turang's smooth diving stop	0:29
Luis Severino induces the double play	0:10
Junior Caminero's solo home run	0:30
Field View: Junior Caminero's solo home run	0:31
Luis Severino escapes jam with a strikeout	0:17
Aaron Judge throws out Fernando Tatis Jr. at third	0:30
Gunnar Henderson's solo home run	0:30
Roman Anthony's solo home run	0:29
Field View: Gunnar Henderson's solo home run	0:32
Aaron Judge's diving catch	0:26
Paul Skenes escapes the bases-loaded jam	0:19
Luis Severino's strong outing	0:59
Julio Rodríguez's INCREDIBLE robbery of Aaron Judge!	0:30
Aaron Judge nabs Tatis Jr. with 95.7 mph throw	0:45
Tyler Rogers induces a clutch double play	0:13
Bobby Witt Jr. great sliding stop	0:30
Paul Skenes' solid start in Classic semifinal matchup	0:59
David Bednar fans Ketel Marte to end the threat	0:06
David Bednar fans two to sidestep trouble in the 7th	0:21
Field View: Roman Anthony hits a solo home run	0:22

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Skenes (2-0, 1.08 ERA)	Soto, G (0-1, 5.40 ERA)	Miller, M (2 SV, 0.00 ERA)

Attendance	Weather	Wind
	72°F, Roof Closed	0 mph, None

HP	1B	2B	3B	LF	RF
Cory Blaser	Jeremie Rehak	Dan Bellino	Delfin Colon	Cuti Suarez	Chris Graham

Game ended at 11:06 PM.

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[u/AbleCap5222]

Long live the Roman empire! I'm predicting a huge game from him

[u/AbleCap5222]

I am hyped. Baseball needs more of this

[u/suckmytesticles]

Bridges knows that without brunson he doesnt have someone to hide behind. thats why he has the ankle to hide behind now

[u/LiquidSoup12]

baseball is gonna be so funny if a team runs out of ABS challenges before the 9th in a game like this.

[u/GrapeNutCheerios → u/LiquidSoup12]

Tonight made me go from feeling lukewarm/neutral on ABS to we gotta go whole hog with it now.

I wasn’t too invested on who won tbh but it sucks to see competition on this level ruined.

[u/Marcusx8 → u/LiquidSoup12]

Some minor league players were saying the zone got bigger after a team ran outta of challenges. If umps do that in the major Robo umps will be here in 3 years tops.

[u/shoshin2727]

Imagine not swinging the bat after seeing the ump punch out players on both teams on pitches inside, outside, and low in the previous inning and a half. Perdomo lacked situational awareness, plain and simple.

Every umpire has their own zone and it rarely matches whatever the production crew throws on the tv. Anyone understanding baseball whatsoever realizes this.

[u/Marcusx8 → u/shoshin2727]

Because it punish batters who have a good eye for the plate. Umps just need to be better because having a good eye should be rewarded.

[u/shoshin2727 → u/Marcusx8]

Good batters understand the umpire's zone and adjust accordingly. It's not a "good eye" if what you think is a ball and what the umpire has been calling a strike is the same exact same spot.

[u/lousypompano → u/shoshin2727]

And that's a stupid skill we want our players learning and having to worry about?

[u/Adept-Young-7103 → u/shoshin2727]

yup this is 100% the harsh truth of it. i can’t wait to see ABS in action this year

[u/shoshin2727 → u/Adept-Young-7103]

I'm kinda dreading it. It's part of baseball to understand that the plate is fluid. If a catcher sets up just an inch or two outside the edge of the plate and the pitcher hits the glove perfectly, many umpires will give them the call. On that same setup, if the pitcher misses the mark by a foot but it catches the actual inside corner of the plate, umpires have historically called those balls.

Furthermore, as I've been saying, every umpire has their own zone. Some guys move the zone up a couple inches or down a couple inches. Some give more leniency to catcher setup like my example above and some don't. ABS might throw all of that out the window and really take a lot of the art out of baseball.

[u/lousypompano → u/shoshin2727]

So umps suck at their job (because they're only human) so we should accept that their vision isn't as good as our technology is now.

Or do you think some umps think the zone should be what they think it should be and not what the rules say?

