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Team USA’s loss against Italy did stop them from moving on to the quarterfinals of the World Baseball Championship 2026. Now, they will be facing off against Canada this Friday. The two teams will go head-to-head against each other in the knockout stage at Daikin Park in Houston on Friday.

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Team USA was looking forward to clinching the top spot in Group B but got held back due to their loss against Italy. Despite the setback, Team USA pitcher Logan Webb is looking forward to the game. “Not the situation we wanted to be in. But here we are on to Canada. And we got three more to win.”

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Meanwhile, on Canada’s end, the statistics look similar, but the situation is completely different. Canada is going to play the quarterfinals for the first time in six WBCs. They posted a 3-1 in Group D, winning their last two games after an early loss to Panama.

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The general prediction favors Team USA over Canada owing to a better lineup on Team USA’s end. Without further delay, let’s have a look at the specifics of the matchup and when and where to watch it.

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Who is singing the national anthems before the USA vs. Canada quarterfinals?

There are no such announcements regarding the same.

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Who are the umpires for the USA vs. Canada at the 2026 WBC quarterfinals?

The WBC has yet to announce the umpires for the match as of now.

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What time is USA vs. Canada, and where is the game being streamed?

According to the official schedule, the match is scheduled at 8 p.m. ET. It will be the second matchup of the day after the South Korea vs. Dominican Republic match in Miami. The official broadcast of the match will be handled by FOX and Fox Deportes in America.

FOX Sports App and Tubi will air all games of the season, with FOX One handling live streaming and on-demand coverage. Interested viewers can subscribe to FOX One for $19.99 a month. Meanwhile, Sirius XM is going to handle the English audio stream for all matchups.

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Who are the starting pitchers for USA vs. Canada?

The starting pitchers for Team USA are as follows:

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  • David Bednar
  • Matthew Boyd
  • Garrett Cleavinger
  • Clay Holmes
  • Griffin Jax
  • Brad Keller
  • Clayton Kershaw
  • Nolan McLean
  • Mason Miller
  • Joe Ryan
  • Paul Skenes
  • Tarik Skubal
  • Gabe Speier
  • Michael Wacha
  • Logan Webb
  • Garrett Whitlock

The starting pitchers for Team Canada are:

  • Logan Allen
  • Micah Ashman
  • Phillippe Aumont
  • Jordan Balazovic
  • Eric Cerantola
  • Indigo Diaz
  • Brock Dykxhoorn
  • Antoine Jean
  • Adam Macko
  • James Paxton
  • Cal Quantrill
  • Noah Skirrow
  • Michael Soroka
  • Jameson Taillon
  • Matt Wilkinson
  • Rob Zastryzny

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Rohan Singh is a NASCAR Writer at Essentially Sports who is accustomed to conveying his passion for motorsports to a large audience. He has previously created driver and event pages for NASCAR legends like Dale Earnhardt, Jimmie Johnson and the Crown Jewel events of the sport like the Daytona 500 and Brickyard 400. As a writer, Rohan uses his understanding of the technical concepts of engineering to deconstruct the complex and highly technological motorsports vertical for his audience. He fell in love with motorsports in 2013, watching Sebastian Vettel claim his crown in India, and since then, he has been pursuing motorsports as his lifelong goal. Armed with the technical know-how and engineering expertise of a Mechanical Engineering degree, and pairing it with his journalistic experience of more than 600 articles in motorsports, Rohan likes to reel in his audience by simplifying the technicalities of the sport and authoring content which appeals to them as a dedicated motorsports fan himself.

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