USA vs Cuba

Team USA and Cuba are facing off for a spot in the 2023 World Baseball Classic final.

7:08 p.m.: Wainwright warming up on the mound. 6:20 p.m.: Here are the lineup's for USA-Cuba tonight. 8:00 p.m.: Erisbel Arrubarrena to the plate. Despaigne to second base on the E1. Pitching coach Andy Pettitte headed to the mound to talk to the veteran ace. 9:23 p.m.: Arenado takes a fast one to the hand on the check swing. 8:43 p.m.: With the wand or with the glove, Arenado knows how to get it done. 8:39 p.m.: Trout whiffs on the two-strike count. Romero heading to the dugout. 9:36 p.m.: Streaker on the field gives everyone a chance to breathe. Betts up to plate, bringing the top of the order back in the fray. 9:37 p.m.: Schwarber gets a beat on Moncada's fly, snagging it to complete things in the top half of the sixth.

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The 2023 WBC continues Sunday with the tournament's first semifinal game between Team USA and Cuba. Here are the top plays!

[Mookie Betts](https://www.foxsports.com/mlb/mookie-betts-player) doubled to lead off the bottom of the first. [Tim Anderson](https://www.foxsports.com/world-baseball-classic/tim-anderson-player) was unable to field a ground ball in the hole on the right side of the infield, which was followed by [Adam Wainwright](https://www.foxsports.com/world-baseball-classic/adam-wainwright-player) getting buckled on a ground ball near the first base line, and then Wainwright having a soft ground ball go under his glove. [Alfredo Despaigne](https://www.foxsports.com/world-baseball-classic/alfredo-despaigne-player) drew a walk out of a full count, putting Cuba on the board. advanced after a jaw-dropping [9-7](https://www.foxsports.com/world-baseball-classic/quarterfinals-usa-vs-venezuela-mar-18-2023-game-boxscore-33) win over [Venezuela](https://www.foxsports.com/world-baseball-classic/venezuela-team) on Saturday that became an instant classic. - Edwin Díaz is expected to miss 2023 season. Team USA took a 7-1 lead. View the full schedule [Andy Ibanez](https://www.foxsports.com/world-baseball-classic/andy-ibanez-player) punched out a ground ball between Anderson and Turner in the top of the fifth, driving in Cuba's second run. Two batters later, [Paul Goldschmidt](https://www.foxsports.com/world-baseball-classic/paul-goldschmidt-player) gave Team USA the lead, turning on a pitch from [Roenis Elias](https://www.foxsports.com/world-baseball-classic/roenis-elias-player) for a 2-run home run. [4-3](https://www.foxsports.com/world-baseball-classic/quarterfinals-australia-vs-cuba-mar-15-2023-game-boxscore-21) win over [Australia](https://www.foxsports.com/world-baseball-classic/australia-team) on Wednesday, while the U.S. ET, FS1](https://www.foxsports.com/world-baseball-classic/final-finalist-2-vs-finalist-1-mar-21-2023-game-boxscore-37)) in Florida. [2023 World Baseball Classic](https://www.foxsports.com/world-baseball-classic) continues Sunday with the tournament's first semifinal game, a must-see matchup between Team [USA](https://www.foxsports.com/world-baseball-classic/usa-team) and [Cuba](https://www.foxsports.com/world-baseball-classic/cuba-team) in Miami, exclusively on FS1 and streaming on the FOX Sports App.

Follow game USA vs Cuba live updates coverage, stream information, score and result online, prediction, TV channel, lineups and time to the semifinal of the ...

(88), Roel Santos (1). Managers and Coaches: Mark DeRosa (4-Manager), Jerry Manuel (11-Bench Coach), Brian McCann (34-Bench Coach), Ken Griffey Jr. (15).

Inning-by-inning report: The reigning champions host Cuba in Miami for a place in Tuesday's final. Join Hunter Felt for the latest news and action.

He takes a ball and fouls off a pitch into the stands. Then he hits a solid base hit, so we’re not going to get a 1-2-3 inning here. The next pitch hits the top of the plate. Then he grounds out to short for the first out. Cuba has runners on the corners now. On a 1-0 count, Bolaños throws his first strike of the inning to Turner but then throws two more outside. Two out and a runner still on second and he does get a base hit but too hard to score Moncada. Betts grounds out sharply and the runners have to hold. We have another pitching change for Cuba here. To the sixth inning! Moncada takes a pitch outside and then flies out to Schwarber. Bobby Witt Jr just came in the game as a pinch-runner at the end of last inning and he’s already at the plate.

Dozens of protesters gathered outside Team Cuba and Team USA's World Baseball Classic semifinal, which marked the first time Cuba's national baseball team ...

A "libertad" chant broke out, but loud cheers for the Cuban team then were heard after a single by Yadir Drake. The expression, directly translated to "homeland and life," is a play on the Cuban motto "Patria o Muerte" ("homeland or death"). "Armando Johnson was my coach since I was a kid, but there are things in front of us that we are not in agreement on, and I'm here 150 percent with 'Patria y Vida.'" I respect them, I respect the players, but we have a job to do." I think over there, there's a little bit more issues, and I think people have more issues with it. "I asked people about it. Hernandez, whose brother, Orlando, also fled Cuba, said he expected the reaction from the crowd to be "divided." Hernandez said his ties to that movement stand as a reason he didn't feel comfortable shaking hands with Cuban manager Armando Johnson, despite their long history. Ballpark security officials, meanwhile, were told to be diligent in identifying signs that violated the stadium's code of conduct, which includes restrictions on language "regarding political affiliation, social and economic matters or other statements that undermine civil liberties." One of its biggest supporters is Livan Hernandez, the famous Cuban pitcher who won the World Series with the Some have been able to separate its baseball from politics, while many others can't, a singular dynamic that, for one night, was encapsulated within one baseball stadium. That was within the gates.