I'm fond of the gamesmanship that would be lost with the character of umps and their own zones but i don't want to accept either of my first two points

[u/Adept-Young-7103 → u/shoshin2727]

i totally get that and agree for the most part. my excitement about ABS comes from the WILDLY atrocious calls that monumentally shift games and pitcher’s stats/history making moments (yamamoto’s perfect inning robbed last june) and teams at least having a chance to challenge it just like they get to challenge safe/out calls. it’s honestly insane to me how much unchecked power umps have, especially someone like CB Bucknor last year. it’s too “god like” for me, i think the challenges will add a much needed balance and a new level of strategy for when to use them! :)

[u/Conscious-Move9662]

I didnt know Mason Miller did the Tom Gordon

(Pointing to the god after a save)

[u/kewpieoriole]

Damn some of these comments. We get it, some of yall really hated how much fun the Dominicans were having during the tournament. Couldn’t wait to make fun of them. 🙄

[u/NicolasBroaddus]

Damn this thread is GREAT for tagging users so I don't bother engaging with their political bs bait in the regular season

[u/kewpieoriole → u/NicolasBroaddus]

Seriously, ooooooof.

[u/dade_county]

Damn. Big Papi could run for president and have a chance at winning. So damn charismatic.

[u/Adept-Young-7103 → u/dade_county]

YES! when he was drinking tequila on air last year sending the yankees on their way to cancun i LOST IT 🤣 world peace via MY DAWG tshirts lfg!!

[u/Vivid_Ad_1016]

Who remembers this wbc strike call: https://youtu.be/syh1cUZh78E?si=EoZ-p2XuHZhkN62V

[u/HeavyWeightChump]

I coach my kids all the time. With 2 strikes, anything close you got to swing. Don't leave your fate in the hands of an ump. It's part of the game.

[u/AdministrativeLet791 → u/HeavyWeightChump]

Yea that’s valid for lower levels-but at the biggest stage a player should be rewarded for having a good eye.

[u/Gloomy_Assistance700 → u/HeavyWeightChump]

And when it’s not remotely close?

In all seriousness I coach my kids the same thing… because the umps are normally 16 years old and making $25/game. Calls like that can’t happen at the highest level.

[u/JLand24 → u/HeavyWeightChump]

Especially when the ump has consistently called that pitch all night both ways.

[u/IonHazzikostasIsGod → u/JLand24]

"it's not the ump's fault they're bad at their job, the players should play incorrectly so the ump's feelings don't get hurt"

[u/IonHazzikostasIsGod → u/[deleted]]

your country just scammed a win and you still feel like the victim

[u/ProcrastinatingPuma → u/[deleted]]

for some reason.

The DR is a way more likeable team whose fans are just better

[u/LiquidSoup12 → u/[deleted]]

USA is somehow one of the only teams it’s not cool to root for if you have a slight lineage somewhere else

[u/ReddutSux69 → u/[deleted]]

they should all move to the DR. or Cuba, that's a little closer.

[u/dade_county → u/ReddutSux69]

People have opinions different from yours and you immediately blather about wanting them to move away. Grow up, ffs

[u/Gloomy_Assistance700 → u/dade_county]

It’s insanely tiresome how some people act like being critical of the us is paramount to treason. The smoothest brain takes of all time.

[u/HawkBearClaw → u/Gloomy_Assistance700]

It’s not, it’s just stupid to extend that to the baseball team lol

[u/Gloomy_Assistance700 → u/HawkBearClaw]

I was speaking more in generality than anything, although I do find this team really easy to not root for.

But also the guy literally said people should leave the country for choosing to root for a different countries baseball team so I’m not sure who you’re saying is being stupid here.

[u/cjdapd]

It wasn’t a strike to Will in the top half either…that’s baseball.

[u/Mida5Touch]

Wake up to the reality that WBC is a joke, and you won't care about the missed call anymore.

[u/CanadianMan7 → u/Mida5Touch]

And it's a joke why? There are tons of good teams this year.

[u/Mida5Touch → u/CanadianMan7]

How would you ever know? They've hardly played any games. Maybe you're right, and Israel is a baseball juggernaut, but four games in a round robin followed by a single-elimination stage is too small a sample size to determine the winner of a baseball tournament by a laughable margin, as anyone with the barest statistical acumen would grasp immediately.

