And then there were eight. The quarterfinal bracket is set for the 2026 World Baseball Classic.

Vinnie Pasquantino had the World Baseball Classic’s first three-homer game, leading Italy over Mexico 9-1 on Wednesday night to win Pool B and advance the United States to the quarterfinals as group’s...

Pasquantino, meanwhile, rocketed a solo homer in the second to start the scoring, added another solo blast in the sixth for a 6-0 edge and tallied another solo bomb in the eighth for an 8-1 lead.