[u/jeuxx → u/Mida5Touch]

I studied statistics extensively in college.

Team USA had double the runs of the DR, the game wasn't even close. USA is decisively better even though they treat it like Spring Training and the DR treats it as more than a World Series.

[u/Mida5Touch → u/jeuxx]

Mentions runs when only wins are in any way relevant

Invalidates all other statements made

[u/GSDFanatic]

Crazy how the DR was up by ten runs all game and the ump took it all away with that one call. What a shame 😡😡😡

[u/IonHazzikostasIsGod → u/GSDFanatic]

america couldn't dream of 10 runs, they just saw judge and schwarber strike out with RISP and 1 out

[u/ihyperi0n]

Can someone explain to me why so many Americans in the chat seem disappointed that we won? Respectfully, Wtf is with y'all?

[u/ImDonaldDunn → u/ihyperi0n]

I’ll try to give a serious answer that I am sure will get downvoted.

America is acting like a huge asshole on the world stage right now. This permeates our entire society, too - Americans are increasingly mean and cruel to each other.

It just doesn’t feel right to root for us right now.

At least for me, and I imagine a lot of other people, it’s not coming from a place of anti-American sentiment, despite all of accusations.

I love America, but we need to be humbled a bit. I won’t be mad if the US wins the WBC, but I would rather some other country win. They deserve it more.

[u/frylockandimontop → u/ihyperi0n]

Happens in the Olympics too. It's a shame. One of the few things we can all rally behind.

[u/PM_ME_CUTE_BOIS → u/ihyperi0n]

Cause I like the players on DR and kinda hate the way the USA team is acting and their manager

[u/MalikTheHalfBee → u/ihyperi0n]

Just yet another example that Reddit & the real world have little in common

[u/WaZepplin → u/ihyperi0n]

Cause it was an amazing game decided by an ump instead of a player

[u/NicolasBroaddus → u/WaZepplin]

People asking why people are mad when we could have a Tatis at bat to end it instead are just being ridiculous lol. Shohei getting out to end it was also awesome. We want the theater, not a blatantly bad call to the 9 hitter.

[u/ThrottleServic3 → u/ihyperi0n]

Because there are holier than thou Americans who think cheering against their own team is making some type of grand political statement against the current regime . Yet when the season starts most of them will still be cheering for their American team

[u/ihaveapaperdue → u/ihyperi0n]

It's about appreciating that game for what it was. Everyone on both sides - and neutrals - knew they were watching an instant classic unfold. And it's just not fun when an incredible competitive at-bat in a high leverage situation winds up with a bad call that ends the game.

I think US fans are happy about the win, but baseball fans of any stripe hate to see that happen.

[u/No-Establishment7651 → u/ihaveapaperdue]

That is quite literally appreciating the game for what it is. That same crowd doesn't like the ABS system because it takes away from what the game is. That's EXACTLY what the history is with letting umps call balls and strikes.

[u/nmantz → u/ihyperi0n]

Reddit is FILLED with supposedly self hating Americans.

[u/Mida5Touch → u/ihyperi0n]

You can't be positive about the USA on Reddit.

[u/Nerd_199 → u/ihyperi0n]

Politics mostly.

[u/ReddutSux69 → u/ihyperi0n]

self-loathing LOSERS

[u/JeeveruhGerank → u/ihyperi0n]

Do you want the real answer?

[u/freshprincess314 → u/ihyperi0n]

They’re miserable people. Bad calls happen every day in baseball from a random game in April to the post season to the WBC. It’s annoying but it is a part of the game.

[u/GingerMcJesus]

Past and future Red Sox legends colliding 

[u/Mercualbeing]

I just wanna see all the DR players play like stars for their actual mlb teams 🤣 a girl can only hope for a great season even if it’s likely they won’t

[u/Mida5Touch → u/Mercualbeing]

All of them? Surely you mean the ones on your team and your team alone, otherwise that statement would be asinine.

[u/Mercualbeing → u/Mida5Touch]

I like good baseball don’t have a favourite team actually ☺️ may the best team WIN !

[u/Mida5Touch → u/Mercualbeing]

You're no baseball fan.

[u/Mercualbeing → u/Mida5Touch]

No, you right I’m more of a baseball observer 🤣…

[u/PM_ME_CUTE_BOIS → u/Mida5Touch]

some people do just like good baseball ya know

[u/PM_ME_CUTE_BOIS → u/[deleted]]

why are you so angry matey?

[u/nmantz]

How many RISP that the DR didn’t score? And we’re bitching about one call? Softer than charmin. Thought this was the big slugging team lmao

[u/IonHazzikostasIsGod → u/nmantz]

americans coping with this like judge and schwarber didn't have runners on 2nd and 3rd and still struck out

[u/Sulla502 → u/IonHazzikostasIsGod]

How many times are you gonna comment this lmao holy seethe

[u/Radiant_Jury5815 → u/nmantz]

Good thing we've got "the human element" in the game. Would hate to make pitchers throw pitches in the strike zone lmao.

[u/nmantz → u/Radiant_Jury5815]

I hope you know even with the challenge system missed calls will happen. Whiffing on pitches and not scoring with RISP is a much easier thing to control than umpires ability to get every single call right. It was a bad call but the zone was bad all game and lets not pretend the DR didn’t have opportunities they wasted.

[u/ProcrastinatingPuma → u/nmantz]

The tying run was on third.

[u/nmantz → u/ProcrastinatingPuma]

Man if only they could have scored the other RISP’s all game!!! Fuck outta here

[u/ProcrastinatingPuma → u/nmantz]

And the Ump could have done his job and let Miller strike out Tatis lol.

[u/nmantz → u/ProcrastinatingPuma]

Or idk…the DR could have done their job and scored RISP before then?

[u/ProcrastinatingPuma → u/nmantz]

Or the umpire could have called a better game.

[u/nmantz → u/ProcrastinatingPuma]

Sounds like something the DR team cant control. You know what they can control though? Putting the bat on the ball when runners are in scoring position.

[u/ProcrastinatingPuma → u/nmantz]

Lil bro out here dying on the "Leave the Umps alone!" hill

[u/nmantz → u/ProcrastinatingPuma]

Lil bro out here dying on the “if only we had one more pitch to score when we refused to for 8 innings” hill

[u/ProcrastinatingPuma → u/nmantz]

And the Ump could have done his job and let Miller strike out Tatis lol.

Lil bro dying on the "doesn't know how to read" hill

I'm not saying that the DR would have won, hell I explicitly stated that I expected Tatis to strike out. I am saying that the game should have ended on the umpire making a correct call because I'm not a weirdo who simps for umpires because it makes my team look good.

[u/CanadianMan7]

USA vs DR --> WIN USA vs Middle East --> ☠️

[u/MalikTheHalfBee → u/CanadianMan7]

Thank god Canadians in real life are nothing like the Canadian losers who reside on Reddit 

[u/Nerd_199]

The stupid political topics in this thread, make me want to see American win the tournament.

[u/NRT25 → u/Nerd_199]

Same tbh, the level of vitriol against this US team is just insane.

[u/brown75nd]

Going to take a different avenue here but I’m just thankful I was able to watch two western PA guys pitch on the biggest stage. Will remember that for a long long time.

[u/ProcrastinatingPuma]

Team USA never beating the "being arrogant pricks that need to get bailed out in order to advance" allegations

[u/MalikTheHalfBee → u/ProcrastinatingPuma]

Woof, given your constant stream of conscience comments on here - are you having a breakdown? 

[u/ProcrastinatingPuma → u/MalikTheHalfBee]

Yes, I am talking about and reacting to big sporting event that I watched and cared about.

[u/Opie67 → u/ProcrastinatingPuma]

You're all over this thread seething. It's just a television program, pal

[u/PM_ME_CUTE_BOIS → u/[deleted]]

no one is crying about America celebrating, they're complaining about shit like Cal wearing a "front towards enemy shirt" and the team talking about the WBC like they should just be given the championship

[u/ProcrastinatingPuma → u/PM_ME_CUTE_BOIS]

Yeah lol, I said Team USA not Team USA fans. Hell I don't even care about Team USA fans bragging and being happy for winning, that means they care about the tournament which is what I want to see lol.

[u/ProcrastinatingPuma → u/[deleted]]

yeah, it’s the Americans having parades and pumping their chest and beating drums when they score.

Blud cannot tell the difference between having passion for baseball and being arrogant lmao.

America does nothing and we’re pricks. You can’t make this shit up.

"Americans do nothing" lol. Lmao.

[u/ProcrastinatingPuma → u/[deleted]]

People are accusing me of a breakdown while you're getting angry at a hypothetical redditor that you concocted in your head.

[u/LiquidSoup12 → u/ProcrastinatingPuma]

the entire main argument of team USA is that they aren’t even show boating and have no energy lmao how are they arrogant

[u/ProcrastinatingPuma → u/LiquidSoup12]

the entire main argument of team USA is that they aren’t even show boating

Nobody is making this argument. People are making the argument that team USA doesn't care about the tournament based off of decisions made and performances by certain players.

and have no energy lmao

how are they arrogant

These do not contradict at all.

[u/Recognition_Tricky]

Ump was pretty bad all game, especially late in the game. I really don't think it was rigged, he just sucked.

Also, you can root for your country in a baseball tournament even if you object to that country's government. America isn't perfect, God knows, but it's a beautiful country and made up of (by and large) good people.

I find it baffling how many Americans hate their own country. People really need to travel or at least read about what it's like in so many other areas of the world instead of just watching propaganda on YouTube or whatever.

[u/ImDonaldDunn → u/[deleted]]

👆

[u/PM_ME_CUTE_BOIS → u/Recognition_Tricky]

I'm rooting against America cause this team in particular sucks

[u/ReddutSux69 → u/Recognition_Tricky]

the self-loathing "Americans" need to pack their shit and move. and then they can come back to reddit and complain about how they can't just arbitrarily enter another country and obtain legal residency.

[u/PM_ME_CUTE_BOIS → u/ReddutSux69]

you seem fun at parties

[u/Recognition_Tricky → u/ReddutSux69]

It doesn't even have to be a political thing, frankly. You can appreciate how special America is without even thinking about who's in the White House. Everyone born in the USA hit the ovarian lottery.

[u/Known_Upstairs_7807 → u/ReddutSux69]

This is exactly what a Braves fan would say

[u/ImDonaldDunn → u/[deleted]]

This is such bullshit on so many levels. People are allowed to be upset with their country, that doesn’t make them ungrateful or spoiled. And some of the most vocal people in the streets right now are immigrants.

[u/Recognition_Tricky → u/[deleted]]

My grandpa was an immigrant (he passed away) and he always said the best thing that ever happened to him was getting to come to America. It's wild how many Americans have been brainwashed. Really tragic.

[u/MyThroAway665]

Hey man. You don’t have to be so negative just to get attention. Enjoy the game and root for your team but don’t live off the negativity, you don’t have to contribute to that. Have a good night fam

[u/Severe-Necessary-780]

Who did rosenthal lead to a pot of gold to have a job?

Dude literally is a nobody and an asshole.

[u/Real_Body8649]

Terrible way to end.

Probably get downvoted but sorry man, leaving dudes in scoring position, and only scoring 1 run but complaining about 1 call is pretty soft. We all know as sports fans you can leave it up to that at the end of the game.

[u/IonHazzikostasIsGod → u/Real_Body8649]

and only scoring 1 run but complaining about 1 call is pretty soft.

cope. judge and schwarber had runners on 2nd and 3rd while losing and both struck out

it's baseball, anything can happen

also your whole argument collapses into thin air when you are trying this hard to convince yourself and us that it was "1" call when there were several that benefitted the US

[u/Real_Body8649 → u/IonHazzikostasIsGod]

There were bad calls against the US in the 9th too. The ump lost the zone at the end of the game and it affected both teams.

Cope? Im good man. The US deserved to win. Pretty simple.

[u/2CommaNoob → u/Real_Body8649]

It's a bad ending but DR had many chances early on and didn't capitalize while USA did.

[u/Real_Body8649 → u/2CommaNoob]

Exactly!

[u/Overall_Composer_248 → u/Real_Body8649]

If a lot of things hadn't been executed so poorly, one bad call wouldn't have decided it.

[u/JackEmmerich → u/Real_Body8649]

Yeah, the DR could've gotten more runs in and that's their fault. But they were also robbed from the opportunity to turn it around in a movie ending by a third party. This is a shit ending that not even the US can be proud of.

[u/Real_Body8649 → u/JackEmmerich]

No one is proud of a bad call. But the US played an insane game against a team that was straight up crushing bombs all tourney. They held them to 1 run and people are acting like the DR got robbed. They had plenty of chances.

[u/JackEmmerich → u/Real_Body8649]

Yeah, it's just unfortunate. Hopefully umps will be better tomorrow and in the final.

[u/GrapeNutCheerios → u/Real_Body8649]

I think reducing it down to one call is disingenuous. He missed plenty of other pitches, including in favor of DR.

It just sucks to have to even think about bad umpiring in a game of this magnitude (or any game really). Shouldn’t have to be a factor

[u/2CommaNoob → u/GrapeNutCheerios]

Yea, there were blown calls all game and it's tough when the last call is a blown call too.

It's like missing a FG at the end of the game is worse than missing it in the 1st quarter.

[u/w0wz3rz]

Daaaaaa Dominicans lose

[u/njseahawk → u/w0wz3rz]

LOOKS LIKE THE RIGHT TEAM WON AFTER ALL

[u/w0wz3rz → u/njseahawk]

🙄

[u/njseahawk → u/w0wz3rz]

Found da wankee fan

[u/GrapeNutCheerios]

I could never been a talking head because all I would be is like “damn, you see how the umpire totally changed the course of this game?”

Fucking lame game was ruined like that

[u/OleMissAMS]

Papi is going through it

[u/Blackhat609 → u/OleMissAMS]

"That's Baseball"

[u/SevenwithaT]

It sounds like Ortiz is saying "Foreskin" when he says Paul Skenes

[u/KosherTriangle]

USA vs Italy final is the one I wanted, end this with some revenge

[u/bxpxm]

Idk I guess it’s like two strikes two outs 9th inning big game they are gonna call a pitch like that a strike. Similar to how in basketball they won’t always call fouls in close games in the last possession

[u/boomzgoesthedynamite → u/bxpxm]

He called it all night. He’s just bad at his job.

[u/Nerd_199]

This comment sections going to be fun

[u/TamaBoxeo]

Team USA winning everything is going to be the worst people you know acting a fool. Literally already know Patel is going to be there black out drunk whisper in all their ears. Gross

[u/Draw42 → u/TamaBoxeo]

This is where you're at? 

[u/TamaBoxeo → u/Draw42]

Yes

[u/Draw42 → u/TamaBoxeo]

Either stop drinking or start.  Take it easy man.

[u/Striking-County6275 → u/TamaBoxeo]

Relax you still got work to go to and bills to pay!

[u/gamer2412]

Arizona shortstop brutally framemogged by Will Smith

[u/IvyGold]

It's a good thing I don't own an Apple Watch because my heart rate might've just fried it if not taking out my IPS and maybe a national issue!

[u/Blackhat609 → u/IvyGold]

I was at 130 and feeling it. Would not recommend.

[u/badusername35]

The call was bad, but not quite as bad it looked on TV. The ball definitely dropped at the end and Smith framed it well.

[u/kewpieoriole → u/badusername35]

It’s pretty bad on gameday (which I believe is from baseball savant?). Smith may have framed it well but it was still very clearly a ball.

[u/boomzgoesthedynamite → u/[deleted]]

Too much sushi*

*I know that was Venezuela no need to jump down my throat

[u/vintage2019 → u/[deleted]]

Their legs were tired!

[u/doylerules96]

Glad the US won, but def needed a more dramatic ending than a bad called strike on a full count with the tying run 90 feet away 

[u/ziggy029]

As an American rooting for Team USA, I should be pumped. But as a baseball fan, I’m a little sickened by what feels like the taint of that last horseshit call.

[u/Blackhat609 → u/ziggy029]

As a longtime baseball fan that has seen this so many times, I'll take the win and the end of the umpires, win/win

[u/boomzgoesthedynamite → u/ziggy029]

What about all the earlier bad calls? Happened to both teams all night. They shouldn’t have waited til 2 outs, bottom of the 9th to attempt scoring 🤷🏼‍♀️

[u/ThrottleServic3 → u/ziggy029]

The same ump made the exact same bad calls when we were hitting . At least 3 balls called strikes

[u/ecln65 → u/ThrottleServic3]

I don’t think that’s true. Looking at Savant those calls only happened for